Friday 17th April 2026

Friday 17th April 2026

St Ives: 1 Pallas’s Warbler, 1 Yellow-browed Warbler, 1 Dunnock, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Blackcap, 2 Chaffinch. (A Quincey)

Trenow, Perranuthnoe: 3 Swallow, 5 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew, 1 Cormorant, 2 Carrion Crow, 11 Little Egret, 3 Magpie, 1 [very vocal] Song Thrush, 9 Wood Pigeon, 2 Dunnock, 1m Chaffinch, 1 Robin, 1 Oystercatcher, 4 Wren. (P K Bray)

Windmill Farm: 7 Chiffchaff, 5 Sedge Warbler, 14 Willow Warbler, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 11 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Wheatear. (D Wright)

Croft Pascoe Forest: 1 Cuckoo, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 f Kestrel, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Siskin, 1 Goldcrest. (A Khan)

Porthkerris Cove: 1 Cuckoo( calling). Numerous Gannet and Shearwater offshore, 1 Stonechat, Oystercatchers on shoreline. (V Fraser, D Humphries, M Clarke, D Roberts)

Bowling Green, private garden:  f Blackcap eating Ivy berries while m sings nearby. (K Hill)

Carbis Moor: 3 Pheasants (2m1f), 3 Marsh Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Siskin (5m 1F ), 7 Goldfinch, 2 Bullfinch (pair), 1 f Sparrowhawk (over), 1 m Greenfinch, 1 f Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Robin, 3 Blackbird (2f 1m), number of Blue, Great and Coal Tit, 2 Collared Dove (1 adult 1 juv.), 2 Swallow. (V Booth)

Hannafore, pm, rising tide: 18 Curlew flew from Looe island towards Millendreath. 2 Swallows, 2 Rock Pipit, 12 Oystercatcher, 4 Wheatears (3 m, 1f). (J Eames)

Illogan: 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 4 Goldfinch, 4 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 1 m Chaffinch, 1 m Greenfinch, 1 m Sparrowhawk. (J Baker)

Hoe Point looking east: Basking Shark, numerous Gulls, some Gannet seemed to be feeding in the immediate location. (C Richards)

Carn Gloose, St Just: 12 Sand Martin, 20+ Swallow flying S. (J Hawkey)

Sennen: Hobby, circling near Church. ( IC Whitehouse, MD James)

Penzance, Jubilee Pool: Great Northern Diver, 17 Whimbrel, 62 Purple Sandpiper, 5 Sandwich Tern. (IC Whitehouse, MD James)

Goss Moor NNR: 1 Grasshopper Warbler (heard only), 5 Marsh Tit, 17+ Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, 1 Stonechat, 5 Jay, 3 Barn Swallow, 5 Chaffinch, 2 Pheasant. (R Beesly)

Respryn Bridge: 1 Nuthatch, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Coal Tit, 1 Sand Martin, 2 Barn Swallow, 2 Song Thrush, 50+ Rook, 1 Common Buzzard. (R Beesly)

Trago Mills, Liskeard: 1 Dipper, 3 Grey Wagtail, 2 Greenfinch, 1 Chiffchaff. (R Beesly)

Pentargon nr Boscastle: 2 Fulmar. (J Horsey)

Truro, Boscowan Park: 1 Barnacle Goose, 4 Whimbrel, 2 Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper. (T Wilson)

Little London Beach: 2 Sandwich Tern, 2 Sand Martin. (R Hamilton-Ahearne)

Whitsand Bay, Rame Head: 2 Great Northern Diver, 1m Common Scoter, 1 Guillemot, number of Gannet and Manx Shearwater, 1 Whitethoat, 1 Fulmar, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Raven, singing Skylark, Chiffchaff. (M Saunders)

Tregonetha Downs: 1 Cuckoo, 2 Buzzard, 16 Linnet, 3 Willow Warbler, 6 Meadow Pipit. (D Pollard)

Carn Marth, 18.00-1930:  2 Grasshopper Warbler, 6 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, pair of Blackcap, 7 Swallow, Linnets carrying nest materials. (T Wright)

Spit Beach, Par: 2 Eider, 2 Curlew, 1 Manx Shearwater (deceased), 3 Sandwich Tern, 1 Rock Pipit, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Great Black-backed Gull. (S Linsley)

Mullion to Porthleven, Coast path: Kestrel, 10 Jackdaw, 2 Skylark, 3 Stonechat, 6 Sand Martin, 1 Raven, 2 Common Whitethroat, 1 Dunnock, 3 Swallow. (E Pearce)

Falmouth: Grasshopper Warbler reeling between Church View Business Park and Azenor Avenue (Bickland Water Road). (G Wills)

Swanpool Lake: 2 Common Sandpiper. (G Wills)

Maenporth: 1 Great Northern Diver. (G Wills)

 

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f. Blackcap - Kathryn Hill
Swallows - Vic Booth
Marsh Tit - Vic Booth
Fulmars - Jeffrey Horsey
Fulmars - Jeffrey Horsey
Wheatear - Jim Eames
Curlews - Jim Eames
Cuckoo - Dean Pollard
Cuckoo - Dean Pollard
Pallas's Warbler - Alison Quincey
Pallas's Warbler - Alison Quincey