Sunday 4th August 2024

Sunday 4th August 2024

** Walmsley Sanctuary: Please note that the hides at Walmsley will be closed on Monday 5th from 6pm to 9pm for meetings. There will also be people in the reserves at Middle Amble & Walmsley. Thanks, Adrian. **

 

Porthgwarra: Fea’s Petrel at 18:50 (M Slaymaker) (06:45-20:00) Totals, 1 Long-tailed Skua, 7 Arctic Skua, 217 Cory’s Shearwater, 10 Sooty Shearwater, 8 Balearic Shearwater, 10 European Storm Petrel (2 from the Cove.) 2 Sandwich Tern, 3 Puffin (R Augarde, B Mellow, S Rogers, I Prentice, G Lawlor et al.)

Lizard Point: (18:00-20:00) 1080 Cory’s Shearwater, 2 Great Shearwater, 1 European Storm Petrel, 38,000 Manx Shearwater. (Birdguides)

Falmouth: 2 Cory’s Shearwater in Bay. (Birdguides)

Gunwalloe, Dollar Cove: Sand Martin. (J Richards)

Hayle Private Garden: 6 Greenfinch m&f and 4 juv. (M Webb)

Lands End: 7 Chough, 5 Stonechat, 11 Linnet, 100+ Starling, 1f Kestrel. (S Grose)

Sennen Cove: 16 Mediterranean Gull amongst 28 Black headed Gull, 19 Oystercatcher, 3 Whimbrel. (S Grose) 3 Cory’s Shearwater, 2 Balearic Shearwater. (Birdguides)

Drift Reservoir: 6 Green Sandpiper alighted on rocks briefly. (J Croft)

Praze: 1 Sparrowhawk with Woodpigeon prey. (C Banfield)

Stithians Reservoir: 2 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Common Sandpiper, 12 Curlew, 1 Snipe, 1 juvenile Cuckoo, 1 Barnacle Goose, 1 Shoveler. (D Eva)

Godrevy Point: 2 Chough (unringed), 1 juv Stonechat, 20+ Linnet inc juveniles, 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Magpie this morning. (M Webb)

Walmsley: 2 Buzzard , 2 Marsh Harrier , 3 Grey Heron , 2 Kingfisher , 2 Coot , 10 Mallard , 2 Moorhen. (K Bowers) In addition, 2 Wood Sandpipers, 1 Buzzard, 4 Green Sandpipers, 1 Wren, 12 Wood Pigeons, 2 Pied Wagtails, 10 House Sparrows, 3 Linnets, 1 Magpie, 2 Little Egrets, 1 Lapwing, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Teal, 1 Garganey, 6 Carrion Crow, 2 Moorhen, 1 Coot with a young, Swallows, 1 Swift, 1 Stonechat, 3 Marsh Harriers (one was a young one), 1 Stock Dove, 2 Mute swans with 4 young, 2 Reed Warbler feeding 4 fledgling. (J Goodair)

Polbathic Creek: 20 Long-tailed Tit on feeders. (A Blonden)

Downderry: 3 Fulmar, 284 Gannet and 52 Mediterranean Gull west, 0620-0735. (A Payne)

Maer Lake: 1 Grey Heron, 10 Moorhen, 1 Teal, 3 imm Shellduck, 28 Mallard, 1 adult female Sparrowhawk and 1 imm Kestrel in the same dead Tree 800m away from Maer Lake. 3 Different parties of Herring Gull all with young 23 in total, 8 Black-Headed Gull, 4 Raven (over). (N Bastin)

Lower Tamar Lake: 2 Grey Heron, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Grebe, 4 Moorhen, 18 Mallard, 1 Adult male Kestrel, 5 Black- Headed Gull. (N Bastin)

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