Late news, 7/1, Falmouth: An estimated 10 Blackcaps feeding on ripe ivy berries at Quarry Road Car Park in central Falmouth. (D Collins)
Late news, 9/1, Egloshayle, Bishop’sWood: 4 Tawny Owl, 1 Barn Owl, at least 2 Dipper, Buzzards, Goldfinch, Redwings, Song Thrush and 1 Otter. (S Grose)
Drift Reservoir (members only): Juv Glaucous Gull at 09:30, also Pink-footed Goose, Jack Snipe and Kingfisher. (L Proctor)
Lizard: 2 Richard’s Pipit still below the pump house pond, 1 Lapland Bunting, 1 Dark-bellied Brent and 2 Merlin also Apis mellifera and Bombus terrestris on the wing in the sunshine. (DK Parker, M Halliday -photo) Also c70 Meadow Pipit, c60 Skylark and 8 Reed Bunting. (D Flumm, P Clement)
 Richard’s Pipit – Mark Halliday |
Newtown-in-St Martin: At least 5 Cattle Egret in with the Little Egrets at SW737227. (DK Parker)
Charlestown: 2 ( m + f ) Blackcap still. ( D Hastilow)
St Clement: 3 Cattle Egret at Menadews Farm, 1 Blackcap in the churchyard, 1 Jack Snipe with 2 Snipe on Tresemple Pool and 1 Avocet on the river. (M Jones)
Porth Reservoir: 4 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Common Gull, 1 Blackcap, 7 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker. (S Grose)
Maer Lake, Bude: 350+ Golden Plover, c.100 Lapwing, 12 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 12 Black tailed Godwit, 4 Dunlin, moderate numbers of Wigeon and Teal plus rather more Mallard, 70+ Starling. (H Kendall)
Egloshayle: 2 Hawfinch in the cemetery but mobile. (A Langdon)
Helston: Firecrest at Helston Sewage Works at 15:15 in hedge at top of track. At least 10 Chiffchaff. (R Treeby)
Feock: Hawfinch still. (C Urquhart)
Carrick Roads: 4 Black-necked Grebe and 14 Red-breasted Merganser. (C Urquhart)
Maenporth: Great Northern Diver, Black-throated Diver and 2 Stonechat. (C Urquhart)
Maenvale: 6 Firecrest and a Red Admiral. (C Urquhart)
Stithians Reservoir: Goldeneye (drk) with Wigeon flock from Stuart Hutchins hide. Also Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 16 Lapwing. Common Sandpiper and Snipe at Golden Lion cut off. (PJ Freestone) 1 Male Mandarin in the Southern cut off. (A James – photos)
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Mandarin – Alan James
Hell’s Mouth: 37 Fulmar, 20+ Razorbill, 30+ Guillemot, 2 Raven, 2 Stonechat, 19 Kittiwakes and Great Northern Diver. (PJ Freestone)
Hayle Estuary RSPB: Brent Goose still at high tide and 12 Grey Plover. (PJ Freestone) Plus 4 ‘brown head’ Goosander and 1 Spoonbill. (R Butts, T Pinfield) Also 1 juv Glaucous Gull at 10:55. Copperhouse Creek: 8 Ringed Plovers. (PJ Freestone) Ryan’s Field: 1 Water Pipit and Firecrest in bushes at left of Eric Grace memorial hide. (PJ Freestone)
St Gothian Sands NR: 46 Canada Geese, 17 Greylags, 9 Oystercatchers, 9 Curlew, 2 Buzzard, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Mute Swan, 2 Coot, 29 Teal, 14 Tufted Duck, 3+ Little Grebe, 56 Great Black-backed Gull, 8 Mediterranean Gull (6 ads, 2 2cy), 2 Shelduck. (PJ Freestone)
Godrevy Head: 31 Oystercatcher, 12 Skylark, 8+ Meadow Pipit, 2 Stonechat, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Kestrel, 70+ Shag and Great Northern Diver offshore. (PJ Freestone)
Connor Downs: 2 Blackcap in private garden. Both colour ringed. (PJ Freestone)
Godolphin Cross: Firecrest and Brambling. (C Richards)
Carnon Downs Sewage Works: Yellow-browed Warbler, 2 Firecrest and 10 Chiffchaff (M Grantham)
Millook (Nr Bude): 4 Red-throated Diver, 1 Bottlenose Dolphin. ( B Craven)
Maer Lake: 4 Ruff, 25+ Dunlin, 20 Black-tailed Godwit. 300+ Snipe etc. (B Craven)
Loe Pool: 1 Black-necked Grebe, 4 Goosander, 1 Firecrest. (I Maclean)
Siblyback Lake: 16 Tufted Duck, 3 Goosander, 3 Goldcrest, 4 Teal, 4 Great Crested
Grebe. (R Napp)
 Goosander – Rick Napp |
Camel Trail Wadebridge to Tregunna: 27 Mute Swan, 36 Shelduck, 12 Mallard, 7 Wigeon, 1 Goosander, 4 Red-legged Partridge, 3 Little Grebe, 5 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 75 Oystercatcher, 7 Ringed Plover, 2000 Golden Plover, 300 Lapwing, 1 Ruff, 3 Knot, 1 Turnstone, 130 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 40 Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 35 Curlew, 42 Snipe, 250 Black-headed Gull, 3 Common Gull, 50 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 35 Great Black-backed Gull, 4 Wood Pigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 2 Meadow Pipit, 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Wren, 2 Dunnock, 3 Robin, 5 Redwing, 9 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Firecrest, 1 Great Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Magpie, 25 Rook, 50 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 5 Starling, 4 House Sparrow, 2 Chaffinch, 8 Goldfinch and 2 Bullfinch. (M Scawen et al.)
Rough Tor farm: 1000+ Golden Plover, 300+ Lapwing. (D Spooner)
East Looe seafront: 4 Blackcap, 1 Firecrest, 2 Stonechat. (D Spooner)
Kingsmill Lake: Glossy Ibis still in field viewed from 2nd hide also 3 Barnacle Goose with the Canada’s and 7 Snipe around the marsh (M Beer, M Northey)
Newquay: 2cy Ring-billed Gull still on Trenance Pool. (P Aley, I Teague)
Porthpean: 3 Surf Scoter (1st-w drake, adult female & juv), Velvet Scoter female, 6+ Common Scoter, Slavonian Grebe, 3 Great Northern Diver, Long-tailed Duck drake. (P Aley, I Teague)
Dozmary Pool: Lesser Scaup drake. (P Aley, I Teague)
Temple: Merlin. (P Aley, I Teague)
Marazion Marsh RSPB: 1 first year Iceland Gull on flooded area at 09:15. (R Butts, T Pinfield)
St Ives Bay: 11 Great Northern Divers, 1 Red-throated Diver and a pod of five/six Bottlenosed Dolphins. (R Butts, T Pinfield)
Penzance, Jubilee Pool: 12+ Turnstones and 18 Purple Sandpipers. (R Butts, T Pinfield)
Gillan Creek: 1 Black necked Grebe showing well at the head of the creek. 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 1 Firecrest and 11 Little Egret. Also at least 20 Mediterranean Gull present in large gull flock (I only managed to scan through half the flock before they took flight). (P.Bedford)
 Black-necked Grebe – Phil Bedford |
Mawgan: 1 Blackcap in garden. (P. Bedford)
Lizard Point: 1 Great Skua, 1 Purple Sandpiper, 32 Turnstone. (D Collins)
Helford Passage: 3 Great Northern Diver, 2 Little Grebe. (D Collins)
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