Saturday 2nd September 2023

Saturday 2nd September 2023

Marazion  Beach: 1 Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 1 Little Stint, 1 Ruff, 5 Knot, 6 Bar-tailed Godwit. Also numbers of Dunlin, Sanderling, Ringed Plover, and Turnstone plus 1 Clouded Yellow butterfly. (J St Ledger, D Clayton, J Malloy et al)

Kynance Farm: 1 Ortolan Bunting still, although mobile. (D Collins)

Porthgwarra: 1 Red-backed Shrike on track south of Roskestal near large sallow clump, 42 Cory’s Shearwater, 12 Balearic Shearwater, 1 Sooty Shearwater. (Birdguides)

Lizard Point: (morning) 5000+ Cory’s Shearwater, several Great Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater, Balearic Shearwater, Great Skua, Arctic Skua, Tree Pipit, Yellow Wagtail. (T Blunden). (17:15-18:15) 10 Pomarine Skua, 2400 Cory’s Shearwater, 70 Sooty Shearwater, 1300 Great Shearwater, 80 Balearic Shearwater. (T Blunden)

Nanjizal: 320 trapped and ringed including: 155 Sedge Warbler, 110 Blackcap, 16 Reed Warbler, 3 Grasshopper Warbler, 12 Willow Warbler, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Whinchat, 1 Firecrest, 2 Tree Pipit. Also 1 Redstart, c100 Swallow, 1 Yellow Wagtail in/around the valley. Please keep to public rights of way. (K Wilson, J Overfield, R Veal). Also 1 Wood Sandpiper over Carn les Boel. (Birdguides)

St Levan: 1 Whinchat, 1 Ringed Plover and 1 Yellow Wagtail over. (R Veal)

Pendennis Point (19:00-19:45): c150 Cory’s Shearwater, c40 Great Shearwater, 400+ large shearwater sp, 2 Sooty Shearwater, 8 Arctic Skua in 2 groups, 1 Pomarine Skua, c5,000 Manx Shearwater, 20+ Commic Tern, 6 Sandwich tern, 1 Minke Whale, 3 Risso’s Dolphin and c40 Common Dolphin feeding offshore. (J Drage Hubert)

Newlyn: 1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Dipper (on river between cinema and sea food bar), 20 Turnstone, Herring Gull with blue plastic ring on right leg W:569 in harbour. (S Grose)

Longrock Pool: 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 1 Kingfisher, 6 Little Grebe. (S Grose)

Soapy Valley, Lizard: 17 Chough. (S Kolodziejski)

St Gothian Sands LNR: 1 Ruff, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 11 Ringed Plover, 1 juv Mediterranean Gull, 2 Raven, 2 Wheatear, 20 Linnet. (S Grose)

Bedruthen Steps to Porthcothan: 1 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear, 2 Kestrel, 1 Chough, 100+ Swallow, 3 House Martin. (D Grose)

Drift Reservoir: 3 Kingfisher, 5 Little Grebe including some with chicks, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Cattle Egret, 1 Grey Squirrel. (R Chiffers)

Stithians Reservoir: 1 Wood Sandpiper. (Birdguides)

Gyllyngvase Beach: 1 Sandwich Tern, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 12 Turnstone. (S Van Hear)

Tresemple Pool: 1 Kingfisher, 1 Water Rail, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Shoveler, c30 Redshank, 6 Greenshank. (N Best)

Pentire Head, Newquay: (07:40-08:40) 3 Chough feeding at the point for 2nd day, steady passage of Gannet and Manx Shearwater, 1 Cory’s Shearwater, 5 Common Scoter, 1 Wheatear (f). (M Lammas, D Folland)

Hayle Estuary: 66 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Kingfisher, 3 Knot, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 17 Ringed Plover, 7 Bar-tailed Godwit, 31 Oystercatcher, 69 Curlew. (S Grose) Also 55 Little Egret in the bushes just after high tide at 0845. (S Thomas)

Kynance to Soapy Cove: 5 Wheatear, 11 Chough, (Soapy Cove), 2 Whinchat, male Blackcap, 4 Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, 9 Stonechat, Green Woodpecker, 5 Buzzard, Skylark, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillaries, Small Copper, Graylings, Common Blue, numerous Meadow Browns and Whites, Keeled Skimmer, Emperor Dragonfly, Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Common Darters and Beautiful Demoiselles. (JH & K Dalziel)

Nare Head: 1 Common Sandpiper. Also 1 Whimbrel 1km further north and 1 immature Kittiwake on Gull Rock Outer. (M Moxon)

Quintrell Downs: 1 Sparrowhawk. (S Grose)

Millbrook: 5 Cattle Egret in field with cattle,  north of B3247 between Millbrook and Four Lanes End. (B Taggart)

Treraven Meadow, Wadebridge: 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Curlew, 148 Canada Goose, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk. (D Wilson)

Walmsley Sanctuary: 1 Canada Goose, 8 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 25+ Linnet. (D Wilson)

Guineaport, Wadebridge: 1 Guillemot, 2 Common Sandpipers, 2 Grey Wagtail on riverbank. 3 Green Sandpiper high overhead, 1 Greenshank. (W Delacour)

Boat Cove: 1 Buzzard, 2 Pied Wagtail, 9 Little Egret, 3 Whimbrel, 20 Turnstone, 5 Ringed Plover, 1 Sexton Beetle with many Carrion Beetle Mites on its head and back, 1 Red Admiral.(M Claughton)

Millpool (private garden): 2 Comma, 5 Small White, 3 Great Tit, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Song Thrush. (M Claughton)

Lower Polmorla, St Wenn: 6 Spotted Flycatcher. (I Bennallick)

Halvana Plantation: 3 Spotted Flycatcher. (I Bennallick)

Late Submission, 01/09/2023, Lower Tamar Lake: 2 Marsh Tit, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, 5 Great Crested Grebe plus 2 juv, 6 Coot, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant. (R Mudge)

Late Submission, 01/09/2023, Downderry: 12 Ringed Plover, 1 Sanderling, 2 Dunlin, 15 White Wagtail. (A Payne)

Late Submission, 01/09/2023, Portscatho: 1 Mediterannean Gull (ad), 1 Knot, 13 Turnstone, 1 Little Egret. (M Moxon)

Late submission, 30/08/23, RSPB Scillonian III, Penzance to Wolf Rock: 11 Gannet, 40 Manx Shearwater, 7 Cory’s Shearwater, 1 Harbour Porpoise, 3 Common Dolphin. (M Spicer, B Bosisto)

Late submission, 30/08/23 , RSPB Scillonian III, Wolf Rock to Isles of Scilly: 73 Cory’s Shearwater, 26 Manx Shearwater, 13 Gannet, 8 Great Shearwater, 2 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Fulmar, 1 Puffin, 10 Sandwich Tern, 6 Common Dolphin, 1 Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, 2 Harbour Porpoise. (M Spicer, B Bosisto)

Late submission, 30/08/23, RSPB Scillonian III, St Mary’s to Wolf Rock: 67 Cory’s Shearwater, 175  Manx Shearwater, 3 Great Shearwater, 3 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Great Skua, 3 Harbour Porpoise, 5 Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, 1 Risso’s Dolphin, 7 Common Dolphin, 1 Puffin, 1 Storm Petrel. (M Spicer, B Bosisto)

Late submission, 30/08/23, RSPB Scillonian III, Wolf Rock to Penzance: 2 Fulmar, circa 750 Manx Shearwater, 1 Razorbill, 7 Cory’s Shearwater, 4 Guillemot, 6 Sooty Shearwater, 1 juvenile Sabine’s Gull, 1 juvenile Kittiwake, 2 Common Tern, 1 Arctic Tern, 23 Common Dolphin. (M Spicer, B Bosisto)