Wednesday 2nd January 2019

Wednesday 2nd January 2019

Lower Tamar lake: 1 female Ring-necked Duck. (J Rance)

Ring-necked Duck – John Rance

Chapel Amble: 1 Little Egret, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Redshank, 16 Snipe, 400 Lapwing, 1 Ruff, 1 Temmincks Stint, 4 Water Pipit , 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Mistle Thrush,1 leucistic Starling. (B Bosisto, L Payne) 1 Temminck’s Stint, 7 Water Pipits, 4 Green Sandpiper, c2200 Golden Plover, c2000 Lapwing, 3 Ruff, Tawny Owl, c15 Redwing, 8 Pied Wagtail this afternoon. (A Langdon)

Trewornan, Camel Estuary: 24 Mute Swan , 4 Whooper Swan , 1 Bar-headed Goose (B Bosisto, L Payne)

Towan Beach: 4 Cirl Bunting (D Eva)

Ruan Lanihorne: 1 Common Sandpiper (D Eva)

Pendower: 1 Red-necked Grebe, 2 Slavonian Grebe, 4 Black-throated Diver, 8+ Great Northern Diver, 1 Common Scoter, 9 Guillemot. (D Eva, R Veal, DK Parker, R Wilkins)

Portscatho/Porthcurnick: 1f Long-tailed Duck, 4 Slavonian Grebe, 3 Great Northern Diver, 2 Black-throated Diver. (D Eva, R Wilkins, DK Parker, R Veal et al)

Carrick Roads: 1f Velvet Scoter, 8 Black-necked Grebe, 13 Red-breasted Merganser, 1 Great Crested Grebe. (DK Parker, R Wilkins, R Veal)

Devoran: 1w Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 Spotted Redshank at Tallack’s Creek high tide roost. (DK Parker, R Veal, R Wilkins)

Porthpean: possible juv/f Surf Scoter with c20 Common Scoter. Also 2 Great Northern Diver, Peregrine & 2 Harbour Porpoise. (P Aley, I Teague)

North Cliffs: Richard’s Pipit still in sheep field opposite Tehidy north entrance. (M Spicer, M Ahmad, B Hibbet, P Clement). Also 6 (1 ad, 5 imm) Whooper Swan in fields just NE of Hell’s mouth cafe. (DK Parker, R Veal et al)

Whooper Swans, Roger Butts

Falmouth, Pendennis Point: 2 (mf) Stonechat, with 30+ Gannet and 40+ Kittiwake offshore and in the roads, 20 Common Dolphin inside Carrick Roads. Castle Beach: 1 Redshank, 2 Whimbrel, 20+ Turnstone. Gyllyngvase Beach: 1 1st spring male Eider in the surf, then flew east, Swanpool: 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Coal Tit, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 35 Goldfinch over, 2 Water Rail and 10 Fulmar on cliffs. Prince of Wales Pier: Herring Gull; Blue 019. (D Chaney)

Penryn, Gorrangorras: 1 Kingfisher, 45 Teal, 3 Little Egret, 1 Oystercatcher, 3 Greenshank, 36 Redshank, 7 Curlew. (D Chaney)

Carrick Roads: 6+ Red-breasted Merganser, 2 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Great Northern Diver from Mylor Churchtown. (D Chaney)

St Ives: 2 Stonechats, male & female following each other on The Island. (K Money)

Camel Estuary, Wadebridge to Padstow: 21 Mute Swan, 4 Whooper Swan, 120 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 1 Bar-headed Goose, 63 Shelduck, 27 Mallard, 24 Wigeon, 5 Teal, 4 Red-legged Partridge, 7 Little Grebe, 3 Cormorant, 2 Shag, 13 Grey Heron, 6 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 2 Moorhen, 95 Oystercatcher, 3 Ringed Plover, 37 Grey Plover, c.4000 Golden Plover, 250 Lapwing, 3 Turnstone, 200 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 70 Redshank, 3
Greenshank, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 140 Curlew, 180 Black-headed Gull, 6 Common Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 90 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 7 Great Black-backed Gull, 7 Wood Pigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Wren, 3 Dunnock, 1 Robin, 2 Redwing, 5 Blackbird, 1 Great Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 6 Rook, 50 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 5 Starling, 6 House Sparrow, 12 Chaffinch. (M Scawen et al.)

Windmill Farm: 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 m Hen Harrier. (R Evershed)

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