Monday 25th November 2024

Monday 25th November 2024

Maer Lake: 09:30am raining/cold wind, lake flooded, (no mud exposed for waders), 20+ Moorhen, 3 Water Rail, 3 Canada Goose, 20 Mallard, 25 Wigeon, 12 Teal, 3 Shoveler, 56 Lapwing, 3 Black-tailed Godwit. (N Bastin)

Pendennis Point/Castle Beach: 4 Great Northern Diver, 1 Black-throated Diver, 2 Kittiwake, 3 Mediterranean Gull, 20 Shag. (S Van Hear)

Kingsmill lake, Saltash (10-Noon, nearly HT): 28 Dunlin, 19 Lapwing, 3 Grey Plover, 37 Curlew, 36 Redshank, 4 Greenshank, 56 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Oystercatcher, 20 Avocet, 6+ Snipe, 1 f Pintail, 87 Shelduck 6 Mallard, 17+ Teal, 15+ Wigeon, 1 3CY Mediterranean Gull, 1 Ad Common Gull, 6 Cormorant & 3 Great crested Grebe (P Kemp)

Tresillian: 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Firecrest. (D Eva)

Penzance: 64 Purple Sandpiper at Battery Rocks. (G Healey)

Carnsew Pool, Hayle: 1 Slavonian Grebe, 1 Great Northern Diver, 1 Brent Goose. (A Lea)

Hayle Estuary: 140+ Lapwing. (A Lea)

Hayle Beach: 24 Ringed Plovers, 5 Sanderling (repeatedly disturbed by dogs). (J George)

Truro (private garden): 1 Firecrest, 10 Redwing and minimum of 52 Greenfinch in pre-roost gathering. (T Wilson)

Newlyn Harbour: 2 Great Northern Divers in Mount’s Bay, Azorean Yellow-legged Gull. (G Jones)

Longrock: Snow Bunting still present. (G Jones)

Carnsew Basin: 7 Little Grebe, 1 Great Northern Diver, 3 Goosander over, colour-ringed Curlew LW yellow on left, orange ring on right leg. (G Jones)

Devoran Quay: 1 Spotted Redshank, 8 Bar-tailed Godwit, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Greenshank, 3 Dunlin, 60+ Curlew, 75+ Redshank, 12 Oystercatcher, 100+Teal, 14 Shelduck. (J St Ledger)

Hayle, Ryan’s Field: 1 Kingfisher, 5 Bar-tailed Godwit, 23 Dunlin, >100 Lapwing, 19 Black-headed Gull, 1 Spoonbill, 31 Redshank. (C Taylor)

Marazion Marsh: 15 Snipe – many of which were hidden in the reeds until disturbed by a fishing Little Egret, 4 Mallard, 2 Moorhen, 5 Teal. (C Taylor)

Marazion Marsh RSPB: 1 Water Rail, 11 Snipe, 3 Moorhen, 12 Teal, 10 (5m 5f) Mallard, 1f Kestrel over the dunes, 3f Stonechat, 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit 11.10 – 12.10. (M Webb)

Lanivet: 11.00-16.00 7 Herring Gull, 3 Magpie, c40 Jackdaw, 10 House Sparrow, 2 Wood Pigeon, 7 Starling, 7 Blackbird, 3 Robin, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Pied Wagtail, c40 Rook, 3 Carrion Crow and 2 Blue Tit. (B Crowle)

Walmsley: 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Gadwall, 3 Barnacle Goose, 4 Greylag Goose, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Marsh Harrier, numerous Redwing and Fieldfare. (T Spree)

Penzance: 16 Purple Sandpiper and 1 Sanderling at Battery Rocks. 3 Oystercatcher and 27 Turnstone on Wherrytown Beach. (T Mills)

Newlyn: 1 ad Azorean Gull again on Fish Market roof. (T Mills)

Treraven Meadows: 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Great spotted Woodpecker, 198 Canada Geese, 12 Teal, 2 Curlew, 2 Meadow Pipit. (S Grose)

St Minver cricket pitch: 2 Kestrel on wires (S Grose)

Looe Harbour to Hannafore to Porthnadler: 4 Great Northern Diver, 1 Gannet, 1 Purple Sandpiper, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Buzzard. (M Perry)

 

Late Submission, 24/11/24, Boscundle Woods: 2 Firecrest. (I Stewart)

 

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