Monday 19th February 2018

Monday 19th February 2018

Late news, 17/2, Newquay: Original photos of last Saturdays possible Audouin’s Gull.

Late photo, 16/2, Stithians Reservoir: Great White Egret. (J St Ledger)

Great White Egret, John St Ledger

Late news, 18/2, Dobwalls: Firecrest in private garden (C&J Duffy)

Mousehole: Pacific Diver still off Penlee lifeboat station at 09:15. Also White-billed Diver, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, Slavonian Grebe and 2 Great Skua.

Newlyn: Glaucous Gull on the Fisherman’s Mission.

Liskeard: Hawfinch in Dean Street.

Truro: Hawfinch coming to a feeder in a private garden.

St Clement: 12 Cattle Egret in field opposite Doorstep and Nance Farm.

Mevagissey Bay: 4+ Glaucous Gulls, 2 Iceland Gulls and 1 Purple Sandpiper from a Kayak trip this morning. (R Kirkwood)

Glaucous Gulls, Rupert Kirkwood

Glaucous and Iceland Gull, Rupert Kirkwood

Iceland Gull, Rupert Kirkwood

Sancreed: 1w Glaucous Gull north-west 08:45 and 230 Redwing in the fields. (D Flumm)

Mousehole: Great Skua midday. C. Richards

Penzance: 1 Peregrine over Lidden area at 07:30. (T Mills)

Marazion:12 Common Scoter,120+ Sanderling. (J St Ledger)

Common Scoter, John St Ledger

Longrock Pool: 3 Gadwall. (J St Ledger) 

Crowlas: 1 Mistle Thrush briefly in private garden, 1m Blackcap and 50 Redwing including one with a striking white eye ring. (R Veal)

St Gothian Sands LNR: 1w m Scaup, 42 Teal, 13+ Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe, 4 Curlew, 5 Oystercatcher, c150 Lapwing over, 2 Med Gull and 2 Coot. (MJ Spicer) 42 Canada Geese, 9 Oystercatcher, 2 Shelduck, 16 Tufted Duck, Scaup, 2 Buzzard, 4 Snipe, 12 Moorhen, 90+ Herring Gull, 21 GBB Gull, 4 LBB Gull, 3 Little Grebe, 4 Black-headed Gull, 3 Pied Wagtail, 14+ Meadow Pipit, 2 Skylark, 2 Stonechat, 2 Coot, 2 Mute Swan, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Rock Pipit between 12:30-13:30. (P Freestone)

Copperhouse Creek: Spoonbill still at 14:15. (P Freestone)

Camel Estuary: 2 Whooper Swans with 24 Mute swan in field north of Burniere Point.

Polgigga: Ringtail Hen Harrier from Bosistow Lane. (M Wallace)

Truro: Male Blackcap in a private garden. (M Costa)  2f , 1m Siskin in private garden. (D Jenkins)

Tredrizzick: 18 Goldfinch in the garden today (feeding on beech buds), and a pair of Blackcaps. (J Shortridge)

Dobwalls: Female Blackcap in private garden (C&J Duffy)

Cotehele Woods: 2 Treecreeper, 4 Nuthatch, 3 Marsh Tit. ( B. Toms)

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