St Ives seawatch 06:54 – 08:30: 1 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Balearic Shearwater, 1 Storm Petrel, 1 Arctic Skua, 2500 Manx Shearwater. (L Langley)
St Buryan,Tater-du Lighthouse 06:15-09:45: 2 Great Shearwater, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 3 Balearic Shearwater, 42 Storm Petrel.
Porthgwarra 05:30 – 13:00 hrs: 4 Wilson’s Petrel, 130+ Storm Petrel, 4 Great Shearwater, 2 Cory’s Shearwater, 3 Balearic Shearwater, 7 Sooty Shearwater, 4 Great Skua, 1 Arctic Skua, 10 Puffin, 2 Teal, 50 Common Scoter. (S. Rogers, B. Mellow, M. Elliott, M. Ahmad et al) Additionally 4 more Balearic Shearwater, 2 more Sooty Shearwater, 5 Great Skua, 2 Arctic Tern. (R Veal) 05:30 – 20:30 (15 hr seawatch). Totals incl all observers, of which there were many in the morning, dwindling to 3 by dusk. 3, probably 4 Wilson’s Petrel (07:18-07:25, 07:48-07:52, 08:18-08:19, 11:17?); 144 Storm Petrel, 1000s Manx Shearwater, 7 Great Shearwater, 2 Cory’s Shearwater (10:29, 12:09), 10 Sooty Shearwater, 8 Balearic Shearwater, 1000s Gannet, frequent Fulmar, 6 Great Skua, 1 Arctic Skua, 1 ad w Sabine’s Gull (18:50), 1 Black-headed Gull, 3 Mediterranean Gull (ad, ss, juv) 24 Kittiwake, 2 Common Tern, 2 Arctic Tern, 10 Guillemot, 21 Puffin, 2 Teal, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Dunlin, 1 Oystercatcher, also 2+ Bottle-nosed Dolphin and Choughs. (I Lakin)
Pentire Point: possible Wilson’s Petrel past at 10:50
Sennen Cove: 16 Mediterranean Gulls (inc.12 juvs. One with green colour ring left leg R2AJ or 82AJ) (J Hawkey)
Trevose Head: Thousands of Manx Shearwaters 07.15-08.00 All headed west. (J Turner)
Par beach pool: 2 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Barnacle Goose still present. (S Grose)
Porth Reservoir, Newquay: 8 Great Crested Grebe, including one with 3 juveniles, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Dipper on river below dam wall. (S Grose)
Newquay, Towan Head: 1 m Common Scoter just offshore and 1 Juvenile Wheatear. (D Grose)
Penwithick : 11 House Sparrow, 4 Long-Tailed Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 4 Goldfinch, 6 Chaffinch, 2 Robin, 3 Dunnock, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Great Tit, 1 Coal Tit. (K.Bowers)
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Pendeen: 5 Raven, 2 Chough, 1 Kestrel, steady passage of Manx Shearwaters past the Watch this morning at about 70 per minute. (A Hartley)
Hayle Estuary RSPB Reserve: 1 juv. Mediterranean Gull, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Black Swan. (A Hartley)
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