Wednesday 26 September 2012

Wednesday 26 September 2012

Late News 25/09 Kingsmill: 1 Little Stint viewed from Landulph side of estuary opposite China Fleet Club second hide. Dunlin, Greenshank, Redshank, Bar-tailed Godwit, Curlew in 3 mixed flocks of c30. Also 3 Oystercatcher. 8 Little Egret and 1 Greenshank on Landulph NR lake. (R Taylor)
Marazion Marsh RSPB: 5 Grey Heron, 5+ Little Egret, 3+ Cormorant, 4 Mute Swan plus 4 cygnets, 14 Mallard, 6 Teal, 8 ad Moorhen plus 5 juv, 2+ Little Grebe, 2 Buzzard, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1  Stonechat, 1 Reed Bunting, 2+ Cetti’s Warbler and 1 Reed Warbler. (D Parker & D Flumm)
Marazion: 30 Ringed Plover, 17 Turnstone, 19 Dunlin, 2 Sanderling, 2 Oystercatcher, adult Med Gull, 2 Wheatear and 6 White Wagtail on the beach. (D Parker)
Hayle Estuary RSPB: 1 Little Stint. 1 Common Sandpiper, 6 Ringed Plover, 5 Dunlin, 28 Redshank, 5 Curlew and 1 Bar-tailed Godwit. (D Parker)
Pendeen: 2 Long-tailed Skua, 2 Pom Skua, 6 Great Skua and 3 Sooty Shearwater between 09:00 and 11:00. (C Moore et al.)
Wacker Quay, River Lynher: 19 Black tailed Godwit, 2 Greenshank, 3 Redshank , 12 Curlew ,34 Mallard, 2 Little Egret,  BH and Herring Gulls and 1 drake Wigeon on the estuary, 20+ House Martin over and 2 Firecrest  and 1 Chiffchaff in the car park tit flock with Blue, Great, Coal and Long tailed Tits. (J Rance)
Kingsmill: A Great White Egret between 16:45 and 17:00, but not since. Lesser Yellowlegs still present along with 91 Curlew, 55 Dunlin, 36 Black-tailed Godwit, 17 Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, Lapwing and Kingfisher. Also 500+ House Martins. (S Cox)
Swanpool Beach: 3 Med Gull, 5 Sandwich Tern, 4 Common Tern, 4 Turnstone and 1 Ringed Plover. (J St Ledger)

Falmouth, Pendennis Point: 2 Whimbrel and 1 Wheatear. (J St Ledger)
Camel Estuary Trail: 13 Bar-tailed Godwit, 7  Blackbird, 200 +Black-headed Gull, 50+ Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Black Swan, 2 Blue Tit, 7 Buzzard, 25 Canada Goose, 20+ Carrion Crow, 10 Cormorant, 150 + Curlew,  80+  Dunlin, 2 Great Tit, 2 Greenshank, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Grey Plover, 30 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Grey Wagtail, 100+ Herring Gull, 2  House Sparrow, 1 House Martin, 10 Jackdaw, 2 Knot, 1 Lapwing, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 12  Little Egret, 2   Magpie, 5 Mallard, 25 Mute Swan, 30+ Oystercatcher, 1 Pied Wagtail,  12 Red-legged Partridge, 150+ + Redshank, 1 Ringed Plover, 5 Robin, 34 Rook,  1 Snipe, 1 Sparrowhawk,  3 Starling, 3 Swallow,  4 Teal and 8 Wood Pigeon. (The Martin Cutland Nature Walk per C Travis)
Davidstow: Buff-breasted Sandpiper on the airfield plus a Curlew Sandpiper.