Walmsley sanctuary. Please note that a work party will be busy in the reserve on Thursday 1st August from 9 am till approx. 2pm. Members are still welcome to use the hides but there will be some disturbance. Middle Amble will be unaffected this week but we will be busy in both sites in the next 2 months. Adrian Langdon.
Stithians Res: 5 Wood Sandpiper, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, 4 Snipe, 1 juv Cuckoo, 1 Barnacle Goose, 5 Teal, 1 Shoveler. (D Eva)
Stithians: 10 Grey Heron, 7 Little Egret, 1 Pied Wagtail, 30 Mallard, 12 Swallow, 3 Magpie, 1 House Martin, 6 Curlew, 1 Common Sandpiper, 17 Cormorant, 4 Teal, 6 Carrion Crow, 15 Woodpigeon, 3 Coot, 1 Snipe, 10 Moorhen, 3 Wood Sandpiper, 9 Canada Goose, 1 Barnacle Goose, 20 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Meadow Pipit, 2 Black-headed Gull, 9 Herring Gull, 1 Jay, 1 Buzzard, 1 Goldfinch, 1 Great Black-Backed Gull.
Falmouth Bay (AK Wildlife Cruise 10:30-14:30): 1 Wilson’s Storm Petrel, 4 European Storm Petrel, 200 Cory’s Shearwater, 50 Great Shearwater, 4 Sooty Shearwater, 1000 Manx Shearwater, 20 Balearic Shearwater, 50 Kittiwake, 130 Common Dolphin, 5 Harbour Porpoise, 1 Minke Whale. (S Van Hear)
Liskeard, Moorswater: 3 Common Swift over the Moorswater viaduct at 09:00, 11 Common Swift at 16:00. (D Sharp)
Sowden’s Bridge: 2 Spotted Flycatchers. (S Netherton)
Rumps and Pentire: 2 Wood pigeon, 2 Feral pigeon/rock dove, 4 Oystercatcher, 8 Black-headed gull, 2 Mediterranean gull, 3 Great black-backed gull, 4 Herring gull, 2 Fulmar, 2 Gannet, 4 Cormorant, 6 Shag, 3 Kestrel, 3 Carrion crow, 3 Skylark, 26 Swallow, 1 Willow warbler, 6 Stonechat, 5 Wheatear, 5 House sparrow, 2 Pied wagtail, 1 Meadow pipit, 5 Rock pipit, 30 Linnet, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Grey seal, 2 Small skipper, 2 Small white, 3 Large white, 2 Green-veined white, 3 Small copper, 4 Common blue, 3 Red admiral, 1 Painted lady, 1 Peacock, 2 Dark green fritillary, 4 Wall brown, 17 Gatekeeper, 34 Meadow brown, 8 Six-spot burnet. (M Scawen et al.)
St Anthony head (5 miles south): 100 Manx Shearwater, 100 Cory’s Shearwater, 30 Great Shearwater, 3 Sooty Shearwater, 3 Balearic Shearwater, 9 European Storm Petrel, 1 Arctic Skua. (R Kirkwood)
Hayle Estuary Ryan’s Field: 1 Wren, 2 Buzzard over, 1juv Shelduck, 3 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 40+ Curlew, 50+ Black-headed and Mediterranean Gulls. (14.30 – 15.30 M Webb)
Porth Reservoir: 10 Swallow, 2 Cormorant (1 juv), 8 Great Crested Grebe (3 juv), 71 mallard (3 ducklings), 9 Moorhen (2 juv), 2 Grey Wagtail, 9 Coot, 21 Herring Gull, 2 Black-headed Gull, 2 Wood Pigeon, 1 Buzzard, 2 Wren feeding 2 juveniles, 3 House Martin, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Carrion Crow (1 juv). (A Quincey)
Four Lanes: 130+ Starling on and around the transmitter mast. (S Taylor)
St Ives Island (16:30-18:30): 2 Whimbrel, 1 Arctic Skua, 126 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Balearic Shearwater, 197 Manx Shearwaters, 4 Yellow Wagtail overhead, 4 Common Dolphins 1 mile offshore. (P Nason).
Walmsley: 2 adult Marsh Harrier (brief aerial combat with kestrel), 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Heron. (S Ford & A Lea)
Temple: 3 Wheatear, 1 Raven, 2 Moorhen, 3 Mallard, 1 Woodpigeon, occasional small movement of House Martin. (15.30 – 19.00, RB & PC Girling)
St Minver: 1 Sparrowhawk circling above. (S Grose)
Porthilly Point: 66 Oystercatcher, 3 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 19 Sandwich Tern, 101 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Grebe sp flew across the estuary towards the old CBWPS hide at high tide. (S Grose)
RSPB Scillonian Wildlife Cruise: Penzance to Wolf Rock: 2 Sandwich Tern, 3 Black-headed Gull, 4 Mediterranean Gull, 3 Cormorant, 5 Shag, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 41 Herring Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 145 Gannet, 2 Common Scoter, 35 Manx Shearwater, 1 Arctic Skua, 2 Guillemot, 58 Cory’s Shearwater, 4 Great Shearwater, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Storm Petrel, 3 Kittiwake and 1 Fulmar. Also 4 Common Dolphin, 3 Harbour Porpoise and a feeding frenzy of Tuna. (DK Parker)
RSPB Scillonian Wildlife Cruise: Wolf Rock to Hugh Town: 21 Gannet, 1 Cory’s Shearwater, 24 Manx Shearwater, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 Guillemot, 1 Puffin, 1 Fulmar, 3 Kittiwake and 6 Shag. (DK Parker)
RSPB Scillonian Wildlife Cruise: Hugh Town to Wolf Rock: 4 Sandwich Tern, 37 Shag, 88 Gannet, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Fulmar, 42 Manx Shearwater, 15 Cory’s Shearwater, 3 Herring Gull. Also 6 Common Dolphin. (DK Parker)
RSPB Scillonian Wildlife Cruise: Wolf Rock to Penzance: 33 Cory’s Shearwater, c300 Gannet, c3000 Manx Shearwater, 1 Fulmar, 1 Kittiwake, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 53 Herring Gull. Also 8 Common Dolphin. (DK Parker)
