Thursday 28th March 2024

Thursday 28th March 2024

Mousehole (0730-0915): c7,000 Manx Shearwater, 1 Great Skua, 5 Puffin, c40 Fulmar, c50 Kittiwake, 2 Great Northern Diver, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Common Scoter. Also ad Kumlien’s Gull on St Clement’s Isle. (R Veal)

Tehidy, North Cliffs: 3rd-winter Kumlien’s Gull. (Birdguides)

Newlyn: 2 Sandwich Tern. (R Veal)

Drift Reservoir: 1 House Martin, 3 Swallow, c50 Sand Martin, 2 Willow Warbler, male Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, 6 Great Crested Grebe. (R Veal)

Lower Tamar Lake: 7 Goosander 1m 6f, 2 Canada Geese, 1m Tufted Duck, 6 Great Black-backed Gulls, 5 Sand Martin, 3 Chaffinch, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 1 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 1 Treecreeper, 1m Reed Bunting, 1 Moorhen, 1 Wren, all seen from the hide. (R Mudge)

Hayle Estuary RSPB: summer plumage Cattle Egret on Ryan’s Field at 0900hrs. Also Spoonbill on main Estuary. (Cornwall Birdwatching Tours)

Hayle Estuary, Copperhouse Creek: Juvenile Iceland Gull. (Birdguides)

Walmsley Sanctuary: Great White Egret, Spoonbill, 2 Swallow, 60+ Sand Martins, 1 House Martin, 1 Ruff, 2 Wigeon, 3 Willow Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 112 Black-tailed Godwits, 6 Little Egrets, 4 Little Grebe. Also Gadwall, Shoveler, Grey Heron, Buzzard, Teal, Mallard, Cormorant, Moorhen, 2 Stonechat. ( Cornwall Birdwatching Tours, P Davies)

Tokenbury Pensilva Private land: 1 Swallow 08-30hrs. (R Lucas)

East Pentire: 1 Great Skua, 50+ Manx Shearwater,  2 Common Scoter, 1 Med Gull late pm. (S Rowe)

Stithians Reservoir: 8 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 8+ Mallard – 1 f with chick. ( J St Ledger)

Hayle RSPB, Ryan’s Field: 1 Cattle Egret, 4 Shelduck, 9 Teal, 19 Canada Geese, 1 Kestrel, 2 Little Egret. (S Murnan).

Pennard, Polmorla stream: 1 Grey Wagtail, in stream on stones. . (T Nightingale)

Late submission 27/03 Par Beach Pool: 10 Sand Martin, 6 Tufted Duck (4m, 2f), 1 Grey Heron, 1 Chiffchaff. Also 3 Gannet out to sea, plus several hundred Herring Gull. (A Nicholson)

Late submission 26/03 Par Beach Pool: 5 Tufted Duck, 2 Snipe. (A Nicholson)

Late submission 24/03 Devoran Quay: (14.24-15.25 incoming tide), 13 Oystercatcher, 16 Redshank, 4 Greenshank, 3 Black tailed Godwit, 3 Curlew, 1 Bar tailed Godwit, 19 Shelduck, 1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 16 Mute Swan. (A Nicholson)

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