Great news about the 2024 Chough nesting season

Cornwall Birds on X: “Great news! Record-breaking Cornish Choughs celebrate 100+ chicks fledged for the first time! It’s been an amazing year for our Cornish Choughs. #Choughs #CornishChoughs #Palores #CornwallBirds #CBWPS #WildCornwall #BritishWildlife #Birds #BirdWatching #Kernow #Cornwall https://t.co/6nOCR9yld7” / X

Porthgwarra:16:30-20:00 Pink-footed Shearwater, Fea’s type Petrel, Scopoli’s Shearwater, Wilson’s Petrel, Long-tailed Skua, 3 Pomarine Skua, 250 Great Shearwater, 900+ Cory’s Shearwater, c30 Sooty Shearwater. (K Wilson)

Hayle Estuary Copperhouse Creek: 1 Frankin’s Gull. (M Spicer J St Ledger, A Holmes, A Lea )

Hayle Estuary RSPB: Semipalmated Sandpiper NW end of Carnsew Basin. (Birdguides)

Lizard Point: 8+ Chough. (R Charles) Wilson’s Petrel, 218 Cory’s Shearwater, 15 Great Shearwater, c8 Balearic Shearwater, c11 Sooty Shearwater, 25+ European Storm Petrel. (Birdguides)

Porthoustock: 1 Black Guillemot, flew south. (Birdguides)

Penlee Point: 64 Cory’s Shearwater, 16 Great Shearwater, 7 Balearic Shearwater, 22 Sooty Shearwater, Pomarine Skua, 17 European Storm Petrel. (Birdguides)

Connor Downs: 70+ White Stork over A30. (Birdguides)

Walmsley Sanctuary: 1 White Stork flew in and then landed in opposite stubble field. Blue ring with white text GBS8. Looks to also have a satellite tracking device on its back. Also 2nd hand info of the large flock at St.Minver at 8:30 this evening. ( A Langdon)

Poltesco: 8 Rock Pipits moving as a group. 1 Grey Heron over the sea. 1 Hornet Robberfly (Asilus crabroniformis) (m) – uncommon, red-listed, endangered species. Possibly UKs largest fly. 2 reported on Marazion Marsh in 2003. (K Dalziel)

Downderry: 0640-0800, moving west 132 Gannet, 50+ Manx Shearwater, 2 Balearic Shearwater, 2 Arctic Skua and 135 Kittiwake. (A Payne)

Helston Boating Lake: 1f Tufted Duck, 50+ Mallard, 1pr Mute Swan, 30+ Coot, 1 Moorhen, 4 Canada Goose, 60+ Herring and Black-headed Gull, 1juv Woodpigeon, no sign of the Garganey. (14.15 – 15.00 M Webb)

Rame Head: 55 Cory’s Shearwater, 29 Great Shearwater, 16 Sooty Shearwater, 3 Balearic Shearwater, 2000+ Manx Shearwater, 2 Great Skua, 15 Storm Petrel, 10 Fulmar, 1 Common Tern & 3 Sandwich Tern, from Penlee Point (07.00-14.00) (P Kemp)

Caerthillian: 1 Tree Pipit, 10 Whitethroat, 3 Blackcap, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Chough ( D Eva )

Croft Pascoe: Pair Spotted Flycatchers feeding 2 recently fledged young ( D Eva )

Late submission 21/08 Hayle Estuary: 1 Little Stint, near ASDA. (R Griffiths)

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