Saturday 10th May 2025

Saturday 10th May 2025

Marazion Marsh RSPB: Savi’s Warbler, 6 Garganey (4 drake, 2 female), Wood Sandpiper. (G Lawlor) 4 Garganey (3 male/ 1 female), Wood Sandpiper, Great white Egret. (P St Pierre)  1 Wood Sandpiper, 4 Garganey (3m, 1f), 1pr Gadwall, 1pr Shoveler, 1pr Tufted Duck (prob same pair seen later on Longrock Pool), 2 Little Grebe, 5 Canada Geese families, 1 Great Egret, 1 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 4 Cetti’s Warblers heard, 1m Reed Bunting, 1 singing Whitethroat, 2 Stonechat. (T Mills) Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Swift. (G Fisher) 6 Stonechat, 4 Sedge Warbler, 3 Wren. (A Swanson)

Croft Pascoe area: 1st summer male Red-footed Falcon, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Spotted Flycatcher. (S Ford) 3 Red-footed Falcon from first light. (P Kemp et al)

Predannack Airfiled: White Stork circling (viewed from Kynance Farm). (P Marshall)

Gunwalloe Church Cove: 1st summer male Red-footed Falcon hawking for insects above reeds between 2.00-2.30. Also 1 Kestrel, 1 Buzzard, Stonechat, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Reed Bunting, Sand Martins. (J Chapman)

Caerthillian: 1 Red Kite, 1 Cuckoo, 10 Swallow, 5 Swift, 2 House Martin, 1 Dunnock, 1 Wheatear, 3 Stonechat, 3 Jackdaw, 1 Raven, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff. (E Pearce)

Drift Reservoir: 2 prs Great crested Grebe, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 m Tufted Duck, 3 Moorhen, 2 Buzzard, 1 Grey Wagtail. (S Grose)

Penzance; Battery Rocks: 25 Purple Sandpiper. (A Mckechnie)

Bartinney: 3 Whitethroat, 2 Buzzard,  5 Linnet, 3 Cuckoo, 4 Stonechat, 3 Skylark, 2 Blackbird. (E Mulgrew)

Rosewall Hill: 1 Cuckoo, 3 Linnet. (R Bunt)

Hayle Estuary: 27 Great Black-backed Gull,16 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 21 Black-headed Gull, 16 Shelduck, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Greenfinch. (S Grose)

Porth Joke: 1 Cuckoo, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Coot, 3m Reed Warbler, 14 m Sedge Warbler. Also mixed Chiffchaff x Willow Warbler singing (present over 2 weeks). (S Rowe)

Newquay, Trevemper: 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff. (S Grose)

Camel Estuary (Tregunna/Dinham Flats): 66 Shelduck, female Goosander, 5 Ringed Plover, 50+ Dunlin, 20 Curlew, 6 Whimbrel, 7 Bar-tailed Godwit, Greenshank. (G Stephenson)

Port Isaac to Port Quin: 2 Whitethroat, 11 Linnet, 5 Jackdaw, 1 Oystercatcher, 1Fulmer, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Stonechat. (J Burges)

Doyden Point to Pentireglaze: 2 Wheatear, 10 House Martin, 1 Oystercatcher, 2 Stonechat, Whitethroat, 2 Robin, 2 Blackbird, 1 Skylark, 1 Chiffchaff. (J Burges)

Truro: 1 Bullfinch in private garden. (F Cross)

Par: 12 Eider. (S Willson)

Moorswater, Liskeard: c20 Common Swift feeding over the viaduct and adjacent fields. (D Sharp)

Dobwalls: 2 Swift, Orange-tip, Brimstone. (C&J Duffy)

Caradon Hill: 3 Buzzard, 4 Dunnock, 1 Skylark (numerous heard), 1 Stonechat (male), 2 Cuckoo, 1 Buzzard, 3 Magpie, 1 Yellowhammer, 2 Stonechat, 1 Tree Pipit, 2 Swallow, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Wheatear, Willow Warbler. (P Bullen)

Minions: Redstart, Mistle Thrush, 4 Yellowhammer, 2 Wheatear, Cuckoo, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, 2 Linnet, 10 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 8 Starling, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Skylark, 4 House Sparrow, 2 Carrion Crow. (SM Cox)

Golitha Falls: Dipper, 2 Nuthatch, Great Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Robin. (SM Cox)

Garrow Tor: 1 Kestrel, 6 Cuckoo (heard), 8 Wheatear, 1 Treecreeper, 5 Wall butterflies. (B Bryne)

Cliffs between Polperro and Lansallos: 3 Shag, Herring Gull, 11 Oystercatcher, 1 Buzzard, 2 Rock Pigeon, 2 Wren, 3 Robin, 4 Stonechat, 3 Blackbird, 9 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 6 Whitethroat, 1 Linnet, 2 Chaffinch, 5 Goldfinch, 2 Raven, Crows, Jackdaws. (A Parker )

Late Submission, 09/05/25, Marazion: 8 Whimbrel, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 17 Ringed Plover, 4 Dunlin, 4 Sanderling in the evening at Little London Beach, plus 1 Great Northern Diver offshore. (R Hill)

Late Submission, 09/05/25, Respryn: 1 Dipper, 2 Spotted Flycatcher  1m Grey Wagtail, 1 Siskin over, 1 Willow Warbler. (R Hill)

Late Submission, 09/05/25, Godrevy Point: 1 Whitethroat, 2 Skylark, 6 Swallow, 1 Kestrel, 5 Jackdaw, 1 Fulmar, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 15 Shag on 10 nests including 1 with newly hatched chicks. (C Taylor)

Late Submission, 09/05/25, Marazion Marsh: 1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 5 adult Grey Heron plus 4 juvenile, 1 Wood Sandpiper1 Garganey, 2 Linnet, 3 Reed Warbler (many more heard), 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 13 Canada Goose plus 3 gosling, 1 probable hybrid (white) Greylag Goose, 2 Gadwall, 4 Mallard + 5 duckling, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Shoveler, 1 Cormorant. (C Taylor)

Late Submission, 09/05/25, Ryan’s Field Hayle: 16 Canada Goose, 4 Shelduck, 23 Black-headed Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Buzzard over. (C Taylor)

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