Monday 15th August 2022

Monday 15th August 2022

Nanjizal: juv Aquatic Warbler trapped and ringed. Please keep to public rights of way. (M Townsend, I Wilson, R Veal)

Pendeen, 06:00-10:00: Adult Sabine’s Gull 07:22, 1 Great Skua, 3 Arctic Skua, 2 Common Tern, 15 Arctic Tern, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 4 Balearic Shearwater, 109 Euro Storm Petrel, 3 Grey Plover, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Turnstone, 5 Whimbrel, 15 Dunlin, 2 Common Scoter, 22 distant Commic Tern. (S. Rogers, I. Prentice, P. Clement, P. Combridge, A. Bayly)

Scillonian Crossing: 1 Great Shearwater & 1 Sooty Shearwater on morning crossing; 3 Great Shearwater & 2 Cory’s Shearwater on afternoon crossing. (Birdguides)

Kenidjack Valley: Melodious Warbler seen briefly at c12.40 in bushes adjacent to the paddock by the last houses at west end of valley. Also, Pied Flycatcher, Willow Warbler and Green Woodpecker present. (P Clarke)

Stithians: 1 Little Stint (S Turner, D Eva, A Lea, J St Ledger), 18 Dunlin, 45 Ringed Plover. (S Turner) Also 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 8 Common Sandpiper, 22 Dunlin, 56 Ringed Plover. (D Eva) Also 4 House Martin, 10 Swallow, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 8 Cormorant, 10 Curlew, 1 Lapwing, 1 Raven, 2 Buzzard. (S Van Hear)

Ruan Lanihorne: Osprey at 7.45pm. (D Hall)

East Pentire, Newquay (07.15-08.45): 10 Balearic Shearwater, 1 Sooty Shearwater, c3000 Manx Shearwater, c20 Storm Petrel, 4 Sandwich Tern. (S Rowe)

Downderry: moving west, 0620-0825; 1 Common Scoter, 340 Gannet, 49 Balearic Shearwater and 4 Mediterranean Gull. (A Payne)

Rosewall Hill: Juvenile Common Redstart. (K Dalziel)

Rinsey: 1 Whinchat. (C Richards)

Pendeen: 2 Pied Flycatcher, Whinchat, Stonechat, 10 Whitethroat (9 juvs:1 ad), 2 Chiffchaff. (J Hawkey & K Dalziel)

Windmill Farm: Pied Flycatcher, 4 Raven, 6 Willow Warbler, 2+ Chiffchaff, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Bullfinch. (D Beadle)

Drift Reservoir: 5 Wood Sandpiper, 23 Green Sandpiper, 9 Common Sandpiper, 5 Dunlin, 2 Snipe 1 Lapwing, 8 Greenshank, 4 Swift, 1 Wheatear, ad Yellow-legged Gull. (R Veal) Drift Reservoir (NE arm): 5 Little Egret, 3 Coot, 5 Greenshank, 2 Snipe, Lapwing, 16 Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, 6 Swift. (D Flumm) Drift Reservoir: 4 Wood Sandpiper, 18+ Green Sandpiper, 9 Common Sandpiper, 6 Greenshank, 1 Dunlin, 1 Lapwing, 4 Snipe, 1 Wheatear, 1 Kingfisher, 4 Swift. (J St Ledger, A Holmes, V Stratton) Also 4 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Little Grebe and 2 Wasp Spider. (T Mills)

Wadebridge: 4 Cattle Egret (2 from Trewornan Bridge and 2 at Trewornan Dam). (S Grose)

Maer Lake: 30 Black-tailed Godwit, 23 Dunlin, 10 Ringed Plover, 2 Lapwing, 2 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Curlew, 1 Common Sandpiper, 6 Teal, Mallard, Canada Goose, Moorhen, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Swallow, House Martin. (K Hannavy)

Par Beach Pool: 8 Black-tailed Godwit (at 07.30 for a few minutes only) 8 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, pr. Moorhen with 2 downy chicks. (R Hampshire)

Gannel Estuary: 12 Ringed Plover, 11 Dunlin. (S Rowe)

Treraven Meadows/Pendavey Bridge: 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 juv Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Curlew, 4 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Nuthatch, 3 Marsh Tit, 1 Great spotted Woodpecker. (S Grose)

Wadebridge: 47 Mediterranean Gull, 178 Black-headed Gull opp. pumping station on camel trail. (S Grose)

Botallack Manor Farm: Leucistic Linnet in large Linnet flock. (S Williams)

Rock: 2 Ringed Plover over, 2 Sparrowhawk from private garden. (S Grose)

Lizard Point: 2 Raven, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Wheatear, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Clouded Yellow. (D Beadle)

Nanquidno: 5 Sedge Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 8 Chiffchaff, 1 Green Woodpecker. (D Beadle)

Camel Estuary: 12+ Sandwich Tern. (A Langdon)

Land’s End to Nanijizal Beach: Marsh Harrier, 4 Wheatear, Raven, 9 Stonechat, Whitethroat & Chiffchaff. (N Sluman)

Late submission, 14/08, Pendeen, 17:45-20:00: 42 Euro Storm Petrel, 4 Balearic Shearwater, 8 Arctic Tern, 1 Whimbrel, 3 Turnstone. (S. Rogers)

Late submission, 14/8, Nanjizal: 404 trapped and ringed including 1 Nightingale (plus a bird that was controlled having been rung at Rutland, Leicestershire), 1 Redstart, 2 Pied Flycatcher, 23 Grasshopper Warbler. An extra male Redstart, 8+ Tree Pipit, 3 Snipe also on site. (M Townsend, I Wilson, R Veal)

Late submission, 13/8, Hayle Estuary RSPB: juv Wood Sandpiper on Ryan’s Field and 4 Wigeon on main estuary in evening. (R Veal)

dwb

Aquatic Warbler – Reuben Veal
Aquatic Warbler – Reuben Veal
Redstart – Kate Dalziel
Little Stint – Adrian Lea
2 Snipe & 2 Greenshank – Dave Flumm
Grey Heron, 3 Green Sandpiper & 3 Greenshank – Dave Flumm
Wood Sandpiper & Greenshank – John St Ledger