Thursday 8th August 2024

Thursday 8th August 2024

Penlee Point, Rame: (1020 – 1220) c400 Manx Shearwater, 10 Balearic Shearwater, 4 Storm Petrel, 4 Sandwich Tern, 6 Mediterranean Gull, 6 Kittiwake, 3 Fulmar, 2 Common Scoter. ( M Jordan )

St John: 15 Whimbrel, 3 Curlew, Kingfisher, Stock Dove, c500 corvid, mostly Jackdaw and Rook. ( M Jordan )

Porthgwarra: (total counts 0600-1900), 1,500+ Cory’s Shearwater (undercount), 72 Great Shearwater, 34 Balearic Shearwater, 183 Sooty Shearwater, 268 Storm-petrel, 5 Wilson’s Petrel, 48 Whimbrel, 1 Great Skua, 5 Pomarine Skua, 7 Arctic Skua, 2 Long-tailed Skua, 1 Skua sp. (Arctic/Long-tailed), 18+ Yellow-legged Gull,  2 Sandwich Tern, 5 Puffin, 2 Sandwich Tern, 1 Grey Phalarope. (R Augarde, S Rogers, M Broadbent et al)

Lizard Point: (07.50-16.10)  502 Cory’s Shearwater,  329 Great Shearwater, 159 Sooty Shearwater, 9 Balearic Shearwater,  Storm Petrel, 10 Wilson’s Petrel, 5 Great Skua (plus a dark unstreaked skua) 1 Pomarine Skua, 2 Long-tailed Skua (1ad, 1juv) 7 Arctic Skua, 1 Snipe, c.12000 Manx Shearwater per hour. (J Jones T Blunden et al)

Downderry: 295+ Manx Shearwater west in a 20 minute break in the mist at 1350. (A Payne)

Padstow boat trip: 15 Tern sp. (sandbanks just outside harbour) definitely some Sandwich, maybe other species, 5 Fulmar, 40 Manx Shearwater, 80 Gannet, 30 Shag (N Page)

Hayle Estuary RSPB, Ryan’s Field: 2 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Common Sandpiper, 6 Black -headed Gull, juvenile Shelduck, Canada geese, Little Egret. (K White)

St Erth: 2 Kingfisher. (M Yelland)

Late submission 07/08 Scillonian III: Penzance > Wolf,  c140 Manx Shearwater, 3 Cory’s Shearwater, 1 Fulmar, c30 Gannet, 3 Common Dolphin. Wolf > Scilly c50 Manx Shearwater, 1 Cory’s Shearwater, 1 Fulmar, 1 Storm Petrel, c50 Common Dolphin. Scilly > Wolf,  c20 Manx Shearwater, 2 Cory’s Shearwater, c7 Storm Petrel, 10 Arctic Tern, 1 Kittiwake,  14 Gannet, 2 Harbour Porpoise. Wolf > Penzance, Manx Shearwater – many thousands (estimates from those on board ranged between 3-30,000), 30 + Cory’s Shearwater, 1 Balearic Shearwater, 2 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Fulmar, c6 Storm Petrel, 8+ Gannet, 1 Arctic Tern, 13 Common Dolphin, 7 Harbour Porpoise. (M Spicer & M Jones)

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