St Ives Island, 07.00-18.00: 1 Adult Long-tailed Skua west at 16:02 plus possible dark juv at 16:45, 4 Sabine’s Gull – all single birds – 2 ad & 2 juv. Juvenile at 17:19 landed and fed on seaweed clump until end of day, 8 Grey Phalarope – 4 together at midday and 2 landed on sea 400 metres offshore, 100+ Cory’s Shearwaters – majority came through after 2pm, 1 Great Shearwater , 6 Sooty Shearwater, 5 Balearic Shearwater, 150k+ Manx Shearwater, 60+ European Storm Petrel, 2 Black Tern, 61 Arctic Tern, 19 Common Tern, 34 Sandwich Tern, 66 Commic Tern, 9 Arctic Skua – 6 pale, 3 dark, Common Scoter – 2 single males west, 8 Godwit sp., 6 Knot. (A Lobb, B Nason)
St Ives Island, 06.25-12.30, 16.15-19.30 – own totals: 1 Fea’s Petrel (18.52), 1 Wilson’s Petrel (06:34), 7 Common Scoter, 58 Oystercatcher, 17 Whimbrel, 4 Grey Phalarope, 3 Turnstone, 8 Arctic Skua, 42 Guillemot, 2 Sabine’s Gull, 1 Little Tern, 15 Arctic Tern, 21 Common Tern, 31 Sandwich Tern, 70 European Storm Petrel, 131 Fulmar, 22 Cory’s Shearwater, 1 Great Shearwater, 6 Sooty Shearwater, 7 Balearic Shearwater, 100,000+ Manx Shearwater, 1 Grey Wagtail. ( B Nason et al)
Pendeen Watch, 06.30-18.30: 122 Cory’s Shearwater, 85 Great Shearwater, 7 Balearic Shearwater, 24 Sooty Shearwater, 250,000 Manx Shearwater (1000 per min for solid three hours, then diminished), 2 Wilson’s Petrel, 27 Storm Petrel, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 20 Grey Phalarope, 3 Great Skua, 23 Arctic Skua, 1 Long-tailed Skua adult, 32 Sabine’s Gull, 8 Arctic Tern, 37 Sandwich Tern. (S Rogers, P Marshall, G Lawlor, M McKee, M Elliott, R Humphries, S Rowe et al)
Lower river Tamar: White-tailed Eagle. (A Wilson)
Loe Pool: 1 Grey Phalarope, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Ruff, 1 Common Sandpiper. (S Wood)
Drift, 13.00-15.00: 1 Wood Sandpiper, 5 Green Sandpiper, 7 Common Sandpiper, 4 Greenshank. (J St Ledger)
Drift Reservoir: 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 5 Common Sandpiper, 4 (2 ad each with a juvenile) Great Crested Grebe, 7+ Little Grebe, 5 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard. (T Mills)
Little Grebes fishing (T Mills)
Devoran Quay, 12.30: 1 Osprey in tree on opposite side of river, then flew off high towards Restronguet. (N Best)
Ruan Lanihorne estuary, 14.00: 4 Common Sandpiper, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 1 Little Grebe, 4 Mallard, 2 Gargany, 100+ Canada Goose. (N Best)
Hayle Estuary (behind Tempest): 1 Spotted Redshank, 3 Knot, 125+ Ringed Plover, 90+ Dunlin, 4 Sanderling, 2 Turnstone (one in summer plumage). (J St Ledger)
Hayle Estuary: 5 Ruddy Turnstone. (G Gillard)
Ryan’s Field: 1 Red Knot, 7 Dunlin. (S Willson)
Ryans Field: 2 Red Knot. (G Gillard)
Pendeen: 10 Cory’s Shearwater, 3 juv Sabine’s Gull, 1 European Storm Petrel. (M Jones, B Dallas)
Wherrytown: 1 Knot on the beach this evening. (M Jones)
Downderry: 333 Gannet, 4 Balearic Shearwater, 5 Little Egret, a Common Sandpiper, 2 Ringed Plover, 4 Kittiwake, 3 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail before 0700. (A Payne)
Stithians: Osprey. (G Gillard)
Newquay, Little Fistral: 1 Curlew, 19 Oystercatcher, 15 Dunlin, 1 Kestrel, 12 Sanderling, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Chough, 2 Raven over, 13 Linnet, 5 Rock Pipit, 2 Skylark, 6 Meadow Pipit. (S Grose)
Point Quay 16.00-18.30: 1 Osprey, 1 Whimbrel, 15+ Curlew, Kingfisher, Ringed Plover, Dunlin flock,2 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Mute Swan (2 chased by dog from bank), 8 Little Egret. (M James)
Late submissions, 28/08/25:
Marazion Beach: 250 Ringed Plover, 34 Turnstone, 26 Sanderling, 11 Dunlin. (Whatsapp)
Restronguet Creek: 1 Osprey. (Whatsapp)
Hayle Estuary: 3 Knot. (Whatsapp)
Ryan’s Field: 2 Wheatear. (Whatsapp)
Copperhouse Creek: 1 Little Stint, hundreds of Dunlin and Ringed Plover. (Whatsapp)
