Lost Binoculars: A pair of Zeiss Victory 8×42 binoculars were reported lost today by a local birder in the Mawgan Porth area. Please could you contact us at bird-news@cbwps.org.uk if anybody finds them (or see’s them for sale online)

Porthgwarra: Siberian Stonechat still.  1 Green Woodpecker. (A Holmes, T Mills)

Lizard Point: 1 Fea’s-type Petrel this morning. (Birdguides)

Clodgy Point: 11 to 13:00. 4 Snow Bunting inc 2 males in flight off the sea. Landed briefly and then headed low west along coast. Then at around 12:20 and again at 13:00 a single Snow Bunting heard high over head heading south. So a minimum of 4 but probably 6 birds. 2 juvenile Sabine’s Gull within 5 minutes of each other at around 12:30 and a single Great Shearwater at the same time. Also single Black-throated Diver, Pomarine skua, 3 Common Scoter, 00’s auks, Gannets, Kittiwakes, etc. (A Lobb) pm after AL left, Great Northern Diver, another Pom Skua, 4 Manx Shearwater, Balearic Shearwater and another Snow Bunting.. (R.Kaye)

Penrose: 1 Hawfinch. (Birdguides)

Pendeen: 1 Hawfinch over calling during a visible migration watch. (P Combridge)

Drift Reservoir: 1 Pink-footed Goose, 1 Yellow-browed Warbler. (P St Pierre)  Female/immature Ring-necked Duck in the northwest arm, found on the monthly WeBS count. (DK Parker, A Taylor)

Hayle Estuary RSPB: 2 Whooper Swan, 3 Pink-footed Geese, Spoonbill (green ring) 2 Greenshank, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Bar-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, 2 colour ringed Curlew and female Pintail. (G Hodgson)

Gannel Estuary: 3 Pink-footed Geese, (at 15.30pm then flew south)
8 Curlew, 2 Redshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Grey Wagtail,1 Great White Egret, 1 Rock Pipit (metal ring on right leg but not read), 1m Kingfisher. (S Grose)

Porth Joke: 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Water Rail, 5 Song Thrush. (S Rowe)

St Ives Island am: 3 Eider females west past the island close in at around 9:30. 6 Common Scoter also west. (A Lobb)

Hell’s Mouth to Godrevy: 4 Dunnock, 6 Stonechat, 2 Wren, 8 Chough (4 pairs flying over in succession ), 2 Raven, 1 Robin, 1 Blackbird, 15 Shag, 2 Cormorant. (J & C Taylor)

Gothian: 50+ Linnet, 1 Water Rail, 2 Great black-backed Gull, 5 Little Grebe, 2 Meadow Pipit, 7 Tufted Duck, 5 Mallard, 4 Curlew, 16 Herring Gull, 2 Coot, 3 Moorhen. (J & C Taylor)

Pendeen: in 1 hour (1-2pm) flying west, between 500m & 1km offshore: 100+ Gannet, 400+ Guillemot, 80+ Kittiwake. Also 18 Shag, 1 Great black-backed Gull, 8 Herring Gull. (J & C Taylor)

Cape Cornwall: 2 Kestrel, 2 Wren, 2 Stonechat. (J & C Taylor)

Lelant: 30+ Wigeon, 1 Little Egret, 5 Mediterranean Gull, 11 Black-headed Gull, 1 Greenshank, many Herring Gull. (J & C Taylor)

Hayle, Ryan’s Field: 1 Kingfisher, 30+ Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 14 Dunlin, 22 Black-tailed Godwit, 19 Curlew, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 7 Canada Goose. (J & C Taylor)

Heamoor: 1 Yellow-browed Warbler. (P St Pierre)

Sennen: Firecrest, 5 Jay, 350 Skylark. (IC Whitehouse, MD James)

Land’s End:  Black Redstart, Water Rail, 12 Jay, 88 Skylark, 93 Chaffinch. (IC Whitehouse, MD James) 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Wheatear. (G Lawlor)

Escalls: Cattle Egret, Merlin. (IC Whitehouse, MD James)

Chynalls Point: 1 Long-tailed Duck. (J Overfield)

Marazion Marsh RSPB: 4 (2m 2f) Stonechat, 8 Linnet, 1 Robin, 1 Magpie, 6 Carrion Crow, 6 Snipe, 2 (1ad 1juv) Moorhen, 1 Grey Heron. (10.00 – 11.30 M Webb)

Stithians Reservoir: 1 Great White Egret, 20 Lapwing. (D Eva) 1 Jay. (J h Richards)

Constantine (private garden): 8 Long tailed tits, 1 Yellow-browed Warbler, 1 Robin, 2 house sparrows, 2 starlings, 3 jackdaws, 1 great tit, 1 m blackbird, tawny owls m+f calling early morning. (A Harris)

Truro (private garden): 1 Firecrest, 2 Blackcap (m + f), 50 Redwing, 1 Stock Dove over. (T Wilson)

Penryn river: 5 Curlew, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Mute Swan, 6 Redshank, 4 Cormorant, 2 Sandwich Tern, 5 Canada Goose, +20 Mallard, 2 Great Black Gull, +10 Black-headed Gull, +10 Herring Gull,. (T Chambers)

Colliford Reservoir and Dozmary Pool: 11 Canada Goose, 5 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Goosander, 4 Coot, 1 Goldeneye, 2 Mallard, 3 Tufted Duck, 15 Teal, 78 Lapwing, 532 Golden Plover, 44 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Great Black Backed Gull, 2 Snipe, 4 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel(pr), 2 Raven, 39 Carrion Crow,1 Rook, 65 Jackdaw, 8 Magpie, 1 Cuckoo(juv), 1 Kingfisher, 133 Starling, 24 Meadow Pipit, 3 Wren, 2 Wheatear, 5 Stonechat, 1 Whitethroat, 3 Dunnock, 6 Pied Wagtail, 1 Water Pipit, 12 Chaffinch, 9 Goldfinch, 7 Blackbird, 3 Reed Bunting, 3 Great Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 10 Robin, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Siskin, 3 Linnet, 1 Fox and 4 Roe Deer. (C Reed,N Woods and DAConway)

Crowdy Res and area: Marsh Harrier, 1 Goosander, 10+ Crossbills, 9 Tufted Duck,
1 Little Grebe, 2 GC Grebes. Kestrel, 400+ Black headed Gulls, 120 Lapwing, 10 Snipe,
131 Golden Plover. (B Craven)

Sharp Tor and Minions area: c200 Redwings in groups of 20-40, 24 Blackbirds, 4 Skylark, 32 Starlings. (K Dalziel)

Carnewas: 2 Wren, 4 Robin, 7  Chough, 1 Kestrel, 1 Lesser Blacked Gull, 8 Jackdaw, 2 Meadow pipit
1 Raven, 49 Herring Gull. (A Quincey)

Gluvian: 1 Firecrest, 6 Goldcrest, 1 Marsh Tit. (B Bosisto)

Summercourt: 2 Kestrel. (S Grose)

Par Beach: 6 Eider, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 11 Oystercatcher. (S Grose)

Par, beach pool: 2 Water Rail, ad. and well grown juv. (R Hampshire)

Par, Spit beach: 11 Eider, 7m. 3f. 1 imm. c75 Oystercatcher, 15 Turnstone, 2 Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Curlew. (R Hampshire)

Penpillack: 2 Mistle Thrush. (S Grose)

Duchy of Cornwall nurseries: 1 Nuthatch, 3 Coal Tit. (S Grose)

Late submission, 18/10/24, Porthgwarra (7:30-11 then 1315-1745): 3 Common Scoter, 1 Great Skua, 1 Great Northern Diver, 627 Cory’s Shearwater, 17 Great Shearwater, 203 Manx Shearwater, 17 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Balearic Shearwater, 6 Puffin. (S. Rogers, M. McKee, M. Elliott, J. Overfield, N. Rogers)

Late submission, 18/10/24, Scillonian (west of Wolf Rock): 1 Fea’s type Petrel. (D Barber)

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