Saturday 19th April 2025

Saturday 19th April 2025

Marazion Marsh RSPB: Savi’s Warbler still singing, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper. Also 42 Whimbrel, 1 Red-throated Diver, 15 Sandwich Tern offshore. Wheatear, 2 White Wagtail on the beach. (R Veal, G Lawlor, P Nason et al) 1 Whimbrel on the beach, 1 Sedge Warbler on the marsh. (S Willson)

Newlyn: adult Azorean Gull still this morning. (Birdguides)

St Levan: 1 Black Kite. (Birdguides)

Sennen: 1 Dotterel this afternoon. (R Irvine) 1 Yellow Wagtail, 12 White Wagtail in field behind Sennen school field.

Penzance, Battery Rocks: 59 Purple Sandpipers roosting at high tide this morning. (T Mills)

Eastern Green: 17 Sandwich Tern, 1 Common Tern. (P St Pierre) 15 Whimbrel. (S Grose)

Penzance to Wolf Rock: 1 Puffin, 2 Great Skua. (P St Pierre)

Watchcroft: 1 Woodlark flew east. (P Clement)

Woon Gumpus: 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Cuckoo. (R Humphries)

Pendeen: 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Cuckoo. (A Bayly)

Newlyn Harbour: Only 3 Turnstone left (mid morning). (T Mills)  3 prs Great Black-backed Gull (nesting within view of the harbour), 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Turnstone, 2 m Grey Wagtail, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull. (S Grose)

Drift Reservoir: 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Great crested Grebe, 2 Chiffchaff. (S Grose)

Hayle Estuary: 1 Ruff with Redshank and Bar-tailed Godwit. 1 Common Sandpiper. (S Willson) 2 Common Sandpiper,1 Greenshank, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 ad Yellow legged Gull, 3 Common Gull, 2 Mediterranean Gull. Herring Gulls W:670 & W:390 present. (S Grose)

Hayle Harbour: 1 Spoonbill (no rings). (S Grose)

Gwithian Green LNR:  1 Cuckoo (heard only towards Penhallow Farm), 3 Greenfinch, 1 Chiffchaff, 1m Blackcap. (S Grose)

Rinsey Head: 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Grasshopper Warbler in dip below Rinsey Head (Praa Sands side). 1 Kestrel, 50+ Fulmar, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Raven, 1 Buzzard on coast path between Rinsey and Porthleven. (E Pearce)

Godolphin Cross: Blackcap singing, Stock Dove calling, Green Woodpecker. (C Richards)

Windmill Farm: 3 Cuckoo, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, 4 Sedge Warbler, 10 Willow Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler and Reed Warbler. (D Wright)

Kynance: 1 Hoopoe still. (Birdguides)

Lizard Point: 1 Pied Flycatcher. (Birdguides)

Stithians Reservoir: 1 Cuckoo, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 4 Whitethroat, 1 Snipe, 3 Sedge Warbler, 10 Willow Warbler, 1 Kingfisher , Great Crested Grebe nesting at Golden Lion. (D Eva) 1 Common Sandpiper. (B Dallas)

Devoran/Point: 1 Osprey carrying a fish, 2 Whimbrel, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Greenshank, 118 Black-headed Gull, 1 Common Gull. (T Wilson)

Truro; Malpas: 1 pair of Siskin in front garden. (M Costa)

Ruan Lanihorne: 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Curlew, 2 Swallow. (T Wilson)

Gannel Estuary, Newquay: 2 Cattle Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper at 7:45am this morning. (D Grose) 2 Whimbrel, 1 Dunlin, also 1 Cuckoo over Trevemper bridge. (S Rowe)

Newquay Boating lake: 1m Little Grebe, 1m Tufted Duck, 1 Sparrowhawk over. (S Grose)

East Pentire: 1 Yellow Wagtail. (S Rowe, D Grose)

Porth Joke: 1 Grasshopper Warbler, mixed singing Willow Warbler, 5 Whitethroat. (B Bosisto)

Walmsley Sanctuary: 1 Osprey with Grey Mullet at 15:10. (S Lilley)  Kestrel, Osprey, up to 30 Cattle Egret, Sand Martin, female Shoveler. (R Griffiths)

Chaple Amble: 1 Common Sandpiper. (B Bosisto)

Glebe Cliff to Trebarwith Strand: 9 Swallow, 1 Cormorant, 7 Skylark, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Wheatear, 1 Kestrel, 2 Kestrel, 2 Linnet, 2 Stonechat, 1 Dunnock, 2 Blackbird, 1 Raven, 3 Carrion Crow. (J Burges)

Upper Tamar Lake: 1 Red-necked Grebe. (G)

Bodmin Moor; Dozmary Pool: 1 male Goosander, 1 Lapwing, 6 Teal, 8 Tufted Duck, 2 Moorhen, 1 Mistle Thrush, 10+ Swallow (over water). (J St Ledger)

Trevethey Woods; Penpillick, Par: 1 Cuckoo. (P Bullen)

Par, Spit beach: 1 (m) Wheatear, 17 Whimbrel over, 7 Turnstone, 2 Fulmar, 2 Swallow. (R Hampshire)

Carbis Moor: 4 Bullfinch (2 pairs), 4 Jays (presume 2 pairs), 1 male Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Greenfinches, 7 Siskin (6 male 1 female), 2 Collared Dove, number of Chaffinch, House Sparrow,and Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Marsh Tit, 2 Robin, 3 Blackbird, 1 second year Herring Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Dunnock, 3 Swallows around the farm buildings. (V Booth)

Late news, 18/04/25, Wherrytown, Newlyn: 353 Whimbrel in flocks of 120+; 14; 42; 85; and 92 all W or alighting on the rocks before moving west. 21 Sandwich Terns in group fishing. (J Hawkey)

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