Monday 18th August 2025

Monday 18th August 2025

Burniere Point Hide.
Please note that weather permitting the Burniere hide will be closed tomorrow, Tuesday 19th August, from 4pm till the following morning as our workparty give it a first coating of stained preservative. Adrian Langdon, Warden.

Maer Lake: 4 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Ruff, 2 Dunlin, 8 Curlew, 10 Black-tailed Godwit. (A Roberts). Also Maer Lake: 17 Dunlin, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Curlew, 2 Ruff, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Kestrel, 1 Wigeon, 1 Grey Heron, Moorhen, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Mallard, Teal, Canada Goose. (K Hannavy)

Porthkidney Beach: (0600 – 0715): 5 Little Tern, 50+ Common Tern, 8 Sandwich Tern, 8 Black-tailed Godwit. (J Hawkey)

Hayle Estuary & Carnsew (0755 – 0915): 1 Little Stint (juv); 19 Black-tailed Godwit, 264 Ringed Plover, 113 Dunlin, 7 Sanderling, 51 Mediterranean Gull. (J Hawkey). Also Hayle Estuary 18.08: 100 + Ringed Plover, 1 Little Ringed Plover, Sanderling, Dunlin, 1 Little Stint, Bar-tailed Godwit, 4 Sandwich Tern, Mediterranean Gull, Curlew, Whimbrel, Little Egret, Greenshank, Redshank. (M James). Also Hayle Estuary/Ryans Field: 100s of Ringed Plover, 4 Redshank, 1 Kingfisher. (G Gillard)

Colliford Lake: 6 Ringed Plover, 2 Goosander. (P Kemp)

Siblyback Lake: 35 Ringed Plover, 6 Dunlin, 1 juv Greenshank, 3 Common Sandpiper, 5 Grey Heron, 35+ Mallard, 20+ Little Grebe, 200+ Swallow, 100+ Sand Martin, 40+ House Martin, 8 Coot, 11 Teal, 1 Snipe. (P Kemp). Also Siblyback Lake: 15+ Little Grebe, 8 Coot, 14 Teal, 2 Common Sandpiper, 32 Ringed Plover, 7 Dunlin, 1 Greenshank, 1 Snipe, 20+ Swallow, 10+ House Martin, 30+ Sand Martin. (K Pellow)

Ruan Highlanes (private garden): 1 female Pied Flycatcher. (J Taylor)

Stithians Lake, Golden Lion Hide: 1 pair Little Grebe with single piggyback chick. (A Lea). Also Stithians Reservoir: 3 Wood Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 2 Lapwing, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 7 Redshank, 2 Snipe, 1 Curlew, 1 Garganey, 1 Wigeon, 1 Wheatear, 2 Swift. (J St Ledger, A Lee). Also Stithians Reservoir 1640-1720, Southern end, from Moffat Gate: 2 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 7 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 1 Snipe, 1 Garganey, 1 Osprey. (B Dallas)

Lizard Point: 3 Sooty Shearwater, 5 Balearic Shearwater, 3 Swift, a mixture of Common, Arctic and Sandwich Tern. (R Wilkins)

Porthgwarra: 178 Arctic Tern, 36 Common Tern, 9 Sandwich Tern, 2 Arctic Skua, 12 European Storm Petrel, 1 Wilson’s Petrel, 2 Sooty Shearwater, 5 Balearic Shearwater. (S. Rogers, J. Carr, N. Rogers)

Marazion Beach: 1 Black Tern offshore from the car park, 65 Ringed Plover, 45 Sanderling, 6 Dunlin and 9 Sandwich Tern along the beach. (I Prentice). Also Marazion Harbour: 50+ Sanderling and Ringed Plover. Also at Little London Beach: 1 Wheatear, 1 Curlew, 8 Oyster Catcher. (R Hamilton-Ahearne)

Marazion Marsh RSPB: 1 Snipe, 3 (1ad 2juv) Little Grebe, 8 (1f 7juv) Mallard, 8 (5ad 1juv 2 chicks) Moorhen, 2 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 juv m Stonechat, 5 juv Carrion Crow, 1 Magpie 10.20 – 11.20. (M Webb)

Camel Estuary: 418 Ringed Plover, 140 Dunlin, 1 Sanderling, 1 Greenshank , 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 4 Cattle Egret. (B Bosisto)

Gunnislake: 1 Kingfisher. (R Pethick)

St Agnes Head: 1 Chough, 2 Wheatear. (P Pearson)

 

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Redshank – G Gillard
Kingfisher – G Gillard
Little Grebe – A Lea
Snipe – M Webb
Little Grebe – M Webb
Stonechat – M Webb
Grey Heron – M Webb
Mediterranean Gull – M James
Sandwich tern – M James
Kingfisher – R Pethick