Saturday 7th December 2024

Saturday 7th December 2024

Porthleven: 1 Ring-necked Parakeet in private garden again. (I Maclean)

St Ives Island: (08:00-13:15) 1 Leach’s Petrel, 8 Great Northern Diver, 43+ Manx Shearwater, 4 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Cory’s Shearwater, 12+ Great Skua, 2 Arctic Skua, 3 Little Gull. (M Elliott, G Lawlor, M McKee, S Rogers) In addition, (07:30-15:15). 31 Oystercatcher, 6 Purple Sandpiper, 1 Dunlin, 13 Great Skua, 2 Arctic Skua, 1 Pomarine Skua, 3 Great Northern Diver, 2 Little Gull, 1 Leach’s Petrel, 119 Fulmar, 42 Manx Shearwater, 3 Sooty Shearwater (P Nason)

Hayle Estuary: adult Ring-billed Gull still and 2 Kittiwake. (G Allen) Also, 2 Green-winged Teal reported. (Birdguides)

Stithians Reservoir: Egyptian Goose still by Golden Lion cut-off. (Birdguides)

Newquay Boating Lake: 1 m Shoveler, 1 Long tailed Duck, 1m Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 6 Cormorant, 157 Mallard, 7 Moorhen and 2 Mute Swan. (S Grose, P Lance)

Gannel Estuary: 2 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, 1 Oystercatcher, 13 Curlew, 10 Common Gull, 36 Great Black-backed Gull, 29 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Kingfisher and 9 Rock Pipit. (S Grose)

East Pentire: (08:15-09:15) 7 Great Northern Diver, 2 Great Skua and 1 Arctic Skua. (S Rowe, D Grose)

Polbathic Creek: 1 Great White Egret. (A Blonden)

Late submission, 06/12, Boscawen Park and Truro River: 2 Kingfisher (1m, 1 f), 1 Little Egret, 1 Cormorant, 4 Mute Swan, 7 Canada Geese, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, many Black-headed Gull, Mallard, Teal, 23 Shelduck, 4 Moorhen, c.50 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank, c20 Redshank, 3 Curlew, Oystercatcher, c200 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, Rooks, Crows, Jackdaws, Wood Pigeon, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Blackbird, 6 Redwing, 2 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Wren. (A Hill et al)

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