Late news, 26-27/9, Hayle Estuary: Gull thought to be a Caspian Gull. (M Halliday)
Late news, 27/9, Helston: Escaped male Ferruginous Duck still on the boating lake.
Late news, 27/9, Penzance: 30+Turnstones, 30+ Ringed Plover, 4 Dunlin on Jubilee Pool rocks. ( N Wills)
Downderry: 8 Balearic Shearwaters, 1 Sandwich Tern, 2 Common Scoters, 18 Kittiwakes and 180+ Gannets moving west, 0715-0820. Early afternoon a Painted Lady and a Hummingbird Hawkmoth. Birds flying west included 4 Arctic Skuas, 4 Common Scoters, and just one Balearic Shearwater between 1320-1455. (A Payne) 5 Balearic Shearwater, Common Scoter, Sandwich Tern and 24+ Gannet this morning. 2 Arctic Skua, 5 Kittiwake in one hour this afternoon. (C Buckland, M Beer)
Penzance: Parakeet sp. (presumed escaped Ring-necked) seen at Tesco roundabout in flight towards Penzance. (S Rusga)
Stithians Reservoir: 1 Shoveler, 1 Gadwall, 42 Teal, 3 Lapwing. (D Eva)
Towan Head: 4 Balearic Shearwater, 1 Arctic Skua, 2 Great Skua, 13 Sandwich Tern, 1 Common Scoter between 07:30 and 08:50. (S Rowe)
Porthgwarra: Adult American Golden Plover with 3 Golden Plover in 3rd seeded field south of Portloe house, Roskestal, released White Stork in nearby fields. (M Wallace)
St Levan: Firecrest. (P St Pierre)
Porthchapel: 23 Balearic Shearwater west between 11:00 & 12:30 also 6 Chough. (P St Pierre)
Pendeen Watch: 25 Great Skua, 23 Arctic Skua, 1 Pomarine Skua with spoons, 1 Little Tern, 1 Sooty Shearwater’ 18 Arctic Tern, 12 commic Tern, 35 Balearic from bottom car park between 08:00 – 12:15. (R Wilkins & P Clements)
Penzance: 1 m Eider, 4 Sandwich Tern, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 5 Sanderling, 21 Turnstone, 39 Ringed plover, 1 Dunlin, 1 Curlew, 8 Oystercatcher. (S Grose)
Marazion Beach: 14 Pale bellied Brent Geese, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Linnet. (S Grose)
Drift Reervoir: Osprey sheltering in heavy rain in tree far NW arm, Fox on far bank and female Kingfisher, 3 Great Crested Grebes, 2 Little Egrets, 1 Grey Heron. (R Chiffers)
Cligga Head, Perranporth: 1 Great Northern Diver sum plum, 2 Great Skua and 10 Common Scoter (T Wilson)
Hayle Estuary RSPB: 5 Little Grebe, 3 Curlew, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Goldfinch in Carnsew Basin and 1 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Little Egret, 1 Pied Wagtail at South Quay. (N Wills) c200 Sandwich Tern, c40 Arctic Tern, c10 Common Tern, 6 pale-bellied Brent Goose, 1 Grey Plover, 1 Lapwing, 15 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Greenshank, 1 Spotted Redshank this evening. (R Veal)
Rame Head: 8 Balearic Shearwater, 10 Manx Shearwater, 8 Arctic Skua, 2 Common Scoter, 70+ Kittiwake, 2 House Martin, 1 Merlin this morning. (C Buckland)
Davidstow Airfield: 27 Ringed Plover, 2 Golden Plover, 12 Dunlin, 1 Curlew Sandpiper. (B Bosisto, L Payne)
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