Birding in Lockdown: Links to Garden Lockdown Listing League and our Birding Ideas Page, helping to make the most of extra time as a result of the lockdown.
Late news, 6/5, Trispen: 1 Hobby over garden chasing swallows. 6+ Swift, 10+ House Martin, 5+ Swallow, 8 Goldfinch, 7 Greenfinch, 2 Collard Dove, 2 Siskin (1 male and 1 female). (C Mason)
Late news, 6/5, Porth Reservoir: 12 Great Crested Grebe, (2 prs nesting and a 3 rd pr nest building), 2 prs of Coot, 1 Kingfisher feeding young at nest site, 1m Wigeon, 1m Tufted Duck. (S Grose)
Late news, 6/5, Newquay, Chapel Farm: 1 ad Yellow legged Gull, 14 Lesser Black backed Gull, 169 Herring Gull at newly ploughed field. (S Grose)
Late news, 6/5, Coverack: 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Swift, 3 Sedge Warbler and Whitethroat between Trewilis and Trevothen (D Beadle)
Late news, 6/5, Housel Bay: A female or juv Marsh Harrier came in off the sea being harassed by Herring Gulls at 3:10pm. On reaching land it immediately went to ground on the cliff side in vegetation. (B Hawker)
Ponsongath: 2 Turtle Dove (D Beadle)
Marazion Marsh RSPB: drk Garganey again, displaying to fem Teal. Also male Yellow Wagtail still on the beach, winter plumage Black-throated Diver and 4 Common Scoter offshore. (S Rogers, R Veal)
St Just: Red Kite north 12:25-12:40 hrs, 2 Wheatear. Photo of a typical British race male Stonechat, S.r.hibernans taken today showing more extensive and deeper orange coloration (especially breast area) compared to the “Lookalike Continental Stonechat, S.r.rubicola” taken at same location 1st May – not seen since. (D Flumm)
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Helston, Coose Trannack: probable Hoopoe. (J Betteridge)
Botallack: 1 Red Kite North, later seen from Pendeen. (D Flumm)
St Buryan: 3 Red Kite east. (P Taylor)
Skewjack: 1 Marsh harrier still this pm. (M Walace)
Polgigga: 13 Red Kite this pm. (M Wallace)
Lizard Village: 1 Red Kite low over. (B Hawker)
Crowlas: 1 Red Kite over 12:55. (G Healey)
Grampound Road: 2 Red Kites over 18:15 (P Miles)
Crackington Haven: Red Kite, 2 Garden Warblers, Blackcap and our first Whitethroat on a walk from home. (J&B Teague)
Penryn: Red Kite circling over the Penryn Valley from College Hill c17:12-17::15. (L Langley)
Penzance: 40+ Purple Sandpiper Battery Rocks, 1 Great Northern Diver offshore. (J Evans) 25 Purple Sandpiper on Tolcarne. (M Ahmad)
Maer Lake: Female Mallard with ten ducklings, 6 other Mallards, 1 Sedge Warbler in constant song, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Black-headed Gull, 1 Shelduck, 1 Moorhen, moderate numbers of Swallows/Sand Martins. (H Kendall)
Treravon Meadows: 3 Barnacle Geese with Canada Geese, 1 House Martin, 1 Sedge Warbler. (S Marquis)
Blackhead, St Austell: 3 Great Northern Diver (2 summer 1 imm), 1 Whimbrel, 1 Wheatear, 52 Manx Shearwater, 11 Common Scoter, 4 Kittiwake, 1 Bonxie, 7 Sandwich Tern, lots of auks, Gannets, Whitethroats, Blackcaps, 1 Hobby. (D Cooper)
Bodmin: 20+ Swift seen feeding 13:25 and again 14:20 between Bodmin Beacon and Little Kirland. (J Macadam)
Pentire, Newquay: 3 Swift over garden midday. (P Stephenson), 12 late afternoon, 20 House Martin. (S Rowe)
Newquay: 4 Swift. St Columb Minor: 3 Swift. (S Grose)
Landulph Marsh: 3 Black-tailed Godwit ssp limosa, 2 Shelduck, 2 Canada Geese, 5 singing Chiffchaff , 7 Blackcap, 3 singing Sedge Warbler, male Stonechat. (K Pellow)
Kingsmill Lake: 5 Little Egret , 2 Grey Heron, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Whimbrel, 2 Common Sandpiper. (K Pellow)
St Ives Island: 4 Purple Sandpiper, 26 Turnstone, 35 Linnet; 5 Whimbrel and 30 Manx Shearwater flew W (G Jones)
Constantine: 2 Dipper in stream. (J St Ledger)
Truro: 1m Siskin in my garden 18:30. (D Jenkins)
Grampound: c10 Swift. (M Jones)
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