Saturday 14th December 2024

Saturday 14th December 2024

Newlyn: 1 Yellow-browed Warbler, 1 Hume’s Warbler. (S Rogers) Hume’s Warbler, Yellow-browed Warbler, Firecrest and Chiffchaff – sound recording of the call of Hume’s Warbler here https://soundcloud.com/luscinia61/241214_humes_01 . (N Watmough)

Pendeen 0800-1100: 1 Black Guillemot, 17 Red-throated Diver. (P Combridge)

Newlyn Harbour: 1 Great Northern Diver, 72 Turnstone. (N Watmough)

Wherrytown Beach: 1 juv Brent Goose feeding on tideline wrack. (N Watmough)

Battery Rocks Penzance: 13 Ringed Plover, 35 Sanderling, 26 Purple Sandpiper. (N Watmough)

Drift Reservoir: 2 Whooper Swan. (S Willson) 2 Whooper Swan, Shoveler. (P St Pierre)

Boscathnoe: 1 Yellow-browed Warbler. (P St Pierre) 1 Little Bunting. (S Rogers)

River Tamar – Kingsmill Lake – Landulph: 1 f Velvet Scoter , 1 f Common Scoter viewable from Neal Point ,mainly off Warren Point (Devon side) but does cross to Cornwall side occasionally. Also 22 Great Crested Grebe between Warren Point and Weir Point, 47 Black-tailed Godwit , 26 Avocet , 65 Dunlin, 8 Little Egret. (K Pellow)

Marazion Marsh RSPB: 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Wren, 3 (1m 2f) Stonechat, 2 Dunnock, 2 Magpie, 10 Snipe, 1 Grey Heron, 30 Teal, 12 Mallard, 100+ Canada Goose 10.30 – 11.45. (M Webb)

RSPB Hayle Estuary: 5 Goosander, 6 Bar tailed Godwit, 8 Shelduck,1 Spoonbill, 23 Mediterranean Gull,19 Common Gull,97 Great Black backed Gull,1 ad Yellow legged Gull,158 Lesser Black backed Gull,1 Kingfisher. (S Grose)

Carnsew Pool: 77 Cormorant, 3 Grey Plover,11 Oystercatcher, 50+Dunlin, 1 m Goosander, 3 Little Egret, 7 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron. (S Grose)

St Gothian Sands LNR: 5 Shoveler, 9 Tufted Duck ,1 Mute Swan cygnet, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Curlew, 3 Raven over. (S Grose)

Longrock Beach: 1 Great Northern Diver, 1 Common Scoter. (C Taylor)

Long Rock Pool: 1 Water Rail. (S Willson)

Chyandour: 4 fem type Black Redstart.(S Grose)

Polbathic Creek: 2 Great White Egret. (A Blonden)

Breney Common: 3 Swallow. (Birdguides)

Newquay, Texaco garage: 3 Blackcap. (S Grose)

Newquay Boating Lake: 1 Long-tailed Duck still. (Birdguides)

Millbrook: 3 Pintail, 6 Little Grebe, 1 Kingfisher, c50 Teal, 2 Greenshank and 9 Black-tailed Godwit. (A Payne)

South Tehidy Woods: 1m Gadwall, 2 Mandarin duck, 4 Tufted duck, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Jay, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Nuthatch, 7 Long Tailed Tit, 8 Redwing, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker. (M Saunders)

Newbridge: Mixed flock of Fieldfare and Redwing in field and hedgerow (30 plus). (S Willson)

Castle Beach: 1 Great Northern Diver, 15 Turnstone. (S Van Hear)

Pentewan Harbour & Beach (9:30-10:30): 1 Wren, 1 Robin, 1 Blue Tit, 2 Bullfinch (M+F), 2 Blackcap (F), 1 Chaffinch, 4 Blackbird, 12 House Sparrow, 1 Song Thrush, 10 Redwing, 2 Magpie, c50 Rook, c25 Herring Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull. (I & C Sowerby)

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