Saturday 4th January 2025

Saturday 4th January 2025

Penzance, Battery Rocks: 1 Bonaparte’s Gull flew past, 32 Purple Sandpiper, c75 Sanderling, 1 ad Mediterranean Gull, 1 Guillemot, several Kittiwake, Black-headed Gull and Shag passing, 1 ad Gannet. (T Mills)

East Pentire (08.30-09.50): 1 Black-throated Diver, 2 Red-throated Diver, 4 Manx Shearwater, 1 Great Skua, 6 Common Scoter, 1 Med Gull. Also 2 Humpback Whale. (S Rowe, D Grose)

Pendeen: 2nd-w Iceland Gull. (P Combridge)

Castle Beach, Falmouth: 1 Black Redstart, 2 Great Northern Diver, 3 Meadow Pipit, 4 Rock Pipit, 2 Stonechat, 3 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Curlew, 9 Oystercatcher, 18 Turnstone. (J Irvine)

St Clement, Tresemple Pool: 77 Redshank, 4 Greenshank, 1 Little Grebe, 1f Kingfisher, 1 Water Rail, 2 Great spotted Woodpecker, 1f Blackcap. (S Grose).  Also, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 m Blackcap. (T Wilson)

St Clement, Menadews Farm: 14 Cattle Egret, 4 Little Egret. (S Grose, T Wilson)

Tresillian River: 1f Red Breasted Merganser, 32 Shelduck, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swan, Teal. (S Grose)

Hayle, Carnsew Pool: 5 Goosander (3 males + 2 redheads) and 1 Dark-bellied Brent Goose. (L Phillips, S Willson)

Tresillian Fal Garage: 1 Greenshank, 1 Redshank. (A Nicholson)

Sunny Corner, Truro: 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 29 Shelduck, 2 Curlew, 2 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 2 Oystercatcher. (A Kirk)

Lower Tamar Lake18 Lapwing, 2 Teal, 12 Goosander, 4 Mallard, 2 Cormorant, 32 Canada Geese, 2 Grey Heron. (P Howrihane)

Falmouth, Swanpool Beach: 1 Red-throated Diver. (R Bowyer)

Bude, Maer Lake: 11am grey and overcast very cold wind, 3 Canada Geese, 28 Moorhen, 1 Water Rail, 12 Mallard, 8 Wigeon, 18 Teal, 2 Shoveler, 7 Curlew, 8 Snipe, 89 Golden Plover, 120 Lapwing, 17 Black-Tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 8 Herring Gull, 129 Black Headed Gull, 2 Med Gull, 2 Common Gull, 23 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, 3 Mistle Thrush, 5 Song Thrush, 13 Continental Type Blackbirds,  remnants of what looks like a Peregrine kill lot of white feathers probably a small gull. (N Bastin)

Boscathnoe9 Bullfinch. (S Willson)

Late submission, 3/1, Truro River; Sunny Corner to Boscawen Park (14.45 – 15.45 low tide): 1 Avocet, 84 Black-tailed Godwit, 42 Curlew, 10 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 25 Oystercatcher, 43 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 45 Shelduck, 28 Teal, 3 Grey heron, 3 Little Egret, 1 Cormorant, 1 Mistle Thrush. Also 6 Teal on duck pond. (A Nicholson)

Late submission, 3/1, Upper Tamar Lake: 5 Willow Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 5 Great Tit, 12 Blue Tit, 4 Chaffinch, 3 Marsh Tit, 5 Coal Tit, 2 Jay. (R Mudge)

Late submission, 3/1, St Ives: Island 10:40am: Westerly passage of 100+ mixed auk sp seen at distance; Razorbill, Guillemot, Puffin, seen in 10 minutes, gradual Easterly passage of large Common Dolphin pod 50+ individuals, 2 large Bluefin Tuna breaching within dolphin pod. (J Evans)

TJW