Sunday 28th July 2024

Sunday 28th July 2024

Penzance Offshore: 2 possible Scopoli’s Shearwater, 4 Wilsons Petrel, 90+ Cory’s Shearwater, 45+ Great Shearwater, 7 Sooty Shearwater, 5 Balearic Shearwater from the Mermaid Pelagic. (M Elliott et al)

Sennen Beach: 1 possible White-rumped Sandpiper flew past. (K Wilson)

Bray’s Cott, Goonhilly: 1 Green Sandpiper. (S Wood)

Hayle Estuary: 101 Mediterranean Gull, 29 Dunlin, 9 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Greenshank and 5 Sandwhich Tern. (N Rogers)

Stithians Reservoir: 2 Little Grebe, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 9 Canada Geese, 1 Barnacle Goose, 2 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 13 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 19 Curlew and 1 Fox. (R Loader) In addition, 1 juv Cuckoo, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Shoveler, 1 Barnacle Goose. (S Van Hear)

Pendennis Point: 54+ Cory’s Shearwater, 6 Great Shearwater, 2 Sooty Shearwater, 1 European Storm Petrel, 1 Arctic Skua, 2 Arctic Tern. Also, 12+ White-beaked Dolphin and 2 Minke Whale. (M Broadbent)

Restronguet Point: 1 Dunnock, 1 Canada Goose, 1 Goldfinch, 5 Woodpigeon, 2 Carrion Crow, 2 Greenfinch, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Little Egret, 1 Curlew, 1 Buzzard, 19 Mallard, 1 Sandwich Tern, 1 Common Tern, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Cormorant, 2 Black-headed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Magpie, 1 Jay, 1 House Martin and a distant flock of Swallows, House Martins and Swifts. (S Taylor)

Porth: 33,000 Manx Shearwater SSW, feeding stream fairly distant. 4 Common Dolphin. (S Gale)

East Pentire, Newquay: (06:30-08:45) 20,000+ Manx Shearwater, 2 Balearic Shearwater, 6 Sandwich Tern and 15 Common Scoter. (D Grose)

Liskeard, Moorswater: 15 Common Swift feeding over viaduct at 09.50 hrs. In addition, 11 Common Swift feeding over Moorswater viaduct at 19.00 hrs. c40 Herring Gulls over the house after the flying ants streaming from surrounding gardens. (D Sharp)

Polbathic Creek: 1 Green Sandpiper (A Blonden)

Downderry: (05:45-07:45) c30 Common Scoter, 915+ Gannet , a Pomarine Skua and 20 Mediterranean Gull west. (A Payne)

Saltash: 2 juv Pintail, 27 Greenshank, 7 Whimbrel, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 87 Curlew, 17 Redshank & 21 Little Egret on falling tide at Kingsmill Lake. (P Kemp)

Late submission, 27/07, Falmouth Bay to Coverack: c40 Mediterranean Gull, 75+ Great Shearwater, 60+ Cory’s Shearwater, 15 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Wilson’s Storm Petrel and 3 European Storm Petrel. (A Langdon)

Late submission, 27/07, Walmsley Reserve: 6 Green Sandpiper. (M Hicks)

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