Wednesday 30th July 2014

Wednesday 30th July 2014

Bodmin: 1 Red Kite near Bodmin Parkway Railway Station at 11:00. (A Walker per R Parslow)
St Erth: 1 Nuthatch and 1 m Yellowhammer. (MJ Spicer)
St Gothian Sands LNR: 3 Reed Bunting and 3 Raven over. Also 1 Clouded Yellow butterfly. (D Jenkins)
Charlestown: 2 mf Bullfinch. (D Hastilow – photo)

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Stithians Reservoir: 2 Teal, 2 Lapwing, 2 Tufted Duck, 13 Cormorant, 18 Little Grebe, 10 Grey Heron, 10 Coot and 52 Mallard. (D Eva)
Argal Reservoir: 2 Common Sandpiper. (S Perfect)
Ryan’s Field: 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshank and 1 Med Gull. (Sennen Cove Birdwatching)
Land’s End: 1 Great Shearwater seen from a boat 7.5m offshore.
The Rumps and Pentire Head:  4 Blackbird, 5 Black-headed Gull,1 Buzzard, c100 Carrion Crow, 25 Cormorant, 15 Fulmar, 6 Gannet, 12 Goldfinch, 25 Great Black-backed Gull, c100 Herring Gull, c50 House Martin, 20 House Sparrow, c50 Jackdaw, 4 Kestrel, 1 Lesser black-backed Gull, 30 Linnet, 1 Magpie, c50 Manx Shearwater, 5 Oystercatcher, 1 Peregrine, 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 Raven, 2 Robin, 30 Rock Pipit, c75 Rook, 15 Shag, 6 Skylark, 20 Starling, 15 Stonechat, c100 Swallow, 3 Wheatear, 5 Whitethroat, 6 Willow Warbler and 20 Wood Pigeon. (The ‘Martin Cutland Wildlife Walk’, per C Travis)
Marazion Marsh RSPB: 4 Mute Swan with 5 cygnets, 2 Mallard, 5 Grey Heron, 12 Moorhen, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 fem Stonechat, 1 male Bullfinch, 1 juv Goldcrest and 1 Cetti’s Warbler plus Reed and Sedge Warblers. Also 2+ Clouded Yellow butterflies. (DK Parker)
Drift Reservoir (Members only): 1 Mute Swan, 200+ Canada Geese, 8 Greylag, 2 hybrid, 61 Mallard, 1 Teal, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Grebe plus 1 young, 1 Peregrine, 3 Common Sandpiper and c20 Swallow. (DK Parker)
MJS