Late news, 3/8, Treen Cliff, Gurnards Head: 1 Peregrine. (P Finch)
Late news, 3/8, evening, West Looe river: 3 Common Sandpiper in small flock moving about together, 12 Swift, 1 Kingfisher, 12 Little Egret, 7 Mute Swan not including 2 adults with 4 large cygnets. (R Hurrell).
Late news, 3/8 evening, Hannafore: 1 Common Sandpiper heard (R Hurrell).
Downderry, seawatching 0600-0740: 330 Manx Shearwater, 2 Balearic Shearwater, 50 Storm Petrel and 5 Kittiwake moving west. A Common Scoter and a Mediterranean Gull flew east. Seawatch1830-1935: 195+ Manx Shearwater, 1 Balearic Shearwater and 6 Storm Petrel flying west. (A Payne)
Bartinney clay pit: 1 Willow Warbler with four fledglings, 2 (m&f) Emperor Dragonfly, 1 Peacock butterfly and 1 Wall Brown butterfly. (A James)
 Emperor, Alan James |
 Peacock, Alan James |
 Wall Brown, Alan James |
Hayle Estuary RSPB, Lelant Saltings: 2 Sandwich Tern, 8 Redshank and 2 Greenshank. Ryan’s Field: 1 Whimbrel, 1 Common Sandpiper, and 2 ad Mediterranean Gull. (R Veal) Carsew Basin: 1 Dalmatian Pelican mid-afternoon then flew off ENE.
Perranuthnoe: 1 Hudsonian Whimbrel again at Boat Cove.
Pendeen seawatch, (0730-0940): 2 Great Shearwater, 6 Cory’s Shearwater, 5 Sooty Shearwater and 8 European Storm-petrel.
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