Friday 17th July 2026

Friday 17th July 2026

Hayle Estuary/Ryan’s Field: 1 Whimbrel, 5 Black-tailed Godwit. (M Jones)

Porthgwarra: 3 Wheatear (f + 2 juvs), 4 juv Whitethroat, 4 Stonechat (m;f;2 juvs).   Dragonflies: 1 Southern Emerald Damselfly; Beautiful Demoiselles; Emperor & Golden Ringed.  Butterflies -1 Pale Clouded Yellow or Berger’s Clouded Yellow, 3 Clouded Yellows; Silver Studded Blue, Grayling, Peacock, Wall, Red Admiral & the other usual common butterflies. (JH & K Dalziel)

Longrock Pool: 3 Coot. (JH & K Dalziel)

Marazion Marsh: 2 Cattle Egret,  1 Great White Egret still present, 2 Swift. (JH & K Dalziel)

Marazion Beach: 37 Sanderling, 5 Dunlin, 2 Mediterranean Gull (inc.1 juv). (JH & K Dalziel)

St Clement: Mallard with 4 newly hatched ducklings, 3 recently fledged Firecrest. (D Eva)

Tresillian fields: 1 m Yellowhammer carrying food to nest, 2 Stock Dove. (T Wilson)

Stithians Reservoir, Stuart Hutchings Hide: 1 Great White Egret, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Lapwing, 4 Curlew, 2 Great Crested Grebe. (J St Ledger, S Hinkley) 1 Great White Egret, 1 Wood Sandpiper still. (P Wiltshire)

Siblyback Lake: 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 4 Common Sandpiper, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Silver-washed Fritillary, 2 Clouded Yellow. (M Hughes)      Great White Egret (D Sharp)

Par Sands: 2 Dunlin (summer plumage), 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 possible Wood Sandpiper (both very distant). (V Booth)

W Coast Path – Gorran Haven, Vault Beach & Dodman: 2 Robin, 1 Willow Warbler, 8 Stonechat, 1 Linnet, 2 Blackbird, 5 House Martin, 2 Wood Pigeon, 2 Carrion Crow, 2 Rock Pipit, 22 Cormorant, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, c250 Herring Gull, 1 Fulmar, 5 Manx Shearwater, 1 Buzzard. (I Sowerby)

Penare & Treveague: 1 Song Thrush, 6 Linnet, 1 Dunnock, 2 House Sparrow, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Wood Pigeon, 1 Swallow. (I Sowerby)

Soapy Cove: 1 Tree Pipit. (D Collins)

Steve’s Pool, Goonhilly Downs: 2 Wood Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper. (D Collins)

East Pentire: 1 Sooty Shearwater, c 4000 Manx Shearwater, 6 Common Scoter, 2 Sandwich Tern, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Common Sandpiper early am. (S Rowe, M Lammas)

 

Late submission, 16/07, Luxulyan, viaduct area: 40 Swift, 4 Raven. (R Hampshire)

Late submission, 16/07, Walmsley: m. Marsh Harrier in and out of reed beds. (R Chiffers)

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m. Marsh Harrier - Robin Chiffers
m. Marsh Harrier - Robin Chiffers
Black-tailed Godwit - Malcolm Jones
Whimbrel - Malcolm Jones
Wood Sandpiper - John St Ledger
Great White egret - John St Ledger
Great White Egret - Martin Hughes
Little Ringed Plover - Martin Hughes
Dunlin - Vic Booth
Rock Pipit - Ian Sowerby
Linnet - Ian Sowerby
Green Sandpiper (RHS), Wood Sandpiper (LHS) - Vic Booth