Late news, 3/8, RSPB Scillonian Wildlife Cruise, Penzance to Wolf Rock: 53 Herring Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Lesser Black- backed Gull, 106 Manx Shearwater, 2 Fulmar, 3 Cormorant, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 350 Gannet, 1 Mute Swan, 1 Great Skua, c12 Bottle-nosed Dolphin, c 20 Common Dolphin. Wolf Rock to Scilly: 20 Shag, 5 Great Black-back Gull, 2 Manx Shearwater, 30 Gannet, 5 Storm Petrel, 1 Fulmar, 1 Ocean Sunfish, 2 Risso’s Dolphin, 58 Common Dolphin, 20 Harbour Porpoise. Scilly to Wolf Rock: 24 Herring Gull, 4 Sandwich Tern, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 6 Shag, 61 Great Black-backed Gull, 65 Gannet, 1 Manx Shearwater, 1 Grey Seal, 1 Basking Shark, 56 Common Dolphin. Wolf Rock to Penzance: 151 Gannet, 24 Manx Shearwater, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Storm Petrel, 1 Fulmar, c1500 Herring Gull gathering in Mount’s Bay, 8 Common Dolphin and 1 unidentified Cetacean sp. (M Jones)
Pendeen: 08:00-09:00: distant large Shearwater sp, 10 Common Scoter, Med Gull, reasonable passage of Manx Shearwater. Also 2 Wheatear (1 juv), 2 Rock Pipit. (A Hartley)
Drift Reservoir: Pectoral Sandpiper still in the NW corner, 3 Green Sandpipers, 2 Common Sandpipers 1 Dunlin, 3+ Little Egret, Grey Wagtail + juvs, Pied Wagtails + juvs, 2 Grey Heron, Mallards, Canada Geese, 1 Sand Martin & 1 Swift in amongst the Swallows, 1 Muscovy Duck, 2 Black Indian Runner Ducks (?). (A Hartley)
Tresemple Pool: 9 Greenshank, 42 Redshank, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Teal. (D Eva)
Kayak trip around Gerrans and Veryan Bay: 2 Storm Petrel, 300+ Manx Shearwater and 80+ Common Dolphin in six groups, 16 Harbour Porpoise in multiple small groups. (R Kirkwood)
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St Ives seawatch, 06:48-07:50: 2 Balearic Shearwater, 879+ Manx Shearwater, 21 Common Scoter and 1 Harbour Porpoise. (L Langley)
Goss Moor: a total of 115 new birds ringed. Birds of interest included 4 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 66 Blackcap, an incredible 28 Garden Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler and 2 Reed Bunting. (P Roseveare)
Mitchell: 1 Turtle Dove flew over the nearby A30. (P Roseveare)
Porthgwarra: 28 Willow Warbler, 2 Wheatear & a Green Sandpiper over. (M Wallace)
Nanjizal: 237 birds ringed. 78 Willow Warbler, 49 Whitethroat, 84 Sedge Warbler, 7 Reed Warbler, 4 Garden Warbler, 3 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Pied Flycatcher, 1 Blackcap. (K Wilson)
Lanner: (outskirts) c25 Goldfinch. (R Hampshire)
Rock: juv Sparrowhawk in private garden. (S Grose)
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Gannel Estuary: 6 Little Egret, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 3 Curlew. (S Grose)
Par Beach lake: 2 Magpie, 1 foraging at water’s edge, 1 in tree above. (R Barlow)
St Blazey: 1 young Magpie in Co-op car park. (R Barlow)
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