Tuesday 18 September 2012

Tuesday 18 September 2012

Marazion Marsh RSPB: 10 Grey Heron, 4+ Little Egret, 2 Cormorant, 4 Mute Swan plus 4 cygnets, 22 Mallard, 3 ad Moorhen plus 8 young, 1 Water Rail, 1 Kingfisher, 1 juv Stonechat and 1 Cetti’s Warbler. (D Parker) Spotted Crake again reported from the standing stone.
Trenow Cove: 50 Curlew, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Little Egret and c25 Pied Wagtail. (R Menari)
St Ives: 1 Great Shearwater circling below the Island and on the sea at 14:50, also c100 Arctic Tern, c16 Common Tern, c10 Sandwich Tern and 1 Ocean Sunfish. (B Dodd)
Penryn River: 1 Kingfisher, 8 Greenshank, 32 Redshank, 2 Turnstone, 26 Curlew, 1 Little Egret, 5 Oystercatcher and 1 Little Grebe at high tide. (J St Ledger)

Kingsmill: Lesser Yellowlegs again from the 2nd hide at the China Fleet Country Club, Old Ferry Road SX 427608.