Thursday 1st December 2022

Thursday 1st December 2022

Hayle Estuary RSPB, Lelant saltings: Adult  Ring-billed Gull.

Cot Valley: Little Bunting, still between Cot Valley and Boscregan. 1 Lapland Bunting, 1 Woodlark east. (N Wheatley)

Nanjizal: Red-throated Pipit, first seen 11th November. (K Wilson)

Polgigga: Yellow-browed Warbler on Bosistow lane

Bude: Curlew Sandpiper on river near Bude Marshes

Torpoint, St John’s Lake: 16 Dark-bellied Brent Geese. 1 Great Northern Diver, 12 Ringed Plover. (C Buckland)

Wacker Quay: 3 Firecrest 42 Avocet,100+ Shelduck, 8 Great crested Grebe. (C Buckland)

St Gothian NR: Female Scaup. (P Freestone)

Tehidy: Yellow-browed Warbler, 2 Firecrest. (P Freestone)

Pendeen: Male Black Redstart below lighthouse. (I Hayes)

Higher Bosistow – Nanjizal: Black Redstart. (I Hayes)

Loe Pool, Porthleven: 3 Goosander, 6 Firecrests and 20+ Great Crested Grebes (A Witheywood)

Spit beach, Par: 7 Eider still and 3+ Great Crested Grebe offshore, 3 Curlew, 2 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron. (R Hampshire)

Sennen: 20+ Chough on house roof Sth of Sennen harbour car park. (J Miller)

Trenarth, Constantine: 6 Woodcock in and  around private garden. (T Pinfield)

Newlyn: 1 Kittiwake, 1 Black Redstart. (J Rowe)

Perranporth: 11 Chough on grass below Perran Sands holiday park. (P Mitchell)

St Just: Whooper Swan Imm type, in large field west of Jericho farm, viewable from A3071. (P Clarke)

Swanpool: 8 Common Scoter, 1 Great Northern Diver (M Broadbent)

Swanvale: 1 Siberian Chiffchaff (M Broadbent)

Tehidy CP 13.15 – 13.45: 5 Little Grebe, 11 (8m 3f) Tufted Duck, 9 Mute Swan, 20+ Mallard, 11 Moorhen, 7 Coot, 2 m&f Chaffinch, 4 Robin, 30+ Rook. (M Webb)

Botallack:  20 Golden Plover in field next to Car Park. ( B.Toms)

Carbis Moor: Wren, 2 Dunnock, 9 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit,  3 Marsh Tit, 7 Long Tailed Tit , Nuthatch, Jay, Blackbird, Buzzard, 23 Goldfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 10 House Sparrow, 2 Magpie, 2 Collared Dove, 2 Robin, 10 Chaffinch, Pied Wagtail,  Song Thrush, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, in private garden. (V Booth)

Berkeley Cottages, Falmouth: 3 fem Black Redstart (S Van Hear)

Swanvale, Falmouth: 1 Nuthatch, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Goldfinch, 4 Chaffinch, 1 fem Sparrowhawk, 6 Grey Squirrel (S Van Hear)

St Erth:- A loose flock of around 100 Golden Plovers over the railway station at 1145 and then flew south east. (D King)

Upper Tamar Lake: 1 poss 2 Avocet, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 0 Black-headed Gull, 5 Cormorant, 2 Chiffchaff. ( R Mudge, R Lockwood)

Polbathic Creek: Great White Egret (A Blonden)

Carnon Downs Sewage Works: 2 Siberian Chiffchaff (M Broadbent et.al)

Truro: 1 Meadow Pipit in private garden. (M Costa)

Malpas: 50 Cattle Egrets on shoreline opposite Heron pub. Still regular commuters morning (upstream) and evening (downstream) on the Truro and Tresillian rivers stopping off at the confluence to disperse/congregate and preen in groups of 15-50. (A.Hill)

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