Friday 8th February 2019

Friday 8th February 2019

Lizard Point 15:45 – 17:00: 1 Black-browed Albatross through west at 16:42-16:48, 1 Pomarine Skua, 125 Fulmar, 44 Kittiwake and 28 Lesser Black-backed Gull. (T Phelps and M Doyle). Balearic Shearwater offshore.

Black-browed Albatross, Toby Phelps

Coverack: 1 Pallas’s Warbler still in ivy along the coastal path below the sewage works. (S Reid)

Falmouth: 1 Water Pipit still just east of Gyllyngvase Beach. Swanpool Point: 4 Ringed Plover, 2 Turnstone. (D Chaney)

Swanpool: 6 Pochard (4m 2f), 1 Snipe at N end. (D Chaney)

Mabe: 1 Spoonbill flew over West. (D Chaney)

Downderry (c60mph SW winds from 10.00-11.30): 12 Gannet, 13 Fulmar, 15 Guillemot, 9 adult Kittiwake and 1 Great Northern Diver. (P Kemp)

Seaton beach: 200 Black-headed Gull, 15 Common Gull and 3 Mediterranean Gull. (P Kemp)

Hannafore: 3 Great Northern Diver, 3 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Slavonian Grebe, with 250+ Great Black-backed Gull roosting on Looe island. (P Kemp)

Colliford Reservoir: 13 Lapwing amongst the large Lesser Black-backed Gull roost. (P Kemp)

Marazion Marsh RSPB: 8 Canada Goose, 2 (m&f) Mute Swan, 8 (5m 3f) Mallard, 14 (7m 7f) Wigeon, 2 (m&f) Gadwall. (M Webb)

Gadwall, Martin Webb

Gadwall, Martin Webb

Canada Geese, Martin Webb

Canada Geese, Martin Webb

St Ives: 3 Rock Pipit in Barnoon cemetery. (K Money)

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