Friday 24th July 2026

Friday 24th July 2026

Porth Reservoir: Juv Night Heron. (M Lammas)

Bray’s Cottage, Goonhilly: 1 juvenile Cuckoo, 1 Snipe, 3 Skylark. (S Wood)

Constantine, private garden: Common Quail heard calling all morning from adjacent field. (T Pinfield)

Colliford Reservoir: 1 Great White Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 juvenile Wheatear, 1 Bar-headed Goose, 2 Great Crested Grebe, numerous Canada Goose, 5 Clouded Yellow, 1 Wall, 3 Peacock, numerous Painted Lady and Gatekeeper butterflies. (D Sharp).

Chynhalls Point, Coverack, 06.10-08.15: 1 juv Yellow-legged Gull, 110 Manx Shearwater, 4 Fulmar, 4 Sandwich Tern, 1 Turnstone, 1 Whimbrel, 2 Oystercatcher, 35 Kittiwake, 3 Shag, 1 Cormorant, 140 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 25 auk sp, 6 Common Dolphin and 2 Risso’s Dolphin on a seawatch. (D Wood)

Coverack: 32 Mediterranean Gull, 8 Swift screaming in a party from 2 (or 3?) apparently occupied nests in Old Post Office, 1 juv Green Woodpecker presumably bred nearby, 40 Herring Gull (including at least 3 pairs with chicks on rooftop nests), 2 Collared Dove displaying. (D Wood)

Porth Reservoir: 1st summer Night Heron (flew low from dam area towards far end 09.18), 4 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 5 Cormorant, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 62 Mallard, 1 Tufted Duck, 9 Moorhen, 3 Coot, 4 Kingfisher, 2 Stock Dove. (S Rowe)

East Pentire: 1 Green Sandpiper flew west early am. (S Rowe)

Stithians Reservoir, Golden Lion cut-off: 1 Great White Egret, 9 Green Sandpiper. (J St Ledger, T McLeod)

Stithians. Stuart Hutchings hide: 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Curlew, 1 Pied Wagtail (juv), 2 Lapwing, 3 Great Crested Grebe. 1 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret at Golden Lion. (P Wiltshire) 1 Curlew, 4 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 7 Cormorant, 2m Tufted Duck, 4 Teal, 30+ Mallard, 1 juv Moorhen, 32 Canada Goose, 5 Little Grebe. (M Webb)

Walmsley Sanctuary: 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Common Sandpiper. (B Bailey, A Lea)

Crowdy: 2 Barnacle Goose. (G Williams)

Trenow Cove: 3 Dunlin, 5 Whimbrel, 15 Oystercatcher, 30+ Black-headed Gull, 1 Great Skua (trying to drown a Black-headed Gull in the sea), 2 Carrion Crow, 3 Raven in family group (inc 2 juv),  1 Rock Pipit, 10 Pied Wagtail, 1 Kestrel, 5 Swallow, 4 Sand Martin. (M Claughton)

Hayle Causeway: 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Curlew, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 11 Redshank, 20+ Mediterranean Gull, 30+ Black-headed Gull, 100+ Herring Gull. 2 Greenshank at Copperhouse. (P Wiltshire)

Carnsew Pool: 1 Knot (full summer plumage), 7 Common Sandpiper, 1 Whimbrel, several Dunlin, 1 Ringed Plover this afternoon but no Kentish Plover. (P Smale)

Cadgwith, Coast Path: adult Cuckoo. (S Croft)

 

Late Submission, 22/07, RSPB Scillonian III wildlife cruise, Penzance to Wolf Rock: 4 Herring Gull, 21 Gannet, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 116 Manx Shearwater, 1 Kittiwake, 1 Shag, 9 Guillemot. (P Taylor, H Mitchell)

Wolf Rock to St Mary’s: 152 Manx Shearwater, 9 Gannet, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Cormorant, 1 Fulmar, 2 Harbour Porpoise, 3 Common Dolphin. (P Taylor, H Mitchell)

St Mary’s to Wolf Rock: 3 Sandwich Tern, 4 Gannet, 1 Cormorant, 114 Manx Shearwater, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Common Dolphin. (P Taylor, H Mitchell)

Wolf Rock to Penzance: 127 Manx Shearwater, 26 Gannet, 4 Fulmar, 4 Guillemot, 1 Cormorant, 2 Common Dolphin. (P Taylor, H Mitchell)

 

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Juvenile Cuckoo, Bray's Cott, Goonhilly Downs, 24/07/2026 - Steven Wood
juv. Wheatear - Deena Sharp
Bar-headed Goose with Canada Geese - Deena Sharp
Marsh Harrier - Adrian Lea
Marsh Harrier - Adrian Lea
Barnacle Geese - Gavin Williams
Tufted Ducks - Martin Webb
Grey Heron - Martin Webb