Monday 19th December 2022

Monday 19th December 2022

Polbathic Creek: 1 Avocet, Great White Egret still. (A Blonden)

Pendeen: 1+ Siberian Chiffchaff along stream at Portheras. (Birdguides)

Kingsmill Lake: 1 juv Spoonbill. Also, 53 Avocet, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 40+ Black-tailed Godwit, 72 Lapwing, 170+ Dunlin, 60+ Curlew, 60 Shelduck & 1m Tufted Duck. (P Kemp)

Restronguet Weir: 1 Great Northern Diver, 1 Red-breasted Merganser (male), 3 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Kingfisher. Also 1 Grey Seal. Fieldfare and Blackbirds eating apple windfalls in private garden nearby. (J St Ledger)

Lower Tamar Lake: 23 Goosander (8m 15f), 7 Willow Tit, 4 Marsh Tit, 3 Coot, 3 Nuthatch. (R Mudge)

Hannafore: 1 Great Northern Diver, 4 Gannet, 2 Common Gull, 3 Eider (2 drake), Shag, Cormorant, 24 Carrion Crow, 1 Kingfisher, 8 Oystercatcher, 1 Dunlin, 3 Ringed Plover, 29 Turnstone, 2 Redshank, 20+ Rock Pipit, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail. (M & R Frost)

Carnsew Pool, Hayle Estuary: Great Northern Diver and Whimbrel. (Birdguides)

Stithians Reservoir: 27 Lapwing, 3 Snipe, 40+ Teal, 23 Wigeon. On feeders; 1 Marsh Tit, 2 Reed Bunting. Also 1 Stoat. (J St Ledger)

Near Tideford: 8 Woodcock in private woodland. (B Taggart)

Par Beach Pool: 15 Teal, 6 Tufted Duck, c90 Black-headed Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 35 Canada Goose (with c100 Canada Goose on nearby fields). (R Hampshire)

Towan Head: 100+ Gannet feeding off point this morning with lots of Common Dolphin. (M Lammas)

Trink Farm, Lelant Downs: 54 Herring Gull & 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull at Brunnion Meadow. (P Geddes)

Late Submission, 17/12, Beggars Island, River Lynher: 2 ad Spoonbill photographed together. (per P Kemp)

Late Submission, 17/12, Fraddon: Leucistic Redwing. (per R Hooper)

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Blackbirds and Fieldfares – John St Ledger