Godrevy: Wilson’s Petrel beyond lighthouse at 1055, 1 Storm Petrel, 1 Great Shearwater flew past at 1034. (P Freestone) Also 1 Chough, 1 pr Goldfinch, 1 pr Stonechat, 14 Cormorant, 4 Oystercatcher. (F Shortall)
Walmsley Sanctuary: 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Ruff, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 6 Dunlin, 4 Ringed Plover, 1 Black tailed Godwit, 5 Teal, 5 juv. Shelduck. (D Eva) Also 2 Cattle Egret. (J St Ledger, J St Ledger-Renfree)
Burniere Hide: 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 6 Common Sandpiper, 1 Whimbrel, 5 Sandwich Tern (at high tide). (J St Ledger, J St Ledger-Renfree)
St Ives Island (09.05-10.05): c225 Manx Shearwaters/ minute, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Storm Petrel, 2 Common Tern, 3+ Common Dolphin, 2 Harbour Porpoise (G Jones)
Maer Lake: 2 Avocet. (C Roberts)
Davidstow Airfield: 1 Dunlin, 4 Ringed Plover, c20 Swallow, 14+ Wheatear, 4 Skylark, 6 Goldfinch, 4 Linnet, 4 Pied Wagtail. (D Dennis)
Davidstow Woods: 6+ Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Stonechat, 1 Buzzard, c20 Chaffinch, c14 Robin including fledgelings. (D Dennis)
Porthgwarra, cove (10-12): 4 Cory’s Shearwater, 2 Sooty Shearwater, 3 Balearic Shearwater, 1 Great Shearwater, 5 Storm Petrel, 4 Guillemot. Also 1 Willow Warbler in 60ft cover; 1m Emperor, 1m Keeled Skimmer, 2m Broad-bodied Chaser, 6-8 prs Common Darter, 1 Golden-ringed Dragonfly around pool. (W Ambler & M Wilkinson)
Higher Penpoll, St Veep: 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Spotted Flycatcher in private garden. (A & M Day)
Nanstallon: 2 Swift, c40 Swallow, c50 House Martin. (D Roberts)
Stithians: 4 Common Sandpiper, 2 Dunlin, 1 Lapwing, 1 Curlew, 9 Cormorants, 7 Great Crested Grebes, 2 Snipe, 2 Teal and small groups of Swallow moving through including 50 to 60 at one time from Stuart Hutchings hide. (T. Pinfield) Feeder Hide: 1 male Sparrowhawk hunting through feeders, 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 2 Jay, 8+ Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler. (A Lea)
Hayle, Ryan’s Field RSPB: 1 Wren, 1juv Song Thrush, 1 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew, 1 Greenshank, 4 Redshank, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 1 Cormorant over, 1juv Shelduck, 120+ Canada Goose also 1 Canada Goose carcass on mud in front of hide. (M Webb)
Boat Cove: 3 Whimbrel, 2 Pied wagtail, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Egret, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, I Herring Gull juv eating a large dead crab, (and in field behind coast path): 1 Green Woodpecker (M Claughton)
Millpool (private garden): 1 m Beautiful Demoiselle, 1 f Southern Hawker, our usual pair of garden Magpies looking the worst for wear mid-moult with barely any head feathers. (M Claughton)
Rumps and Pentire: 5 Feral pigeon/rock dove, 2 Wood pigeon, 5 Oystercatcher, 6 Great black-backed gull, 45 Herring gull, 6 Fulmar, 15 Gannet, 8 Cormorant, 6 Shag, 5 Kestrel, 1 Jackdaw, 6 Chough, 1 Carrion crow, 1 Raven, 7 Skylark, 8 Swallow, 5 Whitethroat, 3 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 1 Meadow pipit, 4 Rock pipit, 27 Linnet, 1 Grey seal, 2 Large white, 6 Common blue, 1 Speckled wood, 2 Wall brown, 4 Meadow brown (M Scawen et al.)
Late news, 8/8, Walmsley: 1 Sanderling with mixed flock of c25 Dunlin & Ringed Plover before flew toward estuary. (S Lilley)
Late news, 8/8, Mount’s Bay Mermaid II pelagic: 15 Cory’s Shearwater, 4 Great Shearwater, 4 Sooty Shearwater, 2 Balearic Shearwater, 60+ Storm Petrel. (M Elliott)