Sunday 1st December 2019

Sunday 1st December 2019

Late news, 30/11, Sancreed: 1 Black Redstart. (D Flumm)

Goonhilly: 1 Little Bunting shadowing male Stonechat along cinder track near East Car Park. 15 Fieldfare, Large Flocks of Starling and Redwing heading East, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Snipe (J Evans)

St Martin in Meneage: 2 Firecrests in private garden. (S Chandler)

St. Erth: 1 Mistle Thrush (D Eva)

Newlyn Harbour: 1 Iceland Gull, (1st winter) 1 Eider, 1 Peregrine Falcon over. (S Grose) Newlyn, Sandy Cove: 1 Black Redstart, 2 Firecrest, 1 Great Northern Diver. (L Proctor)

Marazion Beach: 5 Common Gull, 51 Sanderling. (S Grose) 1 Water Pipit. (S Rogers) 2 Swallow. (P St Pierre) Longrock Pool: 4 Little Grebe. (S Grose)

Boat Cove: 1 Black-throated Diver, 2 Red-throated Diver. (S Rogers)

Penzance: 26 Purple Sandpiper, 1 Black Redstart at Jubilee Pool. (P St Pierre) 1 Swallow at Whereytown. (M Spicer)

North Cliffs: 1 Black Redstart, 70 Skylark, 20 Meadow Pipit. (P St Pierre)

Bartinney: ringtail Hen Harrier. (J Chapple)

Drift Reservoir: 1 Long-tailed Duck and 1 Great Northern Diver still. (M Ahmad)

Kennegy Sands: 1 Black Redstart, 4 Common Scoter, 2 Red-throated Diver. (P St Pierre)

Prussia Cove: 19 Great Northern Diver, 1 Black-throated Diver. (P St Pierre)

St Agnes Head: 2 Little Auk, 3 Red-throated Diver, 2 Great Northern Diver, 24 Common Scoter. (P Roseveare)

Hayle Estuary RSPB, Lelant Saltings: 1 subad Caspian Gull, 3 (2 ad, 1w) Yellow-legged Gull, 13 Grey Plover. (M Halliday, R Veal) Copperhouse Creek: 1 Jack Snipe, 33 Common Snipe, 12 Grey Plover, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, c70 Dunlin. (R Veal) In addition Pale-bellied Brent Goose, 13 Bar-tailed Godwit, 48 Mediterranean Gull (including 2 ringed), 16 Cormorant (including a green colour-ringed individual). (P Roseveare) Carnsew Pool: 1 Slavonian Grebe, 4 Little Grebe, 13 Grey Plover, 5 Curlew, 1 Great northern Diver, 19 Mediterranean Gull. (P Roseveare, S Grose)

Bude Marsh: Siberian Chiffchaff, Yellow-browed Warbler and 2 Firecrest. (A Roberts) Also, Mandarin still present. (D Julian)

Loe Pool: 3 Firecrest, 1 Chiffchaff willow carr, north end of Pool. (D Flumm)

Helston Sewage Water Treatment works: 8 Chiffchaff, 2 Grey Wagtail. (D Flumm)

Helston Boating Lake: escape Ferruginous Duck still present. (D Flumm)

Windmill Farm: 1 Grey Plover, 1 Water Rail, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Woodcock, 25 Snipe, 35 Lapwing, 21 Golden Plover. 1 Adder. (D Wright)

Charlestown: M & f Blackcap (D Hastilow)

Porthcothan Valley: 2 Firecrest, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Water Rail, 15 Blackbird, 12 Song Thrush, 10 Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail, 120 Woodpigeon (B Bosisto. L Payne)

Mawgan Porth: 20 Wigeon, 1 Shoveler, 49 Teal ( B Bosisto, L Payne)

Dobwalls: 1 Firecrest in our garden (C&J Duffy)

Falmouth, from Swanpool Beach to Pennance Point: 1 Black-throated Diver, 2 Great Northern Diver, 1 Eider (female), 3 Common Scoter (female). (J St Ledger)

Eider – J St Ledger

Penwithick: 1 Cormorant (over) , 1 Grey Heron (over) , 1 Robin , 8 Chaffinch , 3 Goldfinch , 3 Blue Tit , 2 Marsh Tit , 5 Blackbird , 2 Magpie , 4 Collared Dove , 4 Woodpigeon, 15 Starling , 12 House Sparrow , 4 Jackdaw , 1 Great Tit , 4 Coal Tit , 1 Jay , 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker , 1 Pied Wagtail , 11 Long Tailed Tit . (K. Bowers)

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