Friday 14th July 2023

Friday 14th July 2023

Par Beach pool: 18 Mediterranean Gull, 59 Black-headed Gull (Inc black plastic ring on left leg:XH5K still present and orange ring on left leg : 2V76), 1pr Mute Swan with 1 Cygnet, 1 Redshank, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper+flock of 10 overhead, 57 Canada Geese, 4 Swift. (S Grose)

Porthgwarra Cove, 12.30-16.00: 5 Sooty Shearwater, 2 Balearic Shearwater, 18 Storm Petrel, 2 Puffin, 1 Common Tern, 1 Large Shearwater (prob. Great), 1 Poss. Wilsons Petrel (13.40). (R Augarde, R Archer, R Irvine)

Downderry, 13.55-15.55: 2 Common Scoter, 54 Gannet, 55 Manx Shearwater, 2 Mediterranean Gull. (A Payne)

Pendeen, 16.33: Single Corys Shearwater & Puffin when wind veered W briefly. 17.00: Hobby chasing Hirrundines. (J Hawkey)

Lizard Point (afternoon): 1 Cory’s Shearwater, 7 Sooty Shearwater, 12 Balearic Shearwater, 8 Storm Petrel, 5 Pomarine Skua, 4 Arctic Skua, 2 Great Skua, 1 Skua sp, 5 Puffin, 14 Common Scoter. (S Votier, S Bearhop, M Broadbent, E Cornelius, J Drage Hubert)

Ryans Field: 30+ Black-headed Gull, 6 Mediterranean Gull, 3 Little Egret, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 sparrowhawk. (A Lea)

 

Late Submission, 13/07, Par Beach: 5 Eider (3m eclipse, 2 f), 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Canada x Barnacle Goose hybrid. Par Pool: 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Swift. (A Nicholson)

Late Submission, 12/07, Scillonian III (B Craven, V Stratton)
Penzance to the Wolf Rock Lighthouse: 81 Manx Shearwater, 22 Gannet, 13 Herring Gull, 1 Curlew, I Grey Heron, 8 Swift, 2 Rock Pipit, 1, Cormorant, 1, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Great Black-backed  Gulls, 3 Kittiwake, 2 Storm Petrel, 1 Fulmar, 7 Guillemot.

Wolf Rock Lighthouse to the Isles of Scilly: 22 Manx Shearwaters, 1 Gannet, 1 Fulmar, 1 Large Shearwater sp., 3 Herring Gull, 29 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 7 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 7 Shag, 1 Guillemot, 1 Swallow.

Isles of Scilly to the Wolf Rock Lighthouse: 26 Manx Shearwater, 7 Gannet, 48 Shag, 86 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 13 Herring Gull, 5 Guillemot, 2 Fulmar, 3 Puffin, 1 Storm Petrel, 1 Atlantic Grey Seal, 10 Common Dolphin.

Wolf Rock Lighthouse to Penzance: 192 Manx Shearwater, 102 Gannet, 7 Guillemot, 3 Storm Petrel, 24 Herring Gull, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Fulmar, 3 Kittiwake, 1 Balearic Shearwater, 3 Razorbill, 3 Common Dolphin, 2 Risso’s Dolphin.

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Mediterranean Gull – Shaun Grose
Mediterranean Gull – Shaun Grose
Bkack-headed Gull – Adrian Lea