Friday 7th March 2024

Friday 7th March 2024

Porthcurnick morning: Black-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, 4 Great Northern Diver, 61 Black-headed Gull, 2 Mediterranean Gull ( Adult & 1w), Sparrowhawk. (B Dallas)

Portscatho to Porthcurnick: 1 Slavonian Grebe, 4 Great Northern Diver, 6 Shag, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 12 Herring Gull, 29 Black-headed Gull, 7 Oystercatcher, 38 Turnstone, 1 Little Egret, 1 Black-necked Grebe. (C Taylor)

Pendower: 13 Great Northern Diver, Red-throated Diver, drk Common Scoter. (B Dallas)

Portscatho: 3 Shag, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Slavonian Grebe, 2 Cormorant, 45 Black-headed Gull, 1 Great Blacked-backed Gull, 1 Little Egret, 5 Herring Gull. (P Howrihane)

Tehidy Woods and Lake: 3 Goldcrest, 5 Jackdaw, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Magpie, 2 Collared Dove, 5 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 3 Coal Tit, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Wood Pigeon, 3 Robin, 2 Firecrest, 1 Blackbird, 3 Carrion Crow, 20+ Rook, 4 Wren, 1 Buzzard, 4 Canada Geese, 5 Tufted Duck, 5 Mute Swan, 30+ Herring Gull, 3 Black-headed Gull, 3 Moorhen,  10 Mallard, 1 Chaffinch. (S Talbot)

Port Isaac to Tregardock (Coast Path) : 2 Wood Pigeon, 130+ Herring Gull, 6 Carrion Crow, 2 Shag, 15 Jackdaw, 48 Fulmar, 3 Stonechat, 4 Rock Pippet, 5 Skylark, Pheasant, Dunnock, 3 Raven, 2 Grey Seal, 1 Fox.  (J Burges)

Par, Spit beach: 60 Cormorant, 20 Turnstone, 10 Ringed Plover, 2 Sanderling, 13 Eider, 1 Common Scoter, 2 Fulmar, 1 Little Egret, 2 Stonechat. (R Hampshire)

Mount Edgcumbe country park: 1 male Black Redstart. (M Jenkins)

Newlyn Harbour: 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 37 Great Black-backed Gull, 66 Turnstone, 7 Shag, 11 Cormorant, 1 m Kingfisher. (S Grose)

Longrock Pool: 2 Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 1 Raven (seen carrying prey item and followed with bins to a rocky outcrop on St Michaels Mount). (S Grose)

Lelant Station: 1 Ring-billed Gull, 3 Mediterranean Gull, 38 Common Gull, 18 Great Black-backed Gull. (S Grose)

Copperhouse Creek: 1 Spoonbill, 37 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 20 House Sparrow, 20 Wigeon, 3 Greenshank, 3 Snipe. (S Grose)

St Gothian Sands LNR: 1 Wheatear, 6 Reed Bunting, 5 Shoveler, 5 Little Grebe, 20 Tufted Duck, 9 Oystercatcher, 1 Kestrel. (S Grose)

Newquay Boating lake: 1 m Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Long-tailed Duck. (S Grose)

Marazion Marsh RSPB, 14.50-15.30: 1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Little Grebe, 10 Teal, 3 Moorhen, 38 Canada Goose, 2 m&f Stonechat, 1 Dunnock, 1m Blackbird, 2 Carrion Crow. (M Webb)

 

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