Sunday 23rd March 2025

Sunday 23rd March 2025

Pendeen: 1 Ashy-headed Wagtail, 15 Greenfinch, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Common Redstart and 1 Hoopoe. (B Bosisto)

Treraven Meadow: 1 Green-winged Teal still. (B Oliphant)

Lizard Head / Pistil Meadow: 1 Wheatear, 1 Sand Martin, 1 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Raven, 1 Chough, 2 Skylark, 2 Stonechat and 2 Rock Pipit. (J & D Chapman)

Lizard Village: 2 Hoopoe flew north over Pentreath Lane; 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Raven and 3 Canada Goose. (J & D Chapman).

Lizard, Soapy Cove: 2 Hoopoe at top of valley near Kynance Farm. Also 2 Black Redstart, Blackcap and Chiffchaff. (G Wills, D Seager)

Predannack, Lizard: 1 Hoopoe, 20+ Redwing and 3 Song Thrush. (S Chandler)

Head: 1 Willow Warbler. (Birdguides)

Caerthillian: 1 Hoopoe, 2 Redwing, Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Kestrel hunting lizards. (G Wills, D Seager) In addition, 1 Woodcock, 1 Black Redstart, 3 Wheatear, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Raven, 3 Stonechat, 2 Rock Pipit. (J & D Chapman)

Loe Pool, Helston: 1 Willow Warbler. (Birdguides)

Helston Boating Lake: 2 m&f Shoveler, 21 (12m 9f) Tufted Duck, 25+ Mallard, 30+ Coot, 2 Moorhen, 1pr Mute Swan, 22 Canada Goose, 100+ Herring Gull this morning. (M Webb)

Lands End: 1 Willow Warbler and 13 White Wagtail this morning. (P St Pierre) Also, 1 Swallow. (P Taylor, H Mitchell)

Sennen: 1 Hoopoe still, Also, 1 female-type Black Redstart 4 Wheatear and 3 White Wagtail. (G Fisher)

Hoopoe – John Chapple

Newbridge: 1 Green Sandpiper feeding in farmland pool. (B Bosisto)

Gwennap: 1 Swallow at 17.00. (L Cox)

Rafta Farm: 1 Hoopoe and 5 Willow Warbler. (M Wallace, R Wilkins)

St Buryan: 1 Hoopoe at Boskennal. (R Irvine)

Drift Reservoir: 7 Cattle Egret, 110 Sand Martin and 1 Swallow this morning. (P St Pierre)

Penlee Park: 1 Willow Warbler. (M Elliott)

Marazion: 50 Swallow, 1 Sand Martin and 1 House Martin. (R Wilkins) In addition, 1 Hoopoe, 30+ Swallow over Longrock Pool, 1 Wheatear, 1 Cormorant, 1 Magpie, 1 Jack Snipe, 3 Dunnock, 12+Teal, 8 Snipe, 4 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 24+ Canada Goose, 8 Carrion Crow, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Robin, 1 Firecrest, 1 Cettis Warbler, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Raven, 2 Robin, 50+ Sand & House Martins over Longrock Pool, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swans. (S Talbot) Also, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Jack Snipe, 20+ Sand Martin, 5+ Swallow and 3+ House Martin. (A Lobb)

Lelant Saltings, Hayle: 10 Sandwich Terns on incoming tide this morning. Also 42 Redshank, 9 Bar-tailed Godwit, 60+ Common Gull and 18 Mediterranean Gulls. (P Freestone)

Copperhouse Creek, Hayle: 2 Spoonbill late morning (one un-ringed). (P Freestone, R Wilkins)

St Ives Island: (06:30 to 10:15) 1 Cory’s Shearwater west at around 08:00. 1 Sooty Shearwater, 23 Manx Shearwater, 77 Common Scoter – in several small flocks of all drakes – 3 Red-throated Diver, 1 Great Northern Diver, 8 unidentified diver all west. 7 Sandwich Tern and 1 Swallow east with good numbers of Gannet, Auks, Fulmar and Kittiwake. (A Lobb)

Stithians Reservoir: 4 Mallard (3m&1f), 1 Teal (m), 1 Moorhen, 1 Great Tit, 6 Blue Tit, 1 Chaffinch (m), 2 Dunnock, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Blackbird (m&f), 4 Magpie, 1 Buzzard, 1 Robin, 1 Sparrowhawk (f), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (f&m), 1 Little Grebe, 1 Swallow from the feeder hide. (T Chambers)

Falmouth, Pendennis Point: 2 Wheatear, 3 Purple Sandpiper. (J St Ledger)

Gerrans Bay, Pendower: 3 Black-throated Diver, 2 Shag, 7 Herring Gull and 1 Gannet. (C Taylor)

Kenwyn: 1 Woodcock, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Firecrest, 2 Goldcrest. (D Eva)

Tresillian River: 1 Raven, 4 Shelduck, 1 Greenshank, 6 Redshank, 2 Little Egret, 3 Cormorant, 2 Mallard, 3 Black-headed Gull and 6 Herring Gull. (K Lowry)

Dodman Point: 1 Hoopoe. (Birdguides)

East Pentire, Newquay: 2 Sandwich Tern, 1 Manx Shearwater, 51 Common Scoter, 4 Red-throated Diver, 6 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit on nearby rocks. (D Grose)

Newquay: 1st-winter female Long-tailed Duck still at Trenance Boating Lake. (Birdguides)

Lanivet: 15 Herring Gull, 3 Magpie, 1 Song Thrush, 3 Woodpigeon, large mixed flock of Rook and Jackdaw (c60 of each), c12 House Sparrow, 6 Starling, 12 Goldfinch, 4 Robin, 4 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 4 Carrion Crow, 1 Dunnock, 1 Chiffchaff, 2m Blackbird, 1 Pheasant (heard), 2 Coal Tit, 1 Marsh Tit and 1 Grey Wagtail. Also 1 Water Vole in local stream. (B Crowle)

Millbrook: 3 (2m 1f) Pintail. (S Beazley)

Downderry: 4 Kittiwake and 5 Sandwich Tern west, 19 Gannet, 2 Common Gull and a Mediterranean Gull east, before 07:55. Also 3 Great Northern Diver and a Red-throated Diver. (A Payne)

Late submission, 22/03, Walmsley: 1 Marsh Harrier in the afternoon. (H Williams)

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