Goonhilly Downs: Purple Heron at Bray’s Cott again this afternoon. (J Foster, J Jones)
Lamorna: male Golden Oriole sound recorded in private garden this morning. (per county recorder)
Hendra Lane, Ashton: 1 Hoopoe. (R Hosking)
Porthgwarra: (08.15 – 10.00) 1 adult Pomarine Skua, 2 Great Northern Divers, 2 Puffin, 1 Great Skua and c3000 feeding Manx Shearwater. (N Rogers)
Nanjizal Valley: 1 Turtle Dove this morning. (J Overfield)
Duporth Bay: Turtle Dove. (P Wilkins)
Newquay: 1 Storm Petrel and 1 Common Scoter off of Fistral Beach. (B Bosisto)
Lower Tamar Lake: 2 Garganey 1m 1f, 1m Gadwall, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Moorhen, 15 Mallard, 1 Marsh Tit. (R Mudge)
Marazion Marsh RSPB, 16.20-17.30: 1 drk Garganey on scrape, 1pr Mute Swan + 7 Cygnets, 12+ Canada Goose 3pr with 24 goslings, 4 Mallard 1f with 4 ducklings, 2 Moorhen, 6 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 1f Linnet, 2m Stonechat, 2 Sedge Warbler. (M Webb)
Lanner; Redruth: 1 Barnacle Goose. (C Barber)
Battery Rocks, Penzance: 1 Turnstone and 34 Purple Sandpiper. (D Flumm)
Cligga Head: 30 Manx Shearwater, 10 Kittiwake, 1 pr Great Black-backed Gull, approx. 250 pairs Herring Gull, 2 f Wheatear (possibly breeding), 3 Common Whitethroat, 1 Wall Brown, 1 f Common Blue. (T Wilson)
Par Docks: Summer plumage Great Northern Diver, 1 Whimbrel, 3 2nd cal. Mediterranean Gull. (B Bosisto)
Par Beach Pool: 6 Swift, pair Mute Swan with 6 Cygnets. (B Bosisto)
Tehidy Country Park: Grey Heron predating Brown Rat. (S Mickleburgh)
Porth Reservoir (below dam wall and Mellancoose Mill): 1 m Bullfinch, 1 m Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff with 2 fledglings. (S Grose)
Stithians Reservoir: 6 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 4 Cormorant, 4 Willow Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackbird, 4 Chaffinch, 2 Blackcap, 3 Wren, 1 Cuckoo, 2 Great Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 1 Long Tailed Tit, 10 Swallow, 16 Canada Goose, 1 Dunnock, 2 Jackdaw, 1 Goldfinch, 6 House Sparrow, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Goldcrest. (S Hinkley)
Bodrifty (adjacent to Brook Cottage): 1 male Yellowhammer singing and holding territory. 1 Cuckoo heard. (K Dalziel and J Hawkey)
Late submission, 19/5, Scillonian III RSPB trip, Penzance to the Wolf Rock Lighthouse: 33 Purple Sandpipers, 261 Manx Shearwaters, 57 Gannets, 30 Kittiwakes, 61 Guillemots, 8 Fulmars, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 19 Herring Gulls, 1 Great Northern Diver (in full breeding plumage). Wolf Rock Lighthouse to the Isles of Scilly: 25 Manx Shearwaters, 10 Gannets, 8 Puffins, 9 Guillemots, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 1 Fulmar, 8 Herring Gulls, 5 Kittiwakes, 12 Shags, 1 Oystercatcher. Return Sailing, Isles of Scilly to the Wolf Rock Lighthouse: 111 Manx Shearwaters, 12 Gannets, 30 Guillemots, 3 Razorbills, 1 Fulmar, 3 Herring Gulls, 6 Puffin. Wolf Rock Lighthouse to Penzance: 1,436 Manx Shearwaters, 6 Guillemots, 1 Little Gull, 7 Kittiwakes, 7 Fulmars, 10 Herring Gulls, 6 Gannets, 2 Great Black Backed Gulls, 4 Shags and 1 Minke Whale. (B Craven and V Stratton)
Late submission, 19/5, Gwenter: 1 Cuckoo heard calling from the heath and 1 Hummingbird Hawkmoth feeding on honeysuckle flowers in a garden. (P Bedford)
Late submission, 19/5, Newquay, Trenance Gardens: 1 Tawny Owl. (J Green)
Late submission, 19/5, Predannack Airfield (no public access): Collared Pratincole in evening, then flew North. (Birdguides)
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