Monday 21st October 2024

Monday 21st October 2024

St Agnes Head: Pink-footed Goose in fields just east of St Agnes head, showing well but wary, still present at 10.00 this morning. (D Curtis)

Drift Reservoir: 1 juv/fem Ring-necked Duck, 1 juv/fem Scaup, 1 m Tufted Duck, 1 Green Sandpiper. (T Mills, D Balmer)

Porthgwarra: Siberian Stonechat. (A Lea)

Porthwgarra: Siberian Stonechat, 2 Firecrest. Plus Visual Migration: 315 Chaffinch, 62 Meadow Pipit, 42 Skylark, 48 Linnet, 39 Siskin, 7 Jay, 5 Pied Wagtail, 4 Grey Wagtail, 3 Bullfinch, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Great Northern Diver. (D Balmer)

Upper Tamar Lake: Phalarope sp reported, north side of the dam being mobbed by gulls. (A Rowland)

Land’s End 0800- 1000: 224 Chaffinch, 59 Skylark, 3 Grey Wagtail, Greenfinch, Siskin, 2 Reed Bunting, 40 Meadow Pipit. (IC Whitehouse, MD James)

Feock: 200 Redwing, 1 Swallow, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Mistle Thrush (D Eva)

Housel Bay: 4 Chough, 10 Skylark, 15 Meadow Pipit, 1 Kestrel, 1 Buzzard, 14 Great Black-backed Gull. (S Van Hear)

Zennor, private garden: 1 Black Redstart female. A pair are usually seen here each October. (J Loveridge)

St Ives, Buttermilk Hill: 1 Snow Bunting, 72 Chaffinch, 2 Chough, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Swallow. (S Rowe)

Treveal: 1 Yellow-browed Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Firecrest, 2 Goldcrest, 6 Redwing, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Green Woodpecker. Also 13 Cory’s Shearwater, 21 Manx Shearwater, 1 Great Northern Diver, 2 Great Skua, 1 Arctic Skua, 5 Med Gull in an hour mid-am. (S Rowe)

Lanivet 15.30-17.30: 6 male Blackbird, 2 Robin, 6 Herring Gull plus 1 juvenile, 30+ Rook, 50+ Jackdaw, 5 Wood Pigeon, 8 House Sparrow, 5 Pied Wagtail, 6 Magpie, 10 Starling, 4+ Long-tailed Tit, 1 Great Tit and 2 Coal Tit. Many more small birds heard singing in trees and bushes. (B Crowle)

Stithians Reservoir Stuart Hutchings Hide: 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 7 Little Grebe, 2 Mallard, 2 Wigeon, 3 (2juv 1ad) Cormorant (ringed adult with Orange TBY on right leg), 20+ Lapwing, 5 Carrion Crow 10.50 – 11.05. Feeder Hide: 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Pintail, 2 Mallard, 1 Teal, 1 Robin, 2m Chaffinch 11.10 – 11.35. (M Webb)

Downderry: 1 Great Northern Diver, c350 Gannet, 1 Manx Shearwater, 3 Common Gull and 8 Mediterranean Gull, 0745-0830. (A Payne)

Ruan Lanihorne: 1 Kingfisher, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Redshank, 1 Little Egret, 18 Rook, 5 Linnet. (C Taylor)

Pendeen Watch 8am to 10:30: 237 Cory’s Shearwater, 39 Manx Shearwater, 19 Sooty Shearwater, 3 Great Shearwater, 1 Balearic Shearwater, 3 Arctic Skua, 4 Great Northern Diver. (S Rogers)

Chapel Carn Brae: 3 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 5 Stonechat. (R Chiffers)

Hannaford Point, Looe: 1 Kingfisher, c15 Little Egret, c20 Oystercatcher, 5 Pied Wagtail, 15 House Sparrow, 4 Stonechat, 10 Shag , 15 Cormorant, c20 Turnstone, 1 Grey Heron, c10 Mediterranean Gull , 17 Rock Pipit, 3 Robin, 4 Mallard, 3 Jay, 2 Curlew, 1 Grey Wagtail, 20 Gannet, 8 Meadow Pipit. (D Dennis)

Nanquidno: 1Yellow-browed Warbler, 2 Firecrest, 1 male Ring Ouzel. (D Balmer)

 

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