Monday 19th August 2024

Monday 19th August 2024

Hayle Estuary: 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper, 1 Little Stint. (S Rogers)

Scillonian Penzance to Wolf Rock: Port side – 2 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Cory’s Shearwater, 1 Great Shearwater; Starboard side – 3 Cory’s Shearwater, 2 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Storm Petrel. (R Dawson)

Wadebridge: 1 Osprey. (A Langdon)

Helston Boating Lake: 1 Garganey. (D Collins)

Pentire Headland: 7 Gannet (4 adult 3 juv), 8 Shag, 4 juv Cormorant, 6 Rock Dove, 2 Chough, 2 Rock Pipit, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Herring Gull + 12 juv Gulls, 2 Northern Fulmar, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Kestrel. (A Quincey)

The Gannel. Newquay: 1 Cormorant, 1 Blackheaded Gull, 13 Black Tailed Godwit, 1 Curlew, 12 Lesser Black Backed Gulls, c140 Herring Gull. (A Quincey)

Porth Reservoir: 2 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Raven, 2 Carrion Crow, 16 Mallard, 4 Swallow, 5 Great Crested Grebe (1 pair feeding young), 6 Cormorant, 1 Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Little Egret, 3 Coot, 2 Moorhen, 26 Herring gull, 4 Black-headed Gull, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, c200 Herring Gull feeding on fields behind. (A Quincey)

Ryan’s Field Hayle: 3 Swift heading south. (S Constant)

Lizard Point (8am – 12pm): 385 Cory’s Shearwater, 21 Great Shearwater, 27 Sooty Shearwater, 2 Wilson’s Petrel, 2 European Storm Petrel, 5,000 + Manx Shearwater, 7 Fulmer, 2 Kittiwakes, 3 Grey Heron flying out to sea. (R Wilkins)

Hayle Estuary: 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper (mid-afternoon but not relocated in evening), 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Whimbrel, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 14 Sanderling, 1 Turnstone, c40 Ringed Plover, c180 Dunlin, c40 Curlew, c25 Mediterranean Gull, 4 Little Tern. (M Broadbent, C Boakes). Also 12 Little Tern, 4 Sandwich Tern. (A Holmes)

Porthkidney Sands: Adult Long-tailed Skua harassing Terns briefly 14.15, 26 Sandwich Tern, 15 Little Tern, 6 Arctic Tern, 6 Whimbrel, 70+ Dunlin, 16 Sanderling. (G Lawlor)

Porthgwarra 07:45-16:00 hrs: 379 Cory’s Shearwater, 92 Balearic Shearwater, 50 Sooty Shearwater, 34 Great Shearwater, 2 Arctic Skua, 4 Storm Petrel, 2 Common Scoter, 4 Puffin, 2 Arctic Tern. (M Wallace)

Maer Lake: 1 Grey Heron,10 Moorhen, 2 Shelduck, 84 Canada Goose, 16 Mallard, 13 Teal, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Curlew, 17 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 27 Herring Gull , 19 Black-headed gull, 5 Raven (over). (N Bastin)

Downderry 0625-0810: 304 Gannet, 2 Balearic Shearwater, 1 Arctic Skua, 24 Mediterranean Gull and 12 Kittiwake west. (A Payne)

Penlee Point: 2 Arctic Skua harassing Kittiwake and Mediterranean Gull; c 100 Kittiwake and c50 Med Gull, 6 Common/Arctic Tern, 6 Sandwich Tern, 400 Manx Shearwater from 1300 – 1400 hrs. (M Jordan)

 

Late submission 18/08/24, Par, Spit beach: 74 Oystercatcher on dock wall. (R Hampshire)

Late submission 17/08/24, Skewjack: juv Marsh Harrier. (M Coleman)

 

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