Tuesday 8th October 2024

Tuesday 8th October 2024

Saltash: 1 fem Golden Oriole at close range. Chased around yew trees by resident blackbird. (GG)

Stithians Reservoir: 1 Glossy Ibis in flight from Golden Lion Causeway. (P Roseveare)

Falmouth, Pendennis Point: 1000+ Great Shearwater, 4 Pomarine Skua, 6+ Balearic Shearwater, 2 Sooty Shearwater. (RBA)

Roseland, Killigerran Head: 420 Great Shearwater. (RBA)

Lizard Point (12.30 – 17.00): 8 Barnacle Goose flew west at 16.00, 337 Great Shearwater, 65 Cory’s Shearwater, 7 Sooty Shearwater, 5 Balearic Shearwater, 1 Great Skua, 1 Arctic Skua. (J Jones & S Wood).  Also, 517 Great Shearwater in the evening. (RBA)

Pendeen: 14 (6 + 8) Barnacle Goose over, Snow Bunting, 2 Yellow-browed Warbler, and 1 Merlin. (P Combridge). Also, 11am – 12.10pm 5/6 Barnacle Goose at 12.03, 40 Cory Shearwater, 21 Great Shearwater, 2 Great Skua. (R Wilkins)

Porthgwarra: 9 Barnacle Geese (6 + 3). (M Wallace). Also, 51 Cory’s Shearwater, 8 Great Shearwater, 9 Balearic Shearwater, 2 Sooty Shearwater (8.20 – 9.10) (RBA)

Levant, (0830-0930): 5 Great Shearwater, 30+ Cory’s Shearwater, 2 Sooty Shearwater, 11 Balearic Shearwater. Also, (1500-1600) Juv Sabine’s Gull (1525hrs), 3 Arctic Skua – 1 chased and caught a small dark wader, landed on the sea and devoured it, 1 Great Skua, 36 Great Shearwater, c45 Cory’s Shearwater, 4 Sooty Shearwater, 5 Balearic Shearwater. (M Scott-Ham)

East Pentire: 4 Balearic Shearwater, 2 Manx Shearwater late pm. (S Rowe)

Porthcurno: 3 Yellow-browed Warbler. (RBA)

Constantine: 1 Yellow-browed Warbler still in private garden. (T Pinfield)

Penryn University: 1 Yellow-browed Warbler between Italian Garden and Sports Centre. (RBA)

Hayle, Ryan’s Field: 1 Black Tern, 1 Spoonbill, 1 fem Pintail. (D Eva, S Allen)

Land’s End: 1 Lapland Bunting. (RBA)

Restronguet Creek1 Osprey fishing from mast of Yacht Melisse and perched on Spoil Bank nav post to eat before returning to Melisse. . (B Penny)

Hayle Ryan’s Field: 4 Cattle Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 14 Redshank, 12 Black-headed Gull. (15.50 – 16.35 M Webb)

Lower Tamar Lake this am: 7 Willow Tit one ringed white over black at the hide, 2 Marsh Tit, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Coot, 2 ringed Long-tailed Tit, 7 Coal Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Cormorant. (R Mudge)

Feock1 Grey Wagtail. (B Penny)

St Clement1 Grey Wagtail. (A Goodall)

Illogan: 11 Goldfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 4 House Sparrow in private garden. (J Baker)

Davidstow6 Ringed Plover, 10 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 8 Black-headed Gull, 2 flocks of Starlings 100 plus in each, numbers of mixed corvids, mainly Rooks and Jackdaws, 1 Skylark, 5 Goldfinch, 12 Linnet. (V Booth)

Newquay, The Gannel: 53 Curlew, 230 Herring Gull, 27 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Little Egret, 1 Oystercatcher, 27 Black-headed Gull, 1 Cormorant over and about 200 Carrion Crows and Jackdaw. (A Quincey).  Also, 11 Egret Egret. (S Grose)

Newquay Headland2 Shag, 1 Cormorant, 3 Rock Pipit, 4 Stonechat, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Oystercatcher, 2 House Martin. (A Quincey)

Sladesbridge: 1 f Kingfisher at Trelawney Garden centre this morning. (S Grose)

Rosenannon: 3 Raven, 11 Skylark, 2 Yellowhammer, 2 Treecreeper, 4 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 5 Roe Deer. (S Grose)

Porth Reservoir: 4 (3 ad +1juv) Great Crested Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 11 Coot, 52 Mallard, 5 Cormorant, 19 Moorhen, 1 Great spotted Woodpecker, 3 Buzzard, 3 Jay, 2 Raven, 50+ Goldfinch, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch. (S Grose)

Late submission, 7/10, Watson Marlow Ltd, Bickland Water Road, Falmouth: 1 Green Woodpecker. (C Kendal)

Late submission, 6/10, The Island, St Ives: 1 Wheatear, 1 Rock Pipit, 1 Common Buzzard. (E Mulgrew)

Late submission, 4/10, Roseland: 5 Chough. (K Hartmann per D Hall)

TJW