Hayle Estuary RSPB, Lelant Saltings: 4 Goosander, adult Ring-billed Gull, 2 adult Caspian Gull, 3 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Greenshank (G. Jones). Also Great White Egret on Ryan’s Field. (M Spicer)
Dozmary: c8 Ring-necked Duck still. (L Proctor)
St Ives Island: 5 Great Northern Diver in Bay. (G Jones)
Hannafore: 2 Great Northern Divers; 3 Slavonian Grebes; 2 Shags; 6 Cormorants; 1 Little Egret; 1 Grey Heron; 7 Mallard; 6 male Eider & 1 female Eider; 6 Curlew; 24 Oystercatchers; 2 Turnstones. (A. Parker)
Foxhole: 1 Water Rail. (L Bosisto)
Pentewan: Single Black-throated Diver in flock of 10 Great Northern Diver. (R Kirkwood)
Camel Trail (Pinkson Creek): 13 Cattle Egret. (P Dingle)
Camel Estuary, Burniere Hide: 19 Whooper Swan. (P Brinton)
Newlyn Harbour: 1 Great Northern Diver, 5 Shag, 3 Cormorant, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Rock Pipit, 23 Turnstone. (M Webb)
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Kingsmill Lake: 22 Lapwing, 67 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Greenshank, 9 Avocet, 7 Dunlin, 1 Spotted Redshank, 35 Shelduck, 1 Great crested Grebe, 120+ Wigeon & 80+ Teal (P Kemp)
Mount’s Bay (from Marazion): 15 Common Scoter, 1 Great Northern Diver, 1 Black-throated Diver. (P Fraser)
Callywith, Bodmin: 50+ Brambling amongst 250+ Finch sp. (D Julian)
Bodmin Moor: f/imm Black Redstart. (S Sanderson)
Falmouth: 7 Woodlark on private farmland. (D Collins)
Helford Passage: Red-necked Grebe, 8 Great Northern Diver. (D Collins)
Pencallenick Woods: 20 Siskin, 1 male Blackcap. (M Jones)
Perranporth: pair of Blackap, as have wintered for the past 3-4 years. (D Money)
Camel Trail: 1 Red breasted Merganser, 1 Common Gull, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Marsh Tit, 58 Shelduck, 22 Mute Swan, 1 juv Whooper Swan, 3 Song Thrush, 2 (m+f) Bullfinch. (S Grose)
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Porthilly Beach: 25 Wigeon, 1 Greenshank, 3 Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 9 Dunlin, 3 Curlew, 1 Chiffchaff. (S Grose)
Porthilly stream: 1 Willow Warbler. (S Grose)
Rock, Little Trelyn: 100+ Goldfinch, 1 Mistle Thrush. (S Grose)
RAF St Mawgan: 1 Barn Owl. (S Grose)
Downderry: a Great White Egret and a Brent Goose flew east early afternoon. On sea 4 Great Northern Diver, 2 Red-throated Diver, c30 auks, 4 Common Gull and a few Kittiwake. (A Payne)
Camel Estuary, Wadebridge to Tregunna: 6 Red-legged partridge, 1 Pheasant, 2 Canada goose, 16 Mute swan, 1 Whooper swan, 57 Shelduck, 1 Gadwall, 33 Wigeon, 32 Mallard, 1 Red-breasted merganser, 6 Wood pigeon, 1 Collared dove, 1 Little grebe, 52 Oystercatcher, c.120 Lapwing, c.1000 Golden plover, 12 Grey plover, 16 Ringed plover, 55 Curlew, 3 Black-tailed godwit, 90 Dunlin, 9 Snipe, 1 Common sandpiper, 25 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 110 Black-headed gull, 4 Common gull, 7 Great black-backed gull, 120 Herring gull, 4 Cormorant, 2 Grey heron, 6 Little egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Jay, 1 Magpie, 5 Jackdaw, 35 Carrion crow, 1 Blue tit, 2 Long-tailed tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Wren, 3
Starling, 5 Blackbird, 4 Robin, 5 House sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 1 Grey wagtail, 2 Pied wagtail, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch (M Scawen et al.).
Marazion: 4 Swallow still, over beach.
Late submission, 13/12, Hayle Estuary RSPB: 2w Yellow-legged Gull (one of 11+ present) ringed in Switzerland as a chick and an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull from a rehabilitation program in Portugal. (R Veal) This represents just the second colour ringed Yellow-legged Gull to be reported in the county, following a French ringed bird on the Camel Estuary in 2002
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