Sunday 23rd February 2020

Sunday 23rd February 2020

Late news, 21/2, Siblyback Lake: Ring-necked Duck, 16 Tufted Duck, 1 Snipe, pair Teal, pair of Stonechat pair in dog excersise area, 5 Little Grebe. (D Cleal)

Ring-necked Duck – Dave Cleal

Late news, 22/2, Nanjizal: American Buff-bellied Pipit (heard only) for a fourth day. Also 2 Siberian Chiffchaff. Please keep to public rights of way. (K Wilson)

Par Beach Pool: 1 drake Ring-necked Duck (D Eva)

Siblyback: drake Ring-necked Duck, 2f Goldeneye, 1 Siskin. (R Veal, R Augarde, B Mellow)

Falmouth Bay: 1 Black Guillemot, 1 Red-necked Grebe, 1 Great Skua, 4 Guillemot, 1 Sandwich Tern, 1 Great Northern Diver, 35+ Kittiwake, 3 Mediterranean Gull, 18 Shag. (T Phelps, M Doyle, C Urquhart, L Langley)

Penzance Wherrytown Rocks: 1w Iceland Gull at 09.00.1f Peregrine Falcon hunting waders at Battery Rocks,11 Purple Sandpiper, 1 Great Crested Grebe nr lighthouse. (S Grose)

Newlyn Harbour: 1 Kingfisher. (S Grose) Also Black Guillemot, Iceland Gull and Great Northern Diver. (S Rogers, M Ahmad)

Iceland Gull – Steve Rogers

Iceland Gull, Steve Rogers

Hayle Estuary RSPB: ad Ring-billed Gull, 4 (2 ad, 3/4w, 2w) Caspian Gull, 4 Yellow-legged Gull, 3 (ad, 3w, 2w) argentatus Herring Gull, 2 (ad, 3w) Lesser Black-backed x Herring Gull hyrbid. (M Elliott) Also, 5 Goosander, 1 Knot, 6 Sanderling, and Ring-billed Gull from Lelant Station. (B Toms, M Curtis) Also, 2 Red Breasted Merganser, 23 Common Gull, 1 Caspian Gull, 1 Greenshank, 21 Wigeon. (V Stratton) Ryan’s Field: 15 Eurasian Teal, 12 Common Redshank, 2 Canada Geese, 2 Shelduck. (V Stratton) Carnsew Pool: 1 Slavonian Grebe, 5 Little Grebe, 3 Mediterranean Gull. (S Grose)

Ring-billed Gull – Vivian Stratton

Marazion Beach: 1 Mediterranean Gull, 3 Common Gull, 61 Black-headed Gull, 13 Lesser Black-backed Gull. (S Grose)

Sancreed: 3 Little Egret, 8 Teal, 1 Woodcock, 1 Snipe, 40 Redwing, 1 Chiffchaff. (D Flumm)

Swanpool Lake: 1 male Pochard. (T Phelps, M Doyle, C Urquhart, L Langley)

Towan Head: 1 Black Redstart, 4 Red-throated Diver, 1 Whimbrel, 15 Purple Sandpiper, 17 Oystercatcher, 28 Turnstone. (S Rowe) Newquay: ad Glaucous Gull again in field with pink elephant near Trevemper roundabout. It appears injured on chest but feeding well. (S Grose)

Glaucous Gull – Steve Rowe

Colliford Lake: 9 Goosander, 9 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Great Nothern Diver, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 452 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Yellow-Legged Gull (3 x adults), c.200 Golden Plover, 40 Fieldfare (B Bosisto, P Roseveare)

Dozmary Pool: 7 Shoveler, 7 Tufted Duck, 1 Goldeneye, 2 Little Grebe (B Bosisto, P Roseveare)

Davidstow Woods: 7+ Crossbill (one with nest material), 1 Treecreeper (singing), 1 Siskin (M Pass)

Walmsley: 2 Spoonbill (M Pass)

Kingsmill Lake: 5 Barnacle Goose (M Pass)

Millbrook: 12 Avocet. (D Sharp)

Trevose Head: 3 Lapland Bunting still. (R Augarde, B Mellow, R Veal)

Crugmeer: 4+ Lapland Bunting, 4 Corn Bunting, 5 Yellowhammer, c250 Skylark. (R Augarde, B Mellow, R Veal)

Upper Fowey Valley: 1 Red Kite over just South of Ninestones. Also 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 4+ Nuthatch at Golitha Falls. (R Augarde, B Mellow, R Veal)

Dinham Flats: 1 Whooper Swan still. (R Augarde, B Mellow, R Veal)

Chapel Amble: 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Siberian Chiffchaff, 8+ Common Chiffchaff (including 2 singing). (R Augarde, B Mellow, R Veal)

Bude Canal: 1 Mandarin, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Kingfisher, 4 Rock Pipit, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swan and 3 Goldcrest. (S Windle)

Drake Mandarin – Stevan Windle

Drake Mandarin – Stevan Windle

Foage Valley, Zennor: 2 Tawny Owl, 2 Pipistrelle Bat. (V Stratton)

Trenarren: 1 Chiffchaff singing (D Hastilow)

Dobwalls: 3 Greenfinch on feeders and a Wren nest building in the garden (C&J Duffy)

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