Saturday 24th May 2025

Saturday 24th May 2025

Hayle Estuary (high tide): 1 Grey Plover (partial s/p) & Bar-tailed Godwit. Pair Shelduck with 9 ducklings.
Ryan’s Field: 2yr Bonaparte’s Gull still present, 2 Whimbrel & Oystercatcher still sitting. (J Hawkey)

East Pentire, Newquay 7-8.45am: 3,000+ Manx Shearwater, 3 Storm Petrel, 1 Common Tern. (D Grose)

Truro, Sunny Corner: 4 Curlew, 2 Mute Swan, 2 Shelduck. (S Grose)

Boxheater junction: 1m Yellowhammer. (S Grose)

Trevemper Sewage works: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 m Bullfinch, 3 Blackcap, 4 Coal Tit, 1pr nesting Buzzard. (S Grose)

Watch Croft to Carne Downs: 3 Willow Warbler, 3 Wren, 8 Common Whitethroat, 8 Stonechat plus multiple fledglings, 9 Linnet, 3 Meadow Pipit, 5 Skylark, 3 Cuckoo, 1 Buzzard, 2 Dunnock. (E Pearce)

Rising Sun, Harrowbarrow: Group of 6+ Swallow. (J Mazzeo)

Callington: Group of 30+ mix of Swallow and House Martin. (J Mazzeo)

Lower Tamar Lake: 2 Willow Tit, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Tufted Duck (1m 1f), 2 Grey Heron. (R Mudge)

Maer Lake: 1 Grey Heron, 7 Moorhen, 1 Water Rail, 2 Shelduck (with no young),  57 Mallard, 2 Shoveler, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull,  200+ Sand Martin (hawking over Lake), 2 Sedge Warbler (singing), 1 Common Whitethroat (singing), 4 Greenfinch, 2 Stonechat, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 pair of Carrion Crow at the Lakeside still sat on eggs. (N Bastin)

Maker Heights: 1 Red Kite soaring late afternoon. (G Smaldon)

Downderry: 2 Great Northern Diver west early morning. (A Payne)

Crowntown: 2 Sedge Warbler. (M Logan)

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