Saturday 24th August 2024

Saturday 24th August 2024

Hayle Estuary RSPB Reserve: 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper, about 25 Dunlin, 5 Common Sandpiper and 1 Kingfisher, between Tempest and the garage at high tide.(T McGowan + T Mills) 1 Red Knot, 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper, Whimbrel, Curlew, Lesser Black Backed Gull, Common Sandpiper, Greenshank, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Turnstone, Canada Geese, 6 Bar-tailed Godwits, 8 Little Egret, Black Headed Gull, Herring Gull, Rock Pipit. (M James, A Holmes) Franklins Gull again this evening at Copperhouse Creek. (Birdguides) 82 Mediterranean Gull, 3 Greenshank.(S Grose)

Ryan’s Field: 1 Knot, 1 Sanderling, 30 Dunlin, 15 Ringed Plover, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Greenshank, 15 Redshank, 1 Little Egret, about 40 Oystercatcher and about 40 Curlew. (T Mills)

Hayle Black Bridge: 29 Redshank, 16 Oystercatcher, 1 Little Egret, 1 Mute Swan, 6 Mallard, 52 Canada Goose, 50+ Herring and Black-headed Gull, no sign of the Franklin’s Gull. (09.35 – 09.50 M Webb)

Hayle Estuary Carnsew Pool: 1 Shag, 1 Greenshank, 6 Curlew, 3 Oystercatcher, 3 Little Egret, 18 Black-headed Gull, 9 Herring Gull. (13.45 – 15.00 M Webb).

Pendeen: 102 Whimbrel, 11 Arctic Skua, 13 Sabine’s Gull, 1 Great Skua, 12 Storm Petrel, 8 Cory’s Shearwater, 350 Great Shearwater, 5 Balearic Shearwater, 10 Common Scoter, 5 Sandwich Tern. (G Wyatt)

Mounts Bay: Sabine’s Gull from Scillonian III. (C Smith)

Newlyn Harbour: 1 Kingfisher,19 Turnstone, 2 Rock Pipit, 74 Great Black backed Gull, 2 Lesser Black backed Gull,19 Cormorant.(S Grose)

Hayle Estuary: 7 Oystercatcher, 12 Teal, 9 Curlew, 9 Greenshank, 11 juv Mediterranean Gull,1 Firecrest from Lelant Station on this morning’s high tide. (S Grose)

Lizard Point: 1700 Cory’s Shearwater, 600 Great Shearwater, 60 Sooty Shearwater, Pomarine Skua and Storm Petrel. (Birdguides)

Lizard Point 7 Choughs feeding in field close together, 2 further Choughs flew by at the Point. . (N Wills)

Carnkie, Helston: 1 Wood Sandpiper on private pond. (A Lea)

Drift Reservoir: 3 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret, 11 Cormorant, 3 Little Grebe, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 7 Moorhen, 12 Mallard, 2 Teal, 166 Herring Gull, 6 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 7 Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Common Buzzard. (P Taylor)

Chapel Carn Brea: Common Swift @ 160o. (P Fraser)

Maer Lake, 11:20 am: 1 Grey Heron, 38 Canada Geese, 12 Moorhen, 1 Shelduck, 19 Teal, 28 Mallard, 1 Curlew, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 29 Black-headed Gull, 13 Herring Gull, 12 Linnet ,100+ mixed group of swallows, House Martin and Sand Martins, 1 Stonechat, 15 Goldfinch,2 Raven(over). (N Bastin)

Walmlsey Sanctuary: Grey Phalarope. (C Mason)

Upper Tamar Lake: 2 Ruff, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Little Egret, 10 Great Crested Grebe. (B Bryne)

Lower Tamar Lake this morning: 2 Willow Tit (3 at the hide), 1 Mute Swan, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Marsh Tit ( one ringed), 4 Coal Tit, 8 Blue Tit, c20 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Chaffinch, 1Magpie, 2 Green Finch 1 adult 1 recently fledged. (R Mudge)

Carnewas19 Herring Gull, 2 Northern Fulmar, 3 Gannet, 2 Choughs on the roof of the shop. (A Quincey)

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