Late news, 26/12, Treen, Porthcurno; 2 Balearic Shearwater circling off Pednvounder. (R Phillips)
Penzance: Black Redstart in private garden, flew to and perched in a Beech tree. Battery Rocks: 26 Purple Sandpiper at the high-tide roost. (R Phillips) 30 Purple Sandpiper on the sea wall at Jubilee Pool. (A Bond)
Mousehole: Eastern Black Redstart still present 8am onwards. (A Bond)
Drift Reservoir: 3 Cattle Egret, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Scaup. (A Bond)
Perranuthnoe: Hudsonian Whimbrel again at Boat Cove.
Towan Head: 1 Merlin, 2 Great Northern Diver, 19 Purple Sandpiper, 1 Black Redstart, 1 Grey Plover. (S Rowe)
Gannel Estuary: 18 Cattle Egret roosted in Penpol Creek this evening (S Rowe)
Respryn: 2+ Dipper along the river this am. (P Spavins)
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Dipper – Philip Spavins
Lower Boscaswell, Pendeen: 2 Chough with metal rings feeding at a bird table in a garden at midday. (M Love)
Marazion, Beach: 1 ad Iceland Gull offshore from car park opposite Longrock Pool. Also 1 Black-tailed Godwit on the marsh. (M Ahmad, R Veal) Longrock: 1w Caspian Gull, 2w Yellow-legged Gull and 1w Ring-billed Gull at Longrock Pool this afternoon. (D Nicholson)
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Caspian Gull, Yellow-legged Gull – Dean Nicholson
Porthpean: 3 Black-throated Diver, 8 Great Northern Diver offshore, 5 Dark-bellied Brent Geese flew East. (D Julian)
Kingsmill Lake: American Wigeon
Hayle Estuary: 1st w Green-winged Teal, 1 Spoonbill today. (A Bond)
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