Skewjack Farm, 09.40-1055: presumed Rough-legged Buzzard, 3 Common Buzzard, 60 Skylark. (N Watmough)
Skewjack: Rough-legged Buzzard– the bird from Skewjack flew N over St Just then Kenidjack at about 11.40 am, House Martin- two over Bollowal Farm at around midday, Woodcock- one flushed from field edge near Boswedden (F Hawkins)
Hayle estuary : 1 Avocet roosting with gulls at high tide. (S Constant, R Griffiths, M James)
Ryans Field: 1 Avocet. (A Lea)
Hayle, Ryan’s Field, 09.40-09.55: 1 2nd winter Danish-ringed Spoonbill V463, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Oystercatcher, 26 Redshank, 30+ Lapwing. (M Webb)
St Clement: 2 Whooper Swan, 200+ Canada Goose, 54 Teal, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Common Sandpiper, 10 Greenshank, 15 Redwing. (D Peers)
Tresemple Pool area: 2 Whooper Swan, 1 Pink Footed Goose, 1 Water Rail, 1 Kingfisher. (M Jones)
Mylor Bridge, Lemon Arms: 1 Firecrest. (M Saunders)
Crackington: Swift flying north. (J Teague)
Lostwithiel: 2 Red Kite (2 seen same place 2 days ago). (M Surgey)
Pendeen: 1 Yellow-browed Warbler (Rose Valley), 1 Siberian Chiffchaff (Portheras) , 17 Common Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 3 Firecrest, 6 Siskin, 1 Brambling. (A Bayly)
Morvah: 2 Black Redstart. (J Noon)
Tehidy Woods: 5 or 6 Firecrest, with thanks to the lady at Marazion on the 7th who suggested Tehidy as a likely location to spot Firecrest (which I’ve not seen for 50 years!) – it worked. (M Hood)
St Ives Island, 08.00-11.30: 2 Long-tailed Duck, Sabine’s Gull, Arctic Skua, 6 Manx Shearwater, 2000 Kittiwake, 10,000 plus auks – all west. Black Redstart also present. Several Tuna feeding offshore throughout. (A Lobb)
Penzance, Longrock beach: No sign of Bonaparte’s Gull but 1 Leach’s Petrel feeding over breaking waves until killed by Herring Gull, 25 Sanderling, Great Northern Diver offshore, 2 unidentified Scoter which couldn’t be relocated after the petrel incident, Snow Bunting. (A Lobb)
Penzance, Longrock: c20 Sanderling. (K White)
Lizard Old Head: 1 Kestrel, 1 Wheatear, 2 Chough. (S Wood)
Wicca Pool, near Zennor: 1 Whimbrel, 3 Ring Ouzel including a 1st winter. (R Garnett)
Downderry, 07.30-08.25: 3 Brent Geese, 83 Gannet, 2 Kittiwake east, 4 Common Scoter west. (A Payne)
St Minver: 1 Red Kite, 2 Raven over, 13 House Sparrow. (S Grose)
Wadebridge: 1m Yellowhammer at Tregorden Farm. (S Grose)
Kingsmill Lake: 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Shelduck, 11 Teal, 10 Wigeon, 6 Lapwing, 1 Grey Plover, 36 Curlew, 40 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Greenshank, 29 Redshank, 6 Dunlin, 1 Oystercatcher, 14 Herring Gull, 16 Black-headed Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull. ( A. Parker )
Marazion Marsh RSPB, 10.25-11.25: 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Little Grebe, 2 m&f Mallard, 2 Canada Geese, 4 Moorhen, 1 Meadow Pipit, 3 (1m 2f) Stonechat, 2 Dunnock, 1 Robin, 1f Blackbird. (M Webb)
Lanivet, 12.00-16.30: 70+ Rook, 20+ Jackdaw, 4 Magpie, 3 Wood Pigeon, 7+ House Sparrow, 3 Robin, 1 male Blackbird, 2+Pied Wagtail, 2 Herring Gull, 7 Starling, 1 Great Tit, 2 Coal Tit. Many other small birds heard including a number of Goldfinch. (B Crowle)
Pentire Headland, Newquay: 3 Wren, Blackbird, Magpie, 12 Gannet, 3 Raven, 5 Herring gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed gull, 2 Robin, 4 Stonechat, 7 Linnet, 2 Dunnock, 13 Rock Pipit, 2 Meadow pipit, 2 Cormorant, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Skylark, 1 Northern Wheatear, 2 Rock Dove. (A Quincey)
The Gannel, Newquay: 1 Kingfisher, 4 Little Egret, 6 Curlew, 3 Common Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 5 Long-tailed Tit. (A Quincey)
Late submission, 07/11, Tamar Lakes: Upper Tamar Lake Feeder4, 2 Willow Tit (both ringed), 1 Marsh Tit, 4 Coal Tit, 2 Nuthatch (1 ringed), Feeder3, 1 Willow Tit. Lower Tamar Lake, 3 Shoveler 2m 1f, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Grey Heron, 2 Nuthatch, 6 Coal Tit. (R Mudge)
Late submission, 07/11, Rough Tor, Bodmin Moor: 3 Ring Ouzel. (J Walters)
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