Saturday 27th July 2024

Saturday 27th July 2024

Loe Pool: 1 Kestral, 2 Buzzard, 4 Goldfinch, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Raven, c40 Herring Gull, c40 Canada Goose, 2 Cormorant, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 9 Blackbird, 1 Great Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 5 [2f/3m] Chaffinch, Robin. (P K Bray)

Porthgwarra: (06:00-09:00) 38 Cory’s Shearwater, 9 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Balearic Shearwater, 1 Great Skua and 4 Puffin. (I Prentice) In addition, (07:30 – 15:00) 23 Cory’s Shearwater, 6 European Storm Petrel, 2 Balearic Shearwater, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 7 Puffin, 5 Common Scoter,
8 Mediterranean Gull and a steady passage of Manx Shearwater. (R Augarde, B Mellow, S Rogers)

Ryan’s Field: 201 Mediterranean Gull, including 64 juveniles, 1f Kingfisher, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Oystercatcher, 5 Whimbrel, 58 Curlew, 3 Blackcap, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Harbour Seal directly below the hide at high tide,then hauled itself out of the water and was still present at 3.00pm next to hide in a secluded cove. (S Grose)

Falmouth: 75+ Great Shearwater, 60+ Cory’s Shearwater, 15 Sooty Shearwater and 4 European Storm Petrels from AK Wildlife pelagic. (AK Wildlife Cruises)

Devoran: 13 Greenshank, 127 Redshank, 8 Whimbrel, 96 Curlew, 19 Oystercatcher, 9 Dunlin, 9 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher. (D Eva)

Par Beach Pool: c100 Canada Goose, c75 Black-headed Gull, c75 Herring Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Cormorant, c50 Mallard inc Hybrids, c15 Jackdaw (2 with leg injury), 1 Juv. Carrion Crow, 4 Moorhen. (S Ashby)

Spit Beach, Par: 10 Eider. (S Beazley)

East Pentire, Newquay: (06:15-08:45) 70,000+ Manx Shearwater, 2 Balearic Shearwater, 1 Arctic Skua (Dark Phase), 1 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Sandwich Tern, 19 Kittiwakes, 8 (5+3) Small wader sp. (D Grose & S Rowe)

Newquay: 1 Mistle Thrush. (S Grose)

Colliford Reservoir: 4 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Cormorant and 3 Buzzard. (A Parker)

Liskeard, Moorswater: 7 Common Swift feeding over the viaduct at 19.25 hrs. (D Sharp).

Whitsand Bay: (08:30-09:30) 400+ Gannet, 5 Common Scoter, 20 Common Swift, 1 Little Egret, 6 Common Dolphin. (M Saunders)

Downderry: 660+ Gannet, 2 Arctic Skua and 10 Mediterranean Gull west, 06:00-07:30. Also, 9 Common Scoter east. Also at least 15 Common Dolphin. (A Payne)

Late submission, 26/7 Walmsley Sanctuary: (18:00 – 19:00) 2 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, Lapwing, 3 Grey Heron, 1 imm. eclipse Shoveler, 3 Little Grebe. (M Jordan)

Late submission, 27/7 Freathy: c1400 Gannet fishing off shore, including c100 first year birds. (M Jordan)

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