Monday 23rd September 2024

Monday 23rd September 2024

Cape Cornwall: Melodious Warbler still showing well, 1 Hobby, 4 Stonechat, 1 Kestrel, 2 Blackcap. (S Windle). Also 1 Melodious Warbler (R Griffiths, G Fisher). Also 1 Melodious Warbler, up to 4 Chough, Kestrel, 2 Robin, Dunnock, Stonechat. (S Cox)

Maer Lake: 9:30 -10:30 am; 16 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Ruff, 5 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 25 Teal, 5 Wigeon. Also at 12 pm; 200+ Canada Goose,  20+ Moorhen, 29 Teal, 5 Wigeon, 12 Mallard, 4 Shoveler, 5 Lapwing,  16 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Ruff, 2 Common Sandpiper, 5 Dunlin, 12 Black-headed Gull, 12 Herring Gull. (N Bastin)

Bude Marshes: 11am;  260+ Canada Goose, 2 Greylag Goose, 17 Teal, 4 Snipe, 12 Lapwing, 4 Raven. (N Bastin)

River Neet Estuary: 11:30am;  1 Little Egret, 4 Moorhen,  39 Canada Goose, 6 Mallard, 16 Black-headed Gull, 8 Herring Gull, 4 Rock Pipit. (N Bastin)

Liskeard (private garden):  9 Siskin, 1 Coal Tit, 7 House Sparrow.  (D Sharp)

Par, Spit Beach: high tide; 1 Little Stint, 10 Sanderling, 15 Turnstone, c 30 Dunlin, c 50 Ringed Plover, 100+ Oystercatcher, 8 Grey Heron on harbour wall. (R Hampshire)

Point: 1 Osprey on boat mast off Point Quay. (J St Ledger)

Devoran Quay: 16 Black-tailed Godwit, 12 Dunlin, 1 Knot, 1 Kingfisher. (J St Ledger)

Stithians Reservoir: 1 Great White Egret, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Kestrel. (J St Ledger). Also 1 Great White Egret, 1 Greenshank, 1 Shoveler. (S Van Hear). Also 8 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, 1 Shoveler, 1 Great White Egret, 12 Little Grebe, 1 Kingfisher. (R Veal)

Carne Creek, St.Anthony: 32 Cattle Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 2 Mediterranean Gull. (S.Wood)

Loe Pool: 1 Great White Egret, 7 Lapwing. (K Dalziel)

Tresillian to St Clement (12.15 -14.15 ebbing tide): 7 Wigeon (patch rarity, first for a fair number of years), 38 Redshank, 34 Curlew, 6 Greenshank, 1 Snipe, 9 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Firecrest, 1 Goldcrest, 4 Cormorant, 5 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron (1 struggling to eat large flat fish). (A Nicholson)

Treraven Meadows: 2 Mandarin over, 2 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, 6 Little Egret, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Kingfisher, 11 Cormorant. (S Grose)

Rock: 2 Sparrowhawk over, 5 Greenfinch, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker. (S Grose)

St Columb Major: 3 Cattle Egret in field opp Pall building this eve. (S Grose)

Lanivet 16.00-18.30: 5 Wood Pigeon, 3 House Martin, 1 Magpie, 5 Herring Gull inc 1 juv, 2 male Blackbird, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 20+Rook and 20+Jackdaw. (B Crowle)

Hayle Estuary RSPB: 2w Danish-ringed Spoonbill still, 15 Dunlin, 7 Ringed Plover, c30 Med Gull. (R Veal)

Argal Reservoir: 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 House Martin, 1 Tufted Duck. (R Veal)

College Reservoir: c30 Coot, 4 Firecrest, 2 Nuthatch. (R Veal)

Devoran: 1 Sandwich Tern, c30 Dunlin, c10 Ringed Plover, 2 Knot, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Little Grebe. (R Veal)

Colliford Reservoir: 3 Greenshank, 8 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin. (R Veal)

Downderry: 111 Gannet, 9 Balearic Shearwater, 24 Kittiwake, 4 Mediterranean Gull west, 07:05-08:25. (A Payne)

Pinkson Creek, Camel Estuary: 5 Cattle Egret. (W Delacour)

Marazion Marsh: 1 Hobby. (P St Pierre)

Drift: 1 Wood Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank. (P St Pierre)

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