Late News 01/01 Pendeen: 1 Balearic Shearwater past from from 09:30 – 10:00. (A Hartley)
Late News 01/01 St Ives: 3+ Balearic Shearwater, 1 Great Skua and 100’s of gulls & auks attracted to a shoal of bait fish off the Island. (A Hartley)
Late News 01/01 Loe Beach Feock: 25+ Black-necked Grebe, 1 Great-crested Grebe, 5 Little Grebe, 9 Red-breasted Merganser and 1 Great Northern Diver. (B Toms)
Late News 01/01 Godrevy: 3 Balearic Shearwater, 400 Gannet, 310 Shag, 150 auk sp, 200 Kittiwake feeding close inshore. Also 38 Oystercatchers and 3 Stonechat. (P St Pierre)
Late News 01/01 Falmouth: Tawny Owls heard on the night of the first. (D Chaney)
Late News 01/01 Marazion: Water Pipit on the beach again.
Late News 01/01 Helston: 2 Firecrests at the sewerage works.
Marazion Marsh RSPB: 1 Little Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 2+ Cormorant, 4 Mute Swan, 23 Teal, 6 Mallard, 14 Moorhen, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail and 1+ Cetti’s Warbler. 23 Sanderling, 1 Dunlin and 5 Curlew on the beach. (D Parker) Also Water Pipit on the beach again and possibly a different bird on the reserve by the standing stone. Otter at Longrock pool at 13:45. (P Semmens)
Water Pipit, Marazion Beach. Paul Semmens
Penzance, Jubilee Pool: 4 Balearic Shearwater, 1 Great Skua and 30+ Common Scoter. (L Proctor) Also a Black Redstart here and another by the railway station.
Penzance, Tolcarne: Great Crested Grebe and 2 Med Gulls. (L Proctor)
Falmouth, Swanpool: Yellow-browed Warbler showing well at Swanvale NR. (J St Ledger)
Falmouth, Castle Beach: 4 Black Redstart (2 male, 2 female), 1 Grey Wagtail, 10 Turnstone and 17 Oystercatcher. (J St Ledger)
Helston Loe Pool: 3 Great Crested Grebes, 2 female Goosander, 4 Goldeneye and 58 Pochard. (D Eva)
Tresemple Pool: 1 Spotted Redshank. (D Eva)
College Reservoir: 2 Mute Swan, 220+ Wigeon, 7 Shoveler (4m, 3f), 6 Goldeneye (1ad m), 32+ Tufted Duck, 13 Pochard, 1 m Gadwall, 2 Grey Heron, 4+ Cormorant, 2 Bittern, 10+ Snipe, 4 Little Grebe, 3 Moorhen, 40+ Coot, 30+ Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Common Gull, 10+ Black-headed Gull, 2 Chiffchaff (probably abietinus?) and 2 Redwing. (D Chaney)
Par: Ad drake Ring-necked Duck and the Little Gull were still present at Par beach pool this morning, plus Tufted Duck, 1 Shoveler, 3 Teal, 1 Shelduck, 19 Snipe, Oystercatcher, 1 male Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel and 1 Grey Heron. Also at Spit Beach 2 female and one male Black Redstart on the rock pile. (N Climpson & W Delacour)
Ring-necked Duck at Par. Will Delacour
Male Black Redstart. Nigel Climpson
Helston Boating Pool: 3 m Shoveler and 1 m Pochard. (D Jenkins)
Nansloe: Goldcrest and Raven over. (D Jenkins)
Helston: 1 Firecrest and 5 or 6 Chiffchaff, at least one being greyer than others at the sewage works. (D Jenkins) 2 Siberian Chiffchaffs reported in the afternoon.
Stithians Reservoir:1 m and 4 f Reed Bunting under the feeders at the S cut off and 4 Redwing flew past. Gadwall in with Wigeon and approx 170 Lapwing on the main Res and a large flock of Redwing in hedge at the North cut off. (D Jenkins)
Windmill Farm: 1 Peregrine today. (D Wright)
Sancreed: Adult Little Gull, 1W Med Gull and 100 Lapwing. (D Flumm)
Carnon Downs: 2 Siberian Chiffchaff, 1 Firecrest and 1 Green Sandpiper at the sewerage works. (R Wilkins)
Carbis Bay: 2 Tawny Owls this morning (Sennen Cove Birdwatching)
St Austell: 300+ Golden Plover at Penpillick Hill. (St Austell Baywatch)
Pendeen: 2 Balearic Shearwaters past between 08:45 and 09:20
Men-an-Tol: 2 ringtail Hen Harriers and 2 Barn Owls this afternoon. (J Swann)
Treraven Meadow: Water Pipit this afternoon.
St Ives: Balearic Shearwater off the Island.
