Pendeen: 1 Fea’s-type Petrel feeding with Cory’s Shearwaters 0710-30 (P Combridge), 8 adult summer plumage Sabine’s Gull in two flocks of 4 each (P Combridge, P Clement), 1 adult Roseate Tern at 0847 (P Clement, P Combridge)
Drift Reservoir: 1 Bee-eater flew over heading SW, calling regularly; 1 Cattle Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Teal, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper. (S Rogers)
Porthgwarra: 30+ Black Tern flew high East, 10+ Cory’s Shearwater, 4 Sooty Shearwater, 5 Storm Petrel, 5 Arctic Skua, 1 Balearic Shearwater. (R Irvine) Additonally, Wilson’s Petrel at 0820, 250 Great Shearwater, 180 Cory’s Shearwater, 4 Balearic Shearwater, 97 Sooty Shearwater, 14 Storm Petrel all reported. (RBA) Cove (1830-1945): 60+ Cory Shearwaters, 35+ Great Shearwaters, 18 Sooty Shearwaters, 2 Balearic Shearwaters, 1 Puffin, 5 Storm Petrel. ( Cory & Great Shearwater numbers approx with small numbers to & fro feeding). (J Hawkey, R Irvine)
Cape Cornwall: 10+ Cory’s Shearwater, 7 probable Sabine’s Gull together at 0842, 2 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Arcitc Skua, 13 Black-tailed Godwit. (N Wheatley)
Hayle Estuary RSPB: 37 Ringed Plover, 9 Whimbrel, 46 Curlew, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Turnstone, 1 Knot, 3 Ruff, 10 Dunlin, 11 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 25 Redshank, 2 Sandwich Tern, 1 Kingfisher. (S Rogers)
Restronguet Creek: Osprey unsuccessfully fishing at 1330hrs. (B Penny)
Boscundle Woods, Tregrehan: Firecrest. (I Stewart)
Stithians Reservoir: 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Dunlin, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 5 Ringed Plover, 3 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Greater Black-backed Gull, 15 Teal, 2 Gadwall; 1 Herring Gull ringed W796 (ringed DDM, Tremough campus, Penryn 16/08/22); juv Great Crested Grebe now on main reservoir. (S Van Hear, J St Ledger)
Devoran: 1 Knot, 4 Common Sandpiper, 16 Oystercatcher, 2 Greenshank, 175 Redshank, 93 Curlew, 5 Whimbrel, 8 Black-tailed Godwit. (D Eva)
Par, Spit beach: 32 Ringed Plover, 30 Dunlin, 25 Turnstone, 3 f. Eider, 2 juv. Knot, 1 Sanderling, 1 Raven over. On rooftops now only 6 juv. with 70 ad. Herring Gull, 2 Greater Black-backed, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull. (R Hampshire)
Lower Tamar Lake: 1 Green Sandpiper, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, 1 Grey Wagtail. 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 6 Coot. (R Mudge)
Lamorna, Tater Dhu: c20 Cory’s Shearwater feeding offshore over Tuna. (M Elliott)
Maer Lake: 1 Grey Heron, 1 Cattle Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Canada Goose, 8 Mallard, 4 Teal, 2 Moorhen, 2w Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 18 Black-headed Gull, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank, 3 Snipe, ad fem Peregrine over.
Bude Marshes: 1 Little Grebe on River Neet; 3 Moorhen, 2 Mallard, 2 Raven. (N Bastin)
Walmsley Sanctuary: 1 Wigeon, 7 Cattle Egret, 3 Little Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier (juv), 1 Peregrine, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Flycatcher. (D. Wilson)
Swanholm NR: 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Coal Tit, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Wren, 2 Treecreeper, 3 Jay, Green Woodpecker, 3 Tawny Owl, fem Sparrowhawk, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Raven. (N Bolland)
Nanstallon: 3 Swift. (D Roberts)
Downderry: 0640-0840, moving west a Common Scoter, 418 Gannet, 8 Balearic Shearwater, 2 Whimbrel and 15 Mediterranean Gull. 34 Kittiwake and an Arctic Skua east. (A Payne)
Treraven Meadows: 1 Green Sandpiper, 80+ Goldfinch,1 Chiffchaff,1 fledged Buzzard. (S Grose)
Wadebridge: 1 juv Mediterranean Gull amongst Black headed Gull flock on the roof of Lidl on this morning’s high tide.(S Grose)
Croft Pascoe: 2 juv Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 8 Blue Tit; 1 Firecrest in sallows opposite entrance. (J Hawkey, K Dalziel)
Sennen Cove (0610 – 0710): 19 Cory’s Shearwater, 2 Sooty Shearwater, 5 Arctic Skua north, 1 Skua sp. north, 80 Tern sp. south together distantly, 8 Whimbrel south, 4 Sandwich Tern south. Also 11 Cory’s Shearwater, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Storm Petrel at dusk. (B Steel)
Trevose Head, Lower Car Park: 1 Chough over heading SW, seen returning to NE about 30 mins later. (S Ashby)
Rock: 2 Sparrowhawk,1 Hummingbird hawkmoth, 1 Brimstone Moth from private garden.(S Grose)
Loe Bar: 24 Ringed Plover, 7 Sanderling, 7 Curlew, 1 Turnstone. Also 4 Whimbrel over. (D Collins)
Walmsley sanctuary: 8 Cattle Egret, 3 Marsh Harriers, 11 Black tailed Godwits, 1 drake Wigeon, 2 Teal, 1 Green Sandpiper, 5 Stock Dove, 2 Grey Heron. (A Langdon)
Portmellon: 1 Turnstone; 4+ Common Sandpiper between here and Black Head. (M Moxon)
Porthleven: 18 Cory’s Shearwater, 2 Balearic Shearwater, 4 Storm Petrel reported. (RBA)
Scillonian III (Penzance to St Mary’s and back): ad Long-tailed Skua (5 miles West of Wolf). (A Hall) c250 Cory’s Shearwater, 3 Great Shearwater, 1 probable Scopoli’s Shearwater. (J Ryan)
Late news, 20/8, Pentire Head: 2 Choughs. (N Wilkins)
Late news, 20/8, Black Head, Coverack: 2 Fin Whale watched for half an hour, still present at 18:20. Also 2 Roe Deer in fields at Treleaver. (P. Bedford)
Late news, 20/8, Marizion, Trenow Cove: 37 Mediterranean Gull, 36 Ringed Plover, 7 Sanderling, 19 Turnstone, 11 Dunlin, 4 Curlew.(S Grose)
Late news, 20/8, Mermaid II pelagic (Mount’s Bay): 1 Wilson’s Petrel, juv Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Great Shearwater, 2 Cory’s Shearwater, 15+ Storm Petrel. (M Elliott)