Tuesday 24th September 2024

Tuesday 24th September 2024

Trevean: 1 Corncrake in braken at seaward end. (M Wallace)

Porthgwarra: 1 Red-breasted Flycatcher, 1 Yellow-browed Warbler, 3 Spotted Flycatcher. (M Wallace, T McGowan, R Veal)

Cape Cornwall: 1 Melodious Warbler still near car park. (J Noon, M Webb). Also, 1m Stonechat, 1 Sparrowhawk over, 1 Buzzard, 1 Chough. (M Webb)

Pendeen: 2 juv Long-tailed Skua at 07.46, 7 Arctic Skua, 5 Balearic Shearwater (07.30 – 10am). (S Rogers)

Porth Joke: 1 Yellow-browed Warbler (Sycamores near pond), 1 migrant Short-eared Owl, 1 Water Rail, 12 Swallow, 7 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap. (S Rowe)

Rosemullion Head: 1 Yellow-browed Warbler at Mawnan along coastal path. (RBA)

Land’s End: 1 Wryneck on Trinity Loop

Malpas, Truro: 1 Great White Egret at Tresillian/Truro confluence this morning. (A. Hill et al)

Par, Spit beach: 1 Little Stint still, c60 Ringed Plover, 11Turnstone, 8 Sanderling, c25 Dunlin. (R Hampshire)

Siblyback Lake: 1 juv Wood Sandpiper, 12 Cormorant, 38 Little Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 7 Coot, 20 Teal, 6 Wigeon, 8 Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Curlew. (K Pellow)

Point: 1 Osprey, 25+ Canada Goose (overhead, flying upstream). (I & C Sowerby)

Devoran: c50 Redshank, 10 Greenshank, c20 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, c20 Curlew 2 Little Egret, c20 Oystercatcher, 3 Ringed Plover, 3 Knot, 10 Dunlin, c15 Black-headed Gull, 6 Cormorant, 15 Canada Goose, 8 Mute Swan, 6 Mallard, 2 Robin, 1 Wren, 2 Blackbird, 1 Chaffinch, c20 House Sparrow. (I & C Sowerby)

Drift Reservoir: 3 Cattle Egret, 1 Wheatear, 1 Greenshank, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 juv Garganey. (P St Pierre, N Rogers, R Veal)

Downderry: 5 Balearic Shearwater west before 0800. (A Payne)

Par6 Eider Ducks (1f, 4 eclipse males,1 full color male), Mixed flock of appx. 50 Dunlin, Sanderling and Ringed Plover, 18 Oystercatcher, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Wren, 20+ Goldfinch, 12 Cormorant, 12 Turnstone. (V Booth)

Rame Head: 3 Whitethroat, 1f Blackcap & 2 groups of c.80 & c.120 Wood Pigeon in off the sea & moving west. (P Kemp)

Maer Lake: 9am-12:30pm, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 20 Moorhen, 2 Water Rail (calling), 300+ Canada Geese, 3 Hybrid Geese, 2 Barnacle Geese, 8 Mallard, 5 Wigeon, 25+ Teal, 4 Shoveler, 17 Black-Tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin, 1 Ruff, 8 Lapwing, 17 Black-headed Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 2 Raven (over), 60+ Goldfinch’s. (N Bastin)

St Levan: 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 4 Goldcrest, 5 Firecrest, 18 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Wheatear. (R Veal)

Trevose Head: 3 Chough, 1 Wheatear (m). (B.Toms)

Helston1 Female Wheatear. (J Warner). 

Davidstow Airfield: 50 + Golden Plover over, 9 White Wagtail, 31 Pied Wagtail, 23 Meadow Pipit, 34 Lesser Black backed Gull. (S Grose)

Drift reservoir1 Snow Goose sleeping among several Mallards which were both male and female. Nearby there were around 9 Cormorants surrounding a Grey Heron, later a little egret flew next to the grey heron, startling it and waking it up. 3 Little egrets were spotted in total while 12 Cormorants were seen. At the end of the reservoir there were at least 8 Moorhens and another Grey heron, I also saw a wader wich could have been a Wood Sandpiper. When walking back out from from the reservoir a Common sandpiper did fly away from the shore of the water and just before that a Buzzard flew overhead. Throughout the reservoir the were hundreds of Herring Gulls mixed with Greater Black Backed Gulls and Lesser Black Backed Gulls, a lot of these were juvenile. When I first arrived I saw a female Tufted Duck and two Little Grebes. Later I counted 7 Little Grebes and 3 Great Crested Grebes, I also heard a Littles Grebes call. There were two Little Grebes resting in the reeds, one male one female, when one of the Cormorants scared them away. There were also several Jackdaws and 2 Magpies. Numerous bird songs were heard as well which were: Grey Wagtail, Carrion Crow, Wren and Great Tit. (S Holtholthutchinson)

Dobwalls: 2 Raven, 12 House Sparrow, 6 Jay. (C&J Duffy)

Late submission, 23/9, Porthallow: 1 Eider in mussel farm. (M Nattrass)

TJW