Sunday 7th March 2021

Sunday 7th March 2021

Nanjizal: 1 Night Heron flushed from private site. Please stick to public rights of way. (K Wilson)

Loe Pool: Bittern, 2 Little Egret, 4 Goosander, 5 Pochard, 13 Mediterranean Gull, Kingfisher. (D Flumm)

Bittern – Dave Flumm

Goosander – Dave Flumm

Bittern – Dave Flumm

Porthgwarra: 3 Wheatear, 2 Black Redstart and a White Wagtail. (M Wallace)

Sancreed: Cattle Egret, Tawny Owl. (D Flumm)

Kennegy, Prussia Cove: 5 Great Northern Diver, Firecrest, 3 Gold Crest and 5 Long-tailed Tit. Also a pod of c 10 Common Dolphin. (A Witheywood)

Penzance: 1m Eider reported.

Porthtowan: 2 Chough, 1 Black Redstart, 50+ Razorbill (L Sampson)

St Gothian Sands LNR: 1 ad winter Little Gull, 1 White-fronted Goose, 1 m Wheatear, 23 Mediterranean Gull, 6 Little Grebe, 6 Shoveler, 20+ Tufted Duck, 3 Teal, 1 Mute Swan. (T Mills)

Little Gull, Tony Mills

Basset’s Cove, North Cliffs: 2 Black Redstart. (T Mills)

Carn Marth: 1 Red Kite over early afternoon. (B Mehan)

Tubbs Mill: 1 Red Kite over in countryside between Tubb’s Mill and Polmassick. (D Ryan)

Pennace Point, Falmouth: Velvet Scoter, Black Guillemot, 3 Great Northern Diver and 150+ Common Dolphin. (M Broadbent)

Coombe: 1 Long-tailed Duck. (R Augarde)

Truro: 2 Dippers, one gathering moss, 1 Grey Wagtail. (K Dalziel)

Dipper – Kate Dalziel

Grey Wagtail – Kate Dalziel

Dipper – Kate Dalziel

Newquay Golf Club: 2 Chough (unringed birds being harassed by dogs). (S Grose)

Rejerrah: 1 Great-spotted Woodpecker, 3 Skylark. (S Grose)

Trevoll/Trewerry: 1 Cattle Egret, 1 Little Egret, 9 Linnet, 100+ Meadow Pipit, 2 Kestrel, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Buzzard, 1 Raven, 1 m Bullfinch. (S Grose)

Trevarrion: 25 Rock Pipit including one showing characteristics of Scandinavian sub-species Littoralis. (B & L Bosisto)

“Scandinavian” Rock Pipit – Bob Bosisto

Chaple Amble: 3 Water Pipit, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Little Egret, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Hare. (J Howells) Also reported, 2 Spoonbill over, 8 Water Pipit, 22 Meadow Pipit and 19 Pied Wagtail. (C Selway)

Walmsley: 2 Spoonbill, 2 Cattle Egret, 3 Little Egret, c10 Shoveler, c30 Wigeon, c20 Teal, 2 Grey Heron. (J Howells)

Camel Estuary: 1 Black Swan and 1 Common Sandpiper. (E Turnbull) Also reported, 2 Spoonbill on Dinham Flats. (S Marquis)

Par Beach: 2 (m&f) Stonechat in the area of gorse at the eastern end of the beach. (R. Barlow)

Par Beach Pool: 2 Buzzard mobbed by Gulls and Crows, 1 Cormorant, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Chaffinch. (C Hooper)

Common Buzzard – C Hooper

Mount Village: Blackcap – first sighting in village this winter. (J Goodair)

Polbathic Creek: 2 (m&f) Red Breasted Merganser and 1 Grey Wagtail. (A Blonden)

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