Friday 5th September 2025

Friday 5th September 2025

Chysauster: 3 Buzzard being mobbed by ca 50 Gulls & 2 Chough, 1 Stoat. (S Ashby)

Pordenack Point: 6 Chough. (M Smith)

Botallack Crowne Engine Houses: 2 Chough. (M Smith)

Gwenver, evening: 4 Glossy Ibis over, headed NE. (P St Pierre)

Hayle Estuary: 6 Knot, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper. (T Culmer)

Hayle Kimbro: 1 Wood Sandpiper. (D Eva)

Copperhouse, Hayle: Curlew, Dartmoor ringed bird (no green ring over yellow; possibly same bird Carnsew Pool later); another Dartmoor ringed bird (green ring over yellow; possibly same bird at Ryan’s Field later),  Black-tailed Godwit, Knot, 2 Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Sparrowhawk, 3 Painted Lady. (B Dawson)

Copperhouse Creek, behind Eastern Empire:  1 Glossy Ibis flew toward River mouth, 1 Knot, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Greenshank, 24 Redshank, 8 Curlew, 44 Mediterranean gull. (T Wright)

Carnsew Pool: 4 Bar-tailed Godwit, 40 Dunlin, Little Grebe. (B Dawson)

Road bridge by Ryan’s Field: 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Bar-tailed Godwit (maybe same as Carnsew birds), 4 Common Sandpiper. (B Dawson)

Ryan’s Field, 15.20: 2 Glossy Ibis circling over Lelant. (P Smale)

Hayle, Overall: c150 Mediterranean Gull, 40 Redshank, 30 Ringed Plover, 10 Greenshank. (B Dawson)

Drift Reservoir, 12.15 -14.40: 2 Glossy Ibis circled the reservoir at 13:45 and fed briefly in the north east corner before flying off south east at 2pm; 1 Northern Wheatear, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 3 Greenshank, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, flock of 7 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin briefly, Garganey still, 1 Common Snipe. (T Twiggs)

Drift Reservoir: 1 Buzzard, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Ruff, 7 Cormorant, 2 Greenshank, 1 Snipe, 1 Garganey, 2 Grey Heron, 10 little Egret, 1 Cattle Egret, 2 Kingfisher, 3 Glossy Ibis, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Great Crested Grebe humbug, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Fox. (G Gillard)

Gerrans to Towan Beach (inland route):1 Wren, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Blue Tit, 5 Chaffinch, 1 Blackbird, 6 House Martin, 1 Magpie, 8 Wood Pigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 30+ Rook, 1 Buzzard, 3 Herring Gull. (I & C Sowerby, R Booton)

Towan Beach to Portscatho (coastal path): 8 House Sparrow, 3 Stonechat, 6 Sanderling, 2 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 3 Wood Pigeon, 2 Little Egret, 4 Rook, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 10 Herring Gull, 10 Cormorant, 1 Kestrel, flock of c50 mixed Finch. 10+ Clouded Yellow, 4 Painted Lady, 1 Wall, 1 Common Blue. (I & C Sowerby, R Booton)

Par, Spit beach: 2 Wheatear. (R Hampshire)

Foxhole: 2 Wheatear. (G Treadwell)

Ruan Lanihorne: 1 Glossy Ibis over at 10.40, 2 Common Sandpiper, 35 Ringed Plover, 25 Dunlin, Red Kite. (T Wilson)

East Pentire, am: 1 Great Skua, 1 Arctic Skua, 2 Common Scoter, 5 Arctic Tern, 5 Sandwich Tern, 1 Whimbrel. (S Rowe)

Carnewas to Trevose: 2 Kestrel, 2 Chough, 9 Gannet, large flock (>250) Linnet, >30 Swallow around Lifeboat Station (+ smaller groups over cliffs), 10 House Martin, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Fulmar, 2 Skylark, 5 Stonechat, 1 Raven, 3 Jackdaw, 8 Herring Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull. (C Taylor)

St Gothian Sands: V463 Spoonbill, 1 Common Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank. (S Willson)

Stithians Reservoir: 1 Glossy Ibis. (D Peers)

Stithians Reservoir: 2 Osprey (1 spotted high over the reservoir, the other was bathing in the shallows), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 4 Ruff, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Greenshank, 1 Cattle Egret, 23 Curlew, 1 Whimbrel, 7 Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Common Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Wheatear, 2 Clouded Yellow butterflies, 1 Roe Deer. (J St Ledger, S Van Hear, M Jones, I Hampton)

Stithians: Osprey (14.30), 15 Curlew, 1 Dunlin, 4 Ruff, I Green Sandpiper, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Wheatear, 3 Pied Wagtail. (P Wiltshire)

Penzance Jubilee Pool, 14.45-14.55: 24 Ringed Plover, 6 Turnstone, 1 Shag, 2 juv Cormorant. (M Webb)

Marazion, pm: 1 Wheatear. (P Smale)

Crowlas, 19.10: 1 Glossy Ibis over towards Marazion. (G Healey)

St Clement, 15.30: 1 Osprey flew down river towards Malpas. (M Jones)

Perranarworthal, 11.56: 1 Glossy Ibis over. (M Jones)

Church Cove: 2 Pied Flycatcher, 1 Firecrest. (D Collins)

Downderry: 1 Common Scoter, 266 Gannet, 2 Sandwich Tern west before 0735. On the beach: 32 Oystercatcher, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 White Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Wheatear. (A Payne)

Torpoint- St. John’s Lake: 9 Cormorant, 22 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 13 pale-bellied Brent Geese, 1 Osprey, 20 Curlew, 26 Redshank, 10 Turnstone, 75+ Sandwich Tern, Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull. (A Parker)

Housel Bay: 5 Chough (2 pairs present). (S Van Hear)

Crowdy Reservoir, evening: 12 White Stork. (A Brown)

Porthilly Beach:1 Hooded Crow. (S Grose)

St Minver: 1 Red Kite, 38 Pied Wagtail, 1 Peahen. (S Grose)

Chapel Amble: 5 Glossy Ibis, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher, (all from hide at Penpont Farm). (S Grose)

St Enodoc Golf club: 13 Chough over. (S Grose)

Carnsew, 07.30: Glossy Ibis. (A Lobb)

Copperhouse: Knot adult winter. (A Lobb)

Marazion, 09.45: juv Marsh Harrier over Longrock Pool for a few minutes before departing low west. Wheatear also on eastern scrape. (A Lobb)

Cot Valley: at least 1 Pied Flycatcher half way down valley in small copse next to allotments. (A Lobb)

Kenidjack: Firecrest at bottom of valley next to donkey paddock. Continuous small passage of hirundines – Swallows and House Martins over valley. (A Lobb)

 

 

Late submission, 04/09, Bosanketh (nr Alsia), 15.00: fem/imm Marsh Harrier flew towards Upper Penberth. (P Fraser)

Late submission, 04/09, Siblyback: 2 Yellow Wagtail (one showing characteristics of ssp flava), 2 Ruff, 10 Snipe, 35 Ringed Plover, 3 Common Sandpiper, 10 Dunlin, 3 adult Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Treecreeper. (B & L Bosisto)

 

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Choughs – Matt Smith
Glossy Ibis – Tim Twiggs
Swallow – Ian Sowerby
Stonechat – Caroline Taylor
House Sparrow – Ian Sowerby
Wheatear – Gary Treadwell
Wheatear – Gary Treadwell
Glossy Ibis – T Wilson
Spoonbill – Simon Willson
Cattle Egret – John St Ledger
f. Ringed Plover – Martin Webb
juv. Ringed Plover – Martin Webb
Turnstone – Martin Webb
Shag – Martin Webb
juv. Cormorant – Martin Webb
Hooded Crow – Shaun Grose
Ruff – Gerry Gillard
juv Great Crested Grebe – Gerry Gillard
Kingfisher – Gerry Gillard
Pied Flycatcher – Alan Lobb
Wheatear – Alan Lobb
Knot – Alan Lobb
Wheatear – Robin Hampshire