Late news, Hayle Estuary: Med Gull 2X3N, seen on 17/8/19 was ringed as a pullus in Wexford, Ireland and tracked to Finistere, France 3/6/17, Hayle Estuary 20/8 – 19/9/18, Oleiros La Coruna, Spain 31/10/18, Vendee, France 21/4 – 2/6/19 and Hayle Estuary 21/7 – 17/8/19. A well travelled bird. (per Sean Kingston)
Marazion: Juv Sabine’s Gull on the beach at Red River mouth. (P Walsh) Also 8 Pale-bellied Brent Geese. (P Fraser)
Sabine’s Gull – John Chapple
Hayle Estuary RSPB: 3 juv. Little Stint (Carnsew), 17 Knot (over), 2 Osprey, 1 Spotted Redshank, 7 Arctic Tern, 1 Common Tern, 60+ Sandwich Tern, 4 Ruff, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 28 Bar-tailed Godwit, 12 Turnstone, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Sanderling, c60 Ringed Plover, c40 Dunlin, 1 Lapwing, 6 pale-bellied Brent Goose, 3 Pintail, 1 Kingfisher. (R Veal, D Eva, B Toms, M Curtis et al) Little Tern on Ryan’s field this evening. (R Menari)
Par, Spit Beach: 2 Peregrine Falcon (1 successfully hunting Turnstone) , 3 Curlew, 47 Oystercatcher, 6 Eider, 3 Black tailed Godwit over. (S Grose)
Par Market East Carpark: 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Nuthatch. (S Grose)
Pentire, Newquay: 6 Balearic Shearwater, 3 Manx Shearwater, 3 Great Skua, 2 Arctic Skua, 2 Sandwich Tern between 10:00 – 11:30. (T Wilson)
Pendeen Watch 8:00 to 13:00: 2 Leach’s Petrel c10:05 & c11:45, Sabine’s Gull 13:56, 5 Grey Phalarope, 1 Storm Petrel, 3 Sooty Shearwater, 64 Balearic Shearwater, 35 Great Skua, 13 Arctic Skua, 3 Storm Petrel, 22 Sandwich Tern, 7 Arctic Tern, 8 Common Scoter. (L Proctor, R Wilkins, B Mellow, S Rogers et al) Barolo Shearwater at 15:43. (P Smale) 08.40-15.00- 20 Common Scoter, 19 Golden Plover, 4 Whimbrel, 13 Sanderling, 8 Dunlin, 11 Grey Phalarope, 54 Great Skua, 17 Arctic Skua, 2 Pomarine Skua, 1 Long-tailed Skua (12:09), 1 Puffin, 2 juvenile Sabine’s Gull (10:47, 13:50), 17 Common Tern, 18 Arctic Tern (several more ‘commic terns), 47 Sandwich Terns, 2 Leach’s Petrel (09:50, 11:45), 4 Sooty Shearwater, 94 Balearic Shearwater (T Phelps, M Doyle, L Langley, L Osanlav-Harris, M Broadbent)
Cape Cornwall (14:15-16:45): Probable Barolo Shearwater c16:00, juv pale Long-tailed Skua c16:15, 2 ad Pomarine Skua, 7+ Balearic Shearwaters, 5 Grey Phalorope on sea, 25+ Great Skua, 20+ Arctic Skua, 19 Arctic Tern, Red-throated Diver and 15 Common Scoter.(G Pullan)
Porthgwarra: Released White Stork still present. (T Mills)
Carbis Bay: 9 Great Skua, 8 Arctic Skua, 100’s terns, 4 Balearic Shearwater, 2 Grey Phalarope, c10 Common Scoter and 1 Red-throated Diver. (P St Pierre)
St Ives: 1 juv. Sabine’s Gull, 1 Grey Phalarope, 10 Arctic Skua, 9 Great Skua, 29 Balearic Shearwater, 8 Manx Shearwater, 30 Arctic Tern, 10 Common Tern between 10:00 & 13:oo. (D Eva)
Porthkidney: 10 Arctic Tern, 15 Common Tern, 45 Sandwich Tern, 62 Ringed Plover, 10 Sanderling at 09:00. (D Eva)
Looe (Lammana Chapel): 1 Wryneck (P Sharp)
Fistral Beach/ Newquay: 1 Great Skua , 2 Sandwich Tern just offshore (B Bosisto L Payne)
Porth Joke: 1 Bar-tailed Godwit , 1 juv Sabines Gull (B Bosisto L Payne)
Devoran Quay: 1 Osprey (hunting upriver at 16:30), 1 Dunlin, 40 Redshank, 10 Oystercatcher, 40 Curlew, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 4 Little Egret, 1 Raven. (S Van Hear)
Restronguet: 2 Osprey. (J Chapple)
St Clement: 1 Osprey (hunting and roosting), 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 1 Sparrowhawk, 30 Curlew, 15 Greenshank, 15 redshank, 5 Little Egret, 1 Grey heron, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Raven. (L Sampson)
Pendeen: Juv Hobby. (P Combridge)
Penlee Point: 8 Pale Arctic Skua, 3 Dark Arctic Skua, 5 Balearic Shearwaters, 200+ Kittiwake all going west 07:30 to 11:30. (C Buckland)
Torpoint: 184 Wigeon ,10 Redshank, 1 Sandwich Tern, 12 Med Gulls, 6 Common Gulls, 2 Little Grebe, 15 Canada Geese, 3 L Egret, 1 Grey Heron. (C Buckland)
Marazion: 12 Pale-bellied Brent Geese in Little London. (R Menari)
Penzance: Juv/1w Yellow-legged Gull over harbour car park. (M Elliott)
Tregonetha: 3 Yellowhammer, 124 Lesser Black backed Gull, 42 Great Black backed Gull in several cattle fields. (S Grose)

Gillan Creek: 3 Curlew, 6 Little Egret, 3 Oystercatcher, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard. (H Norton)
Kenidjack: Ring Ouzel a male from high path on N. side flew off chacking to N. (M Scott-Ham)
Coverack: 1 Wheatear, 1 Sand Martin, 3 Swallow at Trevothan. (D.Beadle)
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