Monday 13th December 2021

Monday 13th December 2021

Hayle Estuary: 1 adult Caspian Gull. (M Halliday)

Caspian Gull – Mark Halliday

Caspian Gull – Mark Halliday

Caspian Gull – Mark Halliday

Newlyn: 1 juvenile Glaucous Gull. (N R Rogers)

Glaucous Gull – Nigel Rogers

Glaucous Gull – Nigel Rogers

Mount’s Bay: 12 Common Scoter, 2 Great Northern Diver. (P Fraser)

Battery Rocks Penzance: 30+ Sanderling, 5 Ringed Plover. (L Colliver)

Ringed Plover – Lynn Colliver

Marazion: 45 Eurasian Curlew, 6 Barn Swallow feeding on dunes. (P Fraser)

Gwithian: 1 Snow Bunting and 7 Mediterranean Gull. (P Fraser)

Stithians Reservoir; Golden Lion cut-off: 1 Pintail (female), 1 Gadwall (male), 25+ Teal, 20+ Snipe. (J St Ledger) In addition, 10 Cormorant, 150 Lapwing, 1 Snipe, 1 Grey Heron, 50 Teal, 30 Wigeon, 40 Mallard, 150 Canada Goose, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 10 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Jay, 1m Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1f Bullfinch, 15 House Sparrow, 1m Reed Bunting, 2 Greenfinch (1 ringed), 1 Raven, 1 f Peregrine, 1 Buzzard, 1 Red Fox (S Van Hear)

Pintail – John St Ledger

Gadwall – John St Ledger

Carnon Downs Sewage Works: 1 Yellow-browed Warbler and 12 Chiffchaff. (R Wilkins)

Devoran River: 1 Spotted Redshank with 70 Common Redshank. (R Wilkins)

Playing Place: 5 Redwing, 3 Fieldfare, 2 Nuthatch, 5 Greenfinch, 1 Speckled Wood butterfly. (T Hall)

Tresillian to Tresemple Pool: 1 Mediterranean Gull, 53 Redshank, 52 Curlew, 11 Greenshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Kingfisher, 25 Shelduck, 4 Little Grebe, 3 Little Egret, 30 Redwing,. Also 2 Bullfinch in private garden in Tresillian. (A Nicholson)

St Austell: 1 Sparrowhawk in private garden. (C Hooper)

Sparrowhawk – C Hooper

St Minver: 1 Merlin. (S Grose)

Rock: 6 Whooper Swan in off the sea and flew up estuary towards Cant Cove at 12.32pm. Also, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 m Kestrel. (S Grose)

Seaton Pool: 1 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Common Gull, 1m Wigeon, 19 Moorhen, 1 Oystercatcher. (M & R Frost)

Seaton Beach: 2 Northern Gannet, 1 Kestrel, 1 f/imm. Black Redstart,  1m Stonechat, 2 Wren, 6 Pied Wagtail. (M & R Frost)

Late submission, 12/11, Ninestones: c.40 Snipe, flying in loose flock. (A Blonden)

Late photo submission, 12/11, Tehidy:

Mandarin – Tracey Carney

Late news, 10/12/21, Sandplace: 3 Willow Tit in private garden. (R Bishop)

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