Please note there will be a work party at Walmsley & Middle Amble reserves tomorrow (Thurday) from approx 9am to 2pm. Expect some disturbance. Adrian.
Tresillian River Path: 1 Wren, 1 Linnet, 2 Carrion Crow, 3 Wood Pigeon, 1 Kingfisher, 8 Curlew, 3 Greenshank, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 5 Mallard, 4 Shelduck (and 5 ducklings), 1 Moorhen, 75+ Black-Headed Gull, 20 Herring Gull, 3 Great Black-Backed Gull. (I Sowerby)
Rumps and Pentire: 2 Wood pigeon, 3 Feral Pigeon/Rock Dove, 6 Oystercatcher, 1 Black-Headed Gull, 4 Great Black-Backed Gull, 30 Herring Gull, 4 Fulmar, 35 Gannet, 6 Cormorant, 14 Shag, 1 Little Egret, 4 Kestrel, 5 Carrion Crow, 5 Swallow, 1 Stonechat, 6 House Sparrow, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Rock Pipit, 36 Linnet, 3 Grey Seal, 2 Wall Brown, 1 Meadow Brown. (M Scawen, et al.)
Stithians Lake, Stuart Hutchings Hide: 1 Barnacle Goose (allied with 1 Canada Goose), 17 Curlew, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper. (A Lea)
Marazion Marsh: Green Sandpiper still. (S Cox)
Wendron: 3 Buzzard, 2 on verge and 1 on road. (S Ford)
Devoran: 206 Mediterranean Gull this evening. (T Wilson)
East Pentire, Newquay, 6.30-7.45pm: 27 Manx Shearwater, 2 Balearic Shearwater, 9 Storm Petrel, 1 Whimbrel. (D Grose)
Pendeen: 1 Common Swift (Flew west low over the water with Manx Shearwaters), 4 Dunlin (Flew west), 2 Arctic Skua (Immature flew west at 07:53, second immature west at 10:15), 1 Pomarine Skua (Light phase adult with spoons at 07:55), 1 Great Skua (Flew west at 09:47), 18 Black-legged Kittiwake (All adults, flew west), 60 Herring Gull, 15 Great Black-backed Gull, 120 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Mainly juveniles moving west), 1 European Storm Petrel (Flew west), 18 Northern Fulmar, 5 Cory’s Shearwater (Birds moving west at 08:22, 08:27, 08:45, 09:09 and 09:39 – leucistic very grey with no brown colouration), 2 Sooty Shearwater (Two flew west at 08:33 and 10:15), 22,640 Manx Shearwater (Passage really picked up from around 08:00), 205 Northern Gannet (Moving west), 30 European Shag, 6 Eurasian Jackdaw, 4 Carrion Crow, 6 Barn Swallow, 4 Eurasian Wren, 2 Eurasian Blackbird, 4 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit, 2 Common Linnet. (S Colenutt)
Killigerran Head, nr Gerrans: Sea watch. 16.05-20.20 west 3-4 overcast. 13,700 Manx Shearwater, 57 Cory’s Shearwater, 7 Sooty Shearwater, 4 Balearic Shearwater, 1 Arctic Skua, 1 Great Skua, 120 Kittiwake, 7 Fulmar, 2 Sandwich Tern, 480 Herring Gull, 310 Gannet, 1 Whimbrel. Most birds going west. Cory’s appeared after 18.30 coming through in 1s and 2s, toward the end of the period 1 loose group of 10 and 1 group of 18. (J Dustow)
Late Submission, 06/08/24, Morning Scillonian, Cornish Waters: 15 Cory’s Shearwater, c400 Manx Shearwater, 8 European Storm Petrel, 3 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Whimbrel. (M Broadbent, H Keeper, E Cornelius)
Late Submission, 06/08/24, Afternoon Scillonian, Cornish Waters: 1 Wilson’s Petrel, 11 Cory’s Shearwater, 3 European Storm Petrel, c450 Manx Shearwater. (M Broadbent, E Cornelius, H Keeper, F Hutchinson)
