Friday 3rd February 2017

Late news, 31/1, Trevithick East: 1 Dipper. (B Bosistow)

Late news, 31/1, Tregoss Moor: 19 Woodcock, 1 Jack Snipe, 5 Common Snipe viewed at night with a high power torch. 1 Bar-tailed Godwit flew over calling. (B Bosistow)

Late news, 2/2, Porthpean: 1 ad Little Gull in the gull roost. (B Bosistow)

Late news, 2/2, Goss Moor: 1 Barn Owl. (B Bosistow)

Late news, 2/2, Downderry: Water Pipit early morning. (A Payne)

Late news, 2/2, Millbrook: 7 Red-breasted Merganser, 1 Greenshank, 5 Mediterranean Gull and 1 Sandwich Tern late morning. (A Payne)

Late news, 2/2, Walmsley Sanctuary: 3 Spoonbill, Pintail, 1 Spotted Redshank, 2 Ruff, 100s of Golden Plover and Black-tailed Godwit, several hundred Lapwing, large flock of Starling and 1 Sparrowhawk. (B Rankine)

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Pintail and Spoonbill – Barry Rankine

St Erth: 1 Cattle Egret again Treloweth Lane at 4.50pm with 12 Little Egret. (MJ Spicer)

Millbrook: 2 Cattle Egret again with Little Egret in fields at Stone Farm in Radford Lane. (B Taggart)

Gannel Estuary: 1w Ring-billed Gull, 54 Lesser Black-backed Gull. (S Rowe)

Newlyn: 1 dark phase Pomarine Skua lingering this morning. (L Proctor) c100 Black-headed Gull, 5 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Common Gull, 1 1w Iceland Gull in 30 min seawatch from Sandy Cove. (T Mills) Black-throated Diver reported offshore.

Mousehole: 1 juv Kumlien’s Gull, 1 juv Iceland Gull, 1w and 2w Yellow-legged Gull on St Clement’s Island this evening. (M Elliott)

Penzance: 12 Turnstone, 300 Black-headed Gull, 6 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Common Gull on Tolcarne Beach. (T Mills) Blackcap in private garden. (R Farnes)

Blackcap – Rod Farnes

Mount’s Bay: 1 Pacific Diver, 1 Red-throated Diver, 3 Black-throated Diver and 6 Great Northern Diver viewed from Roskilly this afternoon. (D Parker)

Hayle Estuary RSPB: Avocet on Ryan`s Field again this morning. (Sennen Cove Birdwatching)

Stithians Reservoir: 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 f Bullfinch, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Water Rail, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff from southern cut-off. (A James)