Sunday 22nd December 2024

Sunday 22nd December 2024

Pendeen: 1 Little Auk, 1 Great Shearwater, 10 Manx Shearwater, 173 Fulmar, 6 Great Skua, 1 Red-throated Diver, 1 Black-throated Diver, and 1 Purple Sandpiper. (P Combridge, I Prentice)

Hayle Estuary: 1 ad Caspian Gull, 4+ Yellow-legged Gull, 1 HG x LBB Hybrid Gull and 1 Spoonbill still. (R Veal)

Croft Pascoe Pool: 2 Whooper Swan still. (S Ford, S Wood)

Skewes Farm, Cury Cross Lanes: 15 Cattle Egret at 09:20 settled in the field during a heavy rainstorm before flying south towards the Lizard. (A Clark)

Carnyorth Common: 1 Jack Snipe. (P Clement)

Penzance: female Eider and Black Redstart from viewpoint on cycle way East of Penzance Station. 56 Purple Sandpiper and 90 Sanderling at Jubilee Pool. Also, 90 Black-headed Gull (1 with metal ring), 1 Mediterranean Gull and 1 Common Gull at Princess May Recreation Ground. (B Dawson) Also, Black Redstart along Tolver Road. (M Elliott)

St Ives Island: (09:50-14:00) 2 Grey Phalarope (13:55), 2 Eider, 2 Great Skua, 4 Great Northern Diver, 1 Black-throated Diver, 106 Fulmar, 1 Manx Shearwater, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Common Gull (P Nason, T Murch) In addition, (08:00-13:00) 4 Great Skua, 5 Great Northern Diver, 2 Eider and 140 Fulmar. (S Rogers) (08:00-13.30) in addition 1 Grey Phalarope (08:31). (J Walters)

Truro, Sunny Corner: 1 Avocet, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 200 Dunlin, 80 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Kingfisher. (T Wilson)

Tresemple Pool: 1f Goosander. (A le Masurier)

Stithians: 2 Goldcrest, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, female Reed Bunting, Great White Egret, Little Egret, Wren, numerous tits. (R Griffiths)

Castle Beach, Falmouth: 1 Great Northern Diver very close in, 9 Oystercatcher, 21 Turnstone, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Mediterranean Gull with Belgium colour band [White 3JRL]. (J Irvine)

Treworga: 7 Chukar Partridge. (C Taylor)

London Apprentice: 1 Dipper from Kingswood bridge. (M Jones)

Newquay Boating Lake: 1 Long-tailed Duck still. (T Wilson)

Kingsmill Lake: imm/fem Velvet Scoter still. (P Kemp)

Lanivet: (09:00-12:00) 3 Pied Wagtail, c10 House Sparrow, 3 Magpie, 7 Herring Gull, 6+ Starling, 2 Robin, 2 male Blackbird (several more heard) and 1 Carrion Crow. (B. Crowle)

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