Friday 26th August 2022

Friday 26th August 2022

Ringing at Nanjizal: 131 new birds including 45 Sedge, 15 Reed, 10 Whitethroat, single Grasshopper Warbler and Firecrest. Melodious Warbler ringed in good condition carrying lots of fat. Aquatic Warbler is still present. All on private site please keep to footpaths.

Drift Reservoir: Little Stint juv, 6 Dunlin, Wood Sandpiper, 6 Green Sandpiper, 7 Common Sandpiper, 3 Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Snipe, 2 Little Egret, 6 Grey Heron, Garganey juv, 7 Teal, 2 Swift, 40 Swallow, 20 House Martin, Kingfisher, White Wagtail. (D Flumm)

East Pentire, Newquay (06.40-09.00): 12 Balearic Shearwater, 1 Storm Petrel, 1 Grey Heron, 6 Common Scoter, 3 Whimbrel, 17 Dunlin, 1 Green Sandpiper (call only), 1 Arctic Skua, 48 ‘Commic’ Tern, 3 Black Tern. (S Rowe, B Bosisto)

Gannel Estuary: 1 juv Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Redshank. (S Rowe)

Colliford Lake: 1 Reed Bunting, 9 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Swallow, 20+ Linnet (L Birtwistle)

Carnewas: Raven, Whitethroat, 2 Chough  (S Ashby)

Ryans Field: 2 Kingfishers, Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew (R Griffiths)

Hayle Copperhouse Pool Black Bridge (11:00 – 11:15): 1 Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, c70 Canada Goose. (M Webb)

Pendeen (6.30-12.20): 23 Common Scoter, 37 Dunlin, 43 Cory’s Shearwater, 37 Whimbrel, 67 Sandwich Tern, 1 Puffin, 20 Black Tern (high Cornwall count), 5 Storm Petrel, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 15 Balearic Shearwater, 15 Arctic Skua, 3 Great Skua, 3 Arctic Tern. (S. Rogers, P. Clement, I. Prentice, G. Lawlor, P. Kemp, M. McKee et al)

Downderry: 65 Balearic Shearwater west 0630-0820. Inshore Sanderling, Turnstone, Common Sandpiper and several Ringed Plover. (A Payne)

Park Head: 6 Chough, 12 Stonechat, 10 Meadow Pipet, 8 Fulmar, 1 Kestrel (D & C Cox)

Bude Canal: Great White Egret still (A Roberts)

Hayle: 1 Little Tern (juvenile over Carnsew pool briefly this afternoon), 97 Dunlin, 34 Ringed Plover, 4 Turnstone, 3 Greenshank (N R Rogers)

Lower Tamar Lake (this morning): 4 Willow Tit, 3 Marsh Tit, 1 Mute Swan, 1 Nuthatch, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Grey Wagtail. (R Mudge)

Gurnards Head: 2 Choughs, 1 Curlew, 1 Kestrel (P Bredin)

Sibleyback reservoir: Juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper on N shore, 6 Common Sandpiper, 2 Dunlin (P Kemp)

Wadebridge: 187 Redshank (Inc ringed bird), 3 Curlew, 2 Oystercatcher behind Bridge bike hire; 46 Black tailed Godwit, 19 Oystercatcher opp sewage treatment plant. (S Grose)

Gannel Estuary: 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Dunlin, 1 Cattle Egret ( over boating lake possibly towards zoo to roost). (S Grose)

Marazion beach (high tide): 3 Oystercatchers, 2 Curlew, 1 Whimbrel, 50+ Black-headed Gulls, 7 Water Pipits, Several Cormorants, 1 Shag, 6 Linnets, 2 Robins, Ring read recovery: Juv Herring Gull. L:HB4 (White darvic, red letters) (D Hall)

Rame Head – Penlee: 2 Pied Flycatcher , 16 Chiffchaff , 6 Willow Warbler, 6 Whitethroat , 60+ Swallow, 10 House Martin , 120 Linnet , 60 Goldfinch ( K Pellow )

Nanpean: 128 Lesser Black Backed Gull, 3 adult Yellow-legged Gull. (B Bosisto)

Nanjizal (mid morning): Wood Sandpiper (N Ward)

Porthkidney (afternoon): 1 (juv) Little Tern, 14 Sandwich Tern, 1 Dark phase Skua sp. (R Augarde)

 

Late Submission 24/8, Scillonian III Penzance to Wolf Rock: 5 Fulmar, 11 Herring Gull, 3 Guillemot, 38 Gannet (plus one dead in water), 956 Manx Shearwater, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 6 European Storm Petrel, 20 Common Dolphin, 2 Harbour Porpoise. (P Taylor, H Mitchell) 

Wolf Rock to St Marys: 25 Gannet, 172 Manx Shearwater, 1 European Storm Petrel, 1 Shag, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Guillemot, 5 Sandwich Tern, 21 Common Dolphin, 2 Risso’s Dolphin, 3 Harbour Porpoise, 1 Bluefin Tuna. (P Taylor, H Mitchell)

St Marys to Wolf Rock: 6 Gannet, 1 Fulmar, 17 Manx Shearwater, 2 Harbour Porpoise, 9 Common Dolphin. (P Taylor, H Mitchell)

Wolf Rock to Penzance: c1000 Manx Shearwater, c200 Gannet, 2 Kittiwake, 2 Guillemot, 1 Harbour Porpoise, 12 Common Dolphin. (P Taylor, H Mitchell)

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Little Stint (Juv) – David Flumm
Little Stint (Juv) & 2 Dunlin – David Flumm
Green Sandpiper – David Flumm
Garganey (Juv) – David Flumm
Reed Bunting – LInda Birtwistle
Kingfisher – Regina Griffiths
Black Tailed Godwit- Martin Webb
Redshank – Martin Webb
Redshank – Martin Webb
Chough – D & C Cox
Great White Egret – A Roberts
Redshank – Shaun Grose
Kingfisher – Shaun Grose