Saturday 22nd March 2025

Saturday 22nd March 2025

Pendeen: 1 male Ashy-headed Wagtail still. 2 Hoopoe, 1 Black Redstart, 1 Wheatear, male Common Redstart. (B Dallas et al)

Roche: 1 Hawfinch at 2pm. (P Roseveare, B Bosisto)

Nanquidno: male Blue-headed Wagtail, 7 House Martin. (Birdguides)

Old Lizard Head: 1 Serin circling low and calling before flying north. Also 1 Hoopoe, 1 Wheatear, 1 Black Redstart and 2 Willow Warblers. (I Maclean) 4 Hoopoe. (Birdguides)

Sennen: 3 Blue-headed Wagtail, 20 White Wagtail, 1 Black Redstart in ploughed field by Sennen School. (Birdguides)

Morvah: 1 Channel Wagtail, 3 Black Redstart, male Merlin. (P St Pierre)

Hellarcher Valley (Lizard): 1 Brambling over, 1 male Ring Ouzel. (I Maclean)

Kynance: 3 Hoopoe. (Birdguides)

Ruan Major: 1 Hoopoe. (Birdguides)

Caerthillian: 2 Willow Warbler. (I Maclean)

Treleaver: Ring Ouzel, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Pheasant, 5 Rook, 5 Golden Plover.  (S Wood)

Marazion: 1 Hoopoe, 2 Swallow, 5 Sand Martin. (G Lawlor et al) 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Swallow, female Marsh Harrier. (B Dallas) 1 Hoopoe,1 Song Thrush, (both in horse field behind “Green Lane” sign), 35 Turnstone, 3 Dunlin, 38 Sanderling on beach (S Grose) 10 Sand Martin. (T Wilson) Great Egret and Common Sandpiper on marsh and 6 Sand Martin over Longrock Pool. 6 Sandwich Tern heading east in Mounts Bay. 2 Common Tern west towards Penzance & Newlyn harbours. (A Lobb)

Newlyn Harbour: 66 Turnstone, 16 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 f Black Redstart. (S Grose)

Kenidjack: 10 Chiffchaff in the pouring rain. (A Lobb)

St Levan: 1 male Brambling. (M Wallace)

Hayle Estuary RSPB: 2 Spoonbill at Copperhouse Creek. (G Lawlor) adult Iceland Gull on main estuary. (Birdguides) Ad Iceland Gull, 2 Mediterranean Gull. (S Grose)

Hayle Private Garden: 1m Sparrowhawk, 5 Goldfinch, 6 (4m 2f) House Sparrow, 4 Jackdaw, 2 Rook, 1 Herring Gull. (M Webb)

St Gothian Sands LNR : 40+ Sand Martin,3 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 20 Tufted Duck, 7 Little Grebe, 3 Reed Bunting.(S Grose) 50 Sand Martin, 1 Swallow, 1 Wheatear, 1 White Wagtail, 15 Tufted Duck, 4 Shoveler. (C Benton)

Porthtowan: 2 Sandwich Tern, 1 Wheatear and 1 Chiffchaff. (T Wilson)

Helston Boating Lake: 3+ Swallow, 10+ Sand Martin, 1 Common Sandpiper. (M Elliot)

Stithians Reservoir: 6 Great Crested Grebe, 8 Cormorant, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Buzzard, 2 Crow, 1 Little Grebe. (C Motley)

Widemouth Bay: 1 Swallow. (Birdguides)

Lanivet: 11.00-16.00, 13 Starling, 9 Chaffinch (3pr +3m), 4 Goldfinch, 7 Woodpigeon, 7 Blackbird (4m, 3f), 3 Great Tit, 2 Pied Wagtail, 6 Magpie, c20 House Sparrow, 7 Robin, 2 Coal Tit, 40+Rook, 40+ Jackdaw, 5 Herring Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker (heard), 2 Blue Tit, 2 Dunnock (pr) and 3 Carrion Crow. (B. Crowle)

East Pentire; Newquay: 7.15-8.45am, 3 Sandwich Tern, 4 Red-throated Diver, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 4 Common Scoter, 1 Swallow, 60+ Lesser Black-backed Gull. (D Grose)

Newquay Boating Lake: 1 Long-tailed Duck still. (D Grose) 1 Little Grebe, 1 Tufted Duck, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Sparrowhawk over. (S Grose)

Porth Joke: 1 Black Redstart, 1 Wheatear, 16 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Firecrest, 2 Bullfinch, 35 Linnet, 15 Goldfinch. (S Rowe)

Maer Lake: c60 Teal, c20 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Black-headed Gull, 2 Shelduck, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Moorhen. (S Ashby)

Lower Tamar Lake: 1 Treecreeper, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Black headed Gull, 2 Grey Heron. (P Howrihane)

Par, Spit Beach: 17 Eider (12m 5f) 2 Common Scoter (pr) 1 Swallow. (R Hampshire)

St Blazey LNR: 7 Teal (4m 3f). (R Hampshire)

Millbrook: 1 male Pintail, 1 female Pintail, 15 Teal, 4 Greenshank, 2 Redshank, 4 Little Egret. (R Napp)

Downderry: 4 Sandwich Tern, 4 Common Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull and 7 Razorbill east before 0755. 3 Common Scoter west. (A Payne)

Hannafore: 1 Cormorant, Shag, 5 Mallard, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew, 12 Oystercatcher, 7 Turnstone, 4 Pied Wagtail, 1 Robin, 1 Wren. (A Parker)

Hannafore to Portnadler Bay: 1 Kestrel, 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Chiffchaff. (A Parker)

Late news, 21/03/25, Rosudgeon: 1 Hoopoe in private garden. (J Smith)

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