Birding in Lockdown: Links to Garden Lockdown Listing League and our Birding Ideas Page, helping to make the most of extra time as a result of the lockdown.
Marazion: 1 Hoopoe. Also pale phase Arctic Skua, 4 Great Northern Diver offshore. (S Rogers)
Pendeen: 1 Cuckoo, 1 Swift. (P Clement) 1 Hoopoe reported in back garden.
Newlyn: 2cy Glaucous Gull still in harbour; 10 Sandwich Tern, 30+ Common Scoter, 1 Great Northern Diver. (L Proctor) Also 1 singing Willow Warbler, 2 m Blackcap, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker along Newlyn Coombe above Stable Hobba. (T Mills)
Lamorna: Red Kite east at 4.20pm. Also 2 Great Skua and 3 Wheatear at Car-du. (M McKee)
Sheffield Quarry: 1 Lesser Whitethroat. (M McKee)
Drift: 7 Whimbrel, 1 Kestrel east. (D Flumm)
Penzance, Lidden area: 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 ‘singing’ Nuthatch, 2 (m+f) Greenfinch, 1 singing Blackcap and 21 Rooks nests at top of Alverton Road. (T Mills) Also 1 Kestrel over Heamoor going east. (P St Pierre)
Mounts Bay: 12+ Guillemot this evening (C Beazley)
St Ives Island: 7 Purple Sandpiper, 12 Turnstone (G Jones)
Chapel Amble: 3 Little Ringed Plovers, 3 Yellowhammers (A Taylor)
Whipsiderry: 2 Corn Bunting, 1 Yellowhammer, 6 Skylark, 16 Meadow Pipit, 11 Linnet 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel this eve. (S Grose)
Newquay: 1 Coal Tit, 3 Chaffinch, 2 Blackcap, 5 Blackbird, 2 Pigeon in Tretheras/Bedowan Meadows area. (E Henderson)
Downderry: early this morning 6 Shelduck, 3 Whimbrel, 3 Great Northern Diver, 2 Kittiwake, 2 Sandwich Tern and a Swallow. Later a singing Whitethroat at edge of the village. (A Payne)
Devoran: 1 Swift, an early arrival date which is usually the first week in May. (D Westley)
Kinglsey Village: 5 House Martin. (P Roberts)
Tregonetha: 1 Red Kite. 2 Willow Warbler north of village. (I Bennallick)
Creegbrawse, Chacewater 1 Whitethroat (B.Toms).
Dobwalls: Grey Heron landed in the garden (C&J Duffy)
Probus: 2 Marsh Tit in private garden.(M Jones)
Botus Fleming – Moditonham: 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 2 Raven, 5 Chiffchaff (3 singing), 9+ singing Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 10 Swallow (6 local birds), 2 House Martin. 1 Painted Lady, Small Copper, Small Tortoishell, Peacock, 20+ Orangetip. (K Pellow)
