Tuesday 19th November 2024

Tuesday 19th November 2024

Newquay, Towan Head: 1 Surf Scoter west at 09.06. (P Maker)

Stithians Reservoir: 1 Egyptian Goose at Golden Lion cut off. (S Ford)

Pendeen: 1 Ring Ouzel at Calartha. (P Combridge)

Little Petherick: 50 Cattle Egret at Tregolds Farm. (per P Roseveare)

Pendeen Watch (8-10:30): 4 Great Shearwater, 1 Balearic Shearwater, 6 Sooty Shearwater, 53 Manx Shearwater, 3 Great Skua, 2 Red-throated Diver. (S. Rogers, M. McKee, P. Clement, G Lawlor)

Cape Cornwall (07.30 – 10.30): 1 Great Shearwater, 59 Manx Shearwater, 1 Pomarine Skua, 1 Arctic Tern, 1 Little Gull. Thousands of auks and kittiwakes. (F Hawkins)

St Ives Island (07:40-12:00). 1 Great Shearwater, 3 Common Scoter, 23 Oystercatcher, 4 Purple Sandpiper, 1 Great Skua, 3 Red-throated Diver, 1 Black-throated Diver, 6 Great Northern Diver, 54 Fulmar, 32 Manx Shearwater, 1 Balearic Shearwater. (P Nason)

Boscawen Park, Truro River: 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, 2 Canada Geese, c 20 Shelduck, >40 Teal, 4 Moorhen, Mallard, Black-headed Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Redshank, 4 Curlew, 30 Oystercatcher, >100 Dunlin, 1 Buzzard, many Rook, Crow, Jackdaw, 1 Magpie, Woodpigeon, 12 Redwing, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Pied Wagtails, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Blackbirds, 2 Robins, 3 Dunnock, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Goldcrest. (A Hill et al).

Boscawen Park to Sunny Corner (low tide 15.20 – 16.15): 113 Dunlin, 34 Redshank, 38 Oystercatcher, 20 Curlew, 23 Black tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 30 Teal, 37 Shelduck, 1 Jay. (A Nicholson)

Hayle Carnsew Pool: 1m Kingfisher, 6 Little Grebe, 12 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Redshank, 3 Dunlin, 1 Curlew, 3 Oystercatcher, 9 Cormorant 14.15 – 15.00. (M Webb)

Tintagel, Rocky Valley 1400hrs: 1 (probable 2) Firecrest feeding in the Ivy. (P Smith)

East Moor, Altarnun: 2 Kestrel, 5 Common Buzzard, 2 Reed Bunting, 110 Golden Plover, 70+ Fieldfare, 120+ Redwing, 5 Snipe, 1 Stonechat, 40+ Starling. (M Rule)

Penzance: 1 Swallow heading north. (T Mills)

Late Submission, 18/11, Pendeen Watch (8-11 am): 2 Great Shearwater, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 30 Manx Shearwater, 12,000 auk sp, 1 Great Skua, 4 Great Northern Diver. (S. Rogers, M. McKee, P. Clement, G Lawlor)

TJW