Friday 2nd January 2026

Friday 2nd January 2026

Helston Boating Lake: 2 Lesser Scaup (M&F) again. (A Mills, A Lea) c10 Shoveler (5 males). (A Mills)

Truro River: 1 Lesser Yellowlegs by Radio Cornwall building, 2 Avocet between Sunny Corner and Malpas, 1 Greenshank, 50+ Black-tailed Godwit, 100+ Dunlin, Redshank, Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, Shelduck, Sparrowhawk. (G Fisher)

Maer Lake: 3 White-fronted Goose,100+ Lapwing, 70 Golden Plover, 1 Water Rail, 1 Snipe, 16 Teal, 9 Canada Geese, 2 Shelduck, 12 Herring Gull. (P Howrihane)

Newlyn Harbour: 1st w  Caspian Gull , 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 300+ Herring Gull, 49 Great Black-backed Gull, 13 Black-headed Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull. (S Grose)

Hayle Estuary, Lelant Station: ad Ring-billed Gull. (S Grose, J Hawkey)  34 Cormorant. (J Hawkey)

Antony House, Torpoint: 2 Ring-necked Parakeet on feeders by car park. (M Jordan)

Helston, Carnkie: 1 Water Rail. (A Lea)

Hayle Estuary: Garganey (fem) still, from Birdie’s Bistro high tide 1600. (P Smale)

Marazion Marsh: 2 Marsh Harriers ( 1 male and 1 female). (P Smale)

London beach, Marazion: 4 Black Redstart. (A Witheywood)

Marazion Marsh: Marsh Harrier over briefly, Scaup with Goldeneye. (A Witheywood)

Helston: 2+ Firecrest btw water treatment works and where track divides 3/4 mile south. (P Smale)

Tregew: 100 Chaffinch, 200 Skylark, 9 Cattle Egret. (D Eva)

Devoran: 1 Spotted Redshank. (D Eva)

Truro, Sunny corner: 2 Avocet, 5 Knot, 5 Wigeon, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs at Tesco. (T Wilson)

Portscatho: 1 Slavonian Grebe, 6 Black-throated Diver, 5 Great Northern Diver, 5 Grey Plover, 1 Ringed Plover, 2 Mediterranean Gull. (T Wilson)

Portscatho: 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Curlew, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Rock Pipit, 4 Great Northern Diver, 1 Cormorant, 2 Shag, 3 Turnstone, many mixed gulls, 1 Stonechat, 2 Robin, 1 very vocal Chough, 2 Slavonian Grebe. ( J Goodair)

St Just in Roseland: 2 Cirl Bunting, 2 Mute Swan, 1 Linnet, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Goldfinch, 1 Black tailed Godwit, 1 Snipe, several Starling, Mixed Gulls. (J Goodair)

Ruan Lanihorne/Lamorran: 396 Lapwing, c400 Golden Plover, 120 Dunlin, 6 Ringed Plover, 50 Wigeon, 1 Red-legged Partridge, 5 Fieldfare, 9 Siskin, 2 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Firecrest. (T Wilson)

Porthtowan STW (13.50 -14.40 hrs): 1 Siberian Chiffchaff, 20+ Chiffchaff, 10+ Goldcrest, 1 Blackcap, 1 Grey Wagtail. (N Watmough)

Lower Tamar Lake: 1 Goldeneye female, 1 Mute Swan, 2 Wigeon, 20 Goosander 10m 10f, 2 Snipe, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Marsh Tit – ringed, 1 Reed Bunting – ringed, 18 Long Tailed Tit, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Fieldfare. (S Channing)

St John: Firecrest by ford. (M Jordan)

Fowey Harbour: 1 Great Northern Diver. (R Kirkwood)

Lantic Bay: Flock of 18 cooing Eider 11 drk, 7 duck. (R Kirkwood)

Spit Beach: 7 Great Northern Diver, 1 Black-throated Diver, 3 Red-throated Diver, 1 dark-bellied Brent Goose, 5 Common Scoter. (B Bosisto)

Par Beach: 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Meadow Pipit, Canada Geese, Robins, Wrens, Carrion Crows. (P & P Bullen)

Lands End: 6 Chough, 1 Kestrel, 4 Stonechat, 1 Rock Pipit. (S Grose)

Sennen Cove: 3 Purple Sandpiper, 3 Mediterranean Gull, 15 Chough, 1 f Black Redstart, 1 Curlew. (S Grose)

St Gothian Sands LNR: 23 Curlew, 13 Oystercatcher, 1 Redshank, 5 Little Grebe, 2 Barnacle Goose, 1 Water Rail. (S Grose)

Mawgan Village: 1 Black Redstart, 1 Firecrest, 1 Nuthatch. (P Bedford)

 

Late submission, 01/01, The Loe, Porthleven: 2 Goosander (m), 8 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Mallard, 2 Firecrest, 12 Cormorant, 2 Buzzard, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Great Tit, 3 Robin, 1 Chaffinch, 3 Blue Tit. (T Chambers)

Late submission, 01/01, Tehidy CP (09.30 -10.40 hrs): 1 Ring-necked Duck, 2 Tufted Duck, 17 Mallard, 10 Canada Goose, 8 Mute Swan, 14 Moorhen, 1 Little Grebe, 60 Black-headed Gull, 10 Herring Gull, 1 Nuthatch. (N Watmough)

Late submission, 01/01, Stithians Reservoir (12.00 – 13.30 hrs): 2 Common Pochard, 1 Tufted Duck, 30 Teal, 8 Wigeon, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Grebe, 18 Curlew, 2 Common Gull, 1 Reed Bunting. (N Watmough)

Late submission, 01/01, Restronguet Weir (13.55 -14.15 hrs): 3 Red-breasted Merganser, 3 Great Northern Diver, 1 Great Crested Grebe. (N Watmough)

 

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Water Rail – Adrian Lea
Water Rail, Carnkie, Helston. 2/1/2026. Adrian Lea
Water Rail – Adrian Lea
Lesser Scaup – Tony Mills
Lesser Scaup – Tony Mills
White-fronted Goose – Paul Howrihane
Redshank – Gill Fisher
Sparrowhawk – Gill Fisher
Cirl Bunting – Jasmina Goodair
Ring-necked Duck – Nick Watmough
Reed Bunting – Nick Watmough
Eider – Rupert Kirkwood
Eider – Rupert Kirkwood
Great Northern Diver – Rupert Kirkwood
Chiffchaff – Patricia Bullen
Goldfinch – Patricia Bullen
Meadow Pipit – Patricia Bullen
Lesser Scaup – Adrian Lea
Lesser Scaup – Adrian Lea
Ring-billed Gull – John HAwkey
1cy Caspian Gull – Shaun Grose
1cy Caspian Gull – Shaun Grose
Black Redstart – Jen Witheywood
Scaup (R) & Goldeneye (L) – Jen Witheywood