Friday 17th October 2025

Friday 17th October 2025

Colliford Lake, lunchtime: Baird’s Sandpiper feeding with 3 Ringed Plover 400 yards NW of the Dam car park, 6 Great-crested Grebe, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull (adults). (M WIlkinson, W Ambler)

Truro River from Boscawen Park, 10.45, also at 14.00, (an hour and a half short of high tide): 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, also reported seen earlier opposite Cornish Mutual. (A Hill)

Truro River: 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper. (G Fisher)

Truro River, Malpas: Lesser Yellowlegs with flock of Redshank from Cornish Mutual carpark, Common Sandpiper. (SM Cox)

Pendeen: Richard’s Pipit over flying east at 0840 (P Combridge); it or a second over at 1045 (A Bayly, P Combridge)

St Agnes Beacon, 17.25: Purple Heron over, hdg NE. (B Makin)

Kynance Cove: Ring Ouzel (male), 2 Wheatear, Firecrest, 4 Chough, 2 Snipe, 2 Swallow. (R & J Prior)

Lizard, 09.50: 2 imm. Spoonbill over heading North, 6 Wheatear. (D Collins)

Old Lizard Head: 1 Black Redstart. (D Collins)

Caerthillion: 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 10 Chiffchaff. (D Collins)

Church Cove: 2 Firecrest, 10 Chiffchaff. (D Collins)

Porthqwarra, am: 2 Woodlark over, 12 Skylark, 6 Siskin, and Moorhen near Dolphin House. (M Ferris)

Marazion Marsh RSPB, 10.20-11.20: 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Teal, 5 Moorhen, 2 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Magpie. (M Webb)

Marazion Marsh RSPB: Jack Snipe. (P St Pierre)

Heamoor: Yellow-browed Warbler. (P St Pierre)

Cot Valley: 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Kestrel, 7 Meadow Pipit. (S Talbot)

Land’s End/Sennen Cove, pm: Brambling over, 19 Mediterranean Gull on rocks in the cove, Little Egret, Ringed Plover. (M Ferris)

Hayle: 1 juv. Little Tern, 1 ad. Spoonbill on Carnsew Pool, 1 Curlew Sandpiper on the estuary. (D Eva)

Hayle Causeway: 55 Curlew, 60+ Lapwing, 1 Brent Goose, 2 imm. Spoonbill, 2 Pintail, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank, c10 Dunlin, (Uncounted – Many Godwit sp, Redshank, Canada Goose, Shelduck, Wigeon, Teal). (C Richards)

Hayle Ryan’s Field, 13.40-15.15: 3 Spoonbill (3rd winter Danish-ringed V463 & 2 unringed juveniles), 13 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Curlew, 4 Oystercatcher, 30+ Redshank, 8 Dunlin, 3 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 200+ Canada Goose. (M Webb)

Ryans Field: 3 Spoonbill, Water Rail. (M James)

Hayle Estuary: Dark bellied Brent Goose. (M James)

Copperhouse Pool: 2 Barnacle Goose. (M James)

St Gothian: 2 (m, f) Goosander flew in 1830, 21 Fieldfare over NE 1815, c60 Pied Wagtail roosted. (R Veal)

St Ives Island: 50 Chough, spent a half hour here. (V Stratton)

Treveal Valley: 28 Redwing. (V Stratton)

Crowlas: 1 Firecrest. (R Veal)

The Knavocks: 1 Wheatear. (G Rogers)

Wherrytown: 1 Guillemot. (A McKechnie)

St Breward: 1 Green Woodpecker, 7 Fieldfare, 40 Redwing, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Firecrest. (S Grose)

Halton Quay to Calstock via Cothele: 5 Grey Heron, 5 Mandarin Duck, 6 Egret sp., 2 Kingfisher, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Cormorant, 25 Partridge, Numerous Pheasant, 1 Dunnock, 1 Robin, sev. Black-headed gull, flock of Jackdaw over, 2 Carrion Crow. (P&P Bullen, G Chapman)

Kennack Sands: 1 Kestrel, 1 Pied Wagtail, 3 Rock Pipit (S Wood)

Newlyn: 2 (ad + juv) Dipper. (T Mills)

Ruan Lanihorne: 1 Little Grebe, 26 Lapwing, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Dunlin, 3 Ringed Plover, 2 Greenshank, 1 Redshank, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Swallow, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Siskin. (T Wilson)

 

 

Late submission, 16/10, Truro: Lesser Yellowlegs. (L May)

Lesser Yellowlegs video

Late submission, 16/10, Hayle, Carnsew Basin: 1 Little Tern.  Estuary:  1 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Pintail, 1 Brent Goose, 2 Barnacle Goose, 3 Spoonbill, 1 Cattle Egret, 1 White-rumped Sandpiper, 5 Dunlin, 6 Greenshank, 14 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Gull (1st winter). (T Wright)

Late submission, 16/10, Maker Heights: Short-eared Owl, 4 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 2 Jay. (B Taggart)

Late submission, 16/06, St Ives Island: 14 Chough feeding in front of the NCI Station for one and a half hours. (V Stratton)

Late submission, 16/06,Buttermilk Hill: 25 Golden Plover, 2 Ring Ouzel Males, 60 Meadow Pipit. (V Stratton)

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Wheatear – Geoff Rogers
Spoonbill – Clive Richards
Guillemot – Alex McKechnie
Long-tailed Tit – Sarah Talbot
Teal – Martin Webb
Green Sandpiper – Martin Webb
Green Sandpiper – Martin Webb
Grey Heron – Martin Webb
Spoonbill – Martin Webb
Curlew – Martin Webb
Baird’s Sandpiper & Ringed Plover – Jim Eames
Lesser Yellowlegs – Leah May
Brent Goose – Mark James
Water Rail – Mark James
Spoonbill – Mark James
2 Barnacle Geese & Canada Goose – Mark James
Bar-tailed Godwit – Martin Webb
Oystercatcher – Martin Webb
Baird’s Sandpiper – Jim Eames
Little Egret – Martin Webb