Monday 25th July 2022

Monday 25th July 2022

Newquay: Wilson’s Petrel 8:20- 8:22am , 3 Storm Petrel, 6,000 Manx Shearwater, 2 Whimbrel, 2 Turnstone. (B Bosisto)

Pendeen: Wilson’s Petrel 9.20am,  100 + Storm Petrels from bottom car park early morning until 11 am. (R Wilkins),Lighthouse (0600-1200): 15 Cory’s Shearwater 15 Great Shearwater, 15 Sooty Shearwater, 3 Balearic Shearwater, 4 Great Skua, 1 Arctic Skua, 4 Swift, 6 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Sandwich Tern, 122 Storm Petrel. (S Rogers, R Veal, P Clement, S Rowe, J Overfield et al) lower slope (1020-1320): 5 Balearic Shearwater, 11 Storm Petrel, Arctic Skua, 3 Mediterranean Gull & 6 Common Dolphin. Also 4 Swifts west low over waves with Manx Shearwater flocks. (D Flumm)

Porthgwarra:  6am – 9.45am, 45 Cory’s Shearwater, 2 Balearic Shearwater ,716 Manx Shearwater , 2 Bonxie, 2 Storm Petrel, 1 Puffin, 5 Kittiwake. (T McKinney)

St Agnes: Cory’s Shearwater. (per G Lawlor)

Stithians Reservoir: 2 Juv Little Ringed Plover, 3 Ringed Plover, 5 Dunlin, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Curlew from Stuart Hutchings hide. 1 Sanderling from Watersports Centre. (S Kolodziejski, A Lea)  5 Dunlin, 4 Common sandpiper, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Kingfisher, Mallard, 4 Little Egret, 17 Little Grebe, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Moorhen, Great Black-backed Gull, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin, Marsh tit, Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, House Sparrow, fledged Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Linnet (4 young), 20+ Pied wagtail, Greylag, Canada geese. (C Foote, T Weston)

Croft Pascoe: 2 Spotted Flycatcher. (A Lea)

Drift Reservoir: 2 Green Sandpiper, 220 Swift, 30 House Martin, 20 Sand Martin, 1 Swallow. (D Flumm)

Botallack: 3 Kestrels hunting in strong wind swooping down onto the gorse and taking Butterflies and Crickets to eat on the wing . Poor light at times so hard to get decent photos . awesome display of these Kestrels doing what they do best. (R Chiffers)

Walmsley Sanctuary: 1 Marsh Harrier, large numbers of Swift, House Martin and Sand Martins , 5 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Mute Swan (2 adult , 3 cygnets),  5 Grey Heron , 4 Buzzard, 1 Green Sandpiper. (D Dennis J St Ledger)

Burniere Hide: 6 Whimbrel, 1 Ruff, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Dunlin, 3 Greenshank, 2 Redshank at high tide. (J St Ledger)

Camel Estuary; Porthilly point: 41+ Sand Martin,1m Kestrel with prey, 2 Raven, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret.(S Grose)

Camel Estuary;Oldtown Cove: 378 Mediterranean Gull, 74 Black-headed Gull, 3 Sandwich Tern.(S Grose)

Rock: 2 Great spotted Woodpecker, 1 Sparrowhawk over, 5 Coal Tit from private garden.(S Grose)

Gannel Estuary: 24 Whimbrel, 19 Curlew. (J Green)

Rame Head (6-9am): 70 Manx Shearwater, 1 Balearic Shearwater, juv Yellow-legged Gull, 10 Mediterranean Gull, 5 Fulmar, 5 Common Scoter & 2 adult Guillemot (P Kemp)

Spit beach Par:  1 Ringed Plover, 2 Turnstone, c.20 Oystercatcher, 3 Curlew, 2 Greater black-backed Gull, 1 Raven (over). ( R Hampshire)

Devoran: 90 Curlew, 4 Bar tailed godwit, 3 Mediterranean gull. (D Peers)

 

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Sooty Shearwater – Nigel Rogers
Storm Petrel – Nigel Rogers
Storm Petrel – Nigel Rogers
Kestrel – Robin Chiffers
Kestrel – Robin Chiffers
Marsh Harrier – John St Ledger
Marsh Harrier – John St Ledger
Kingfisher – Charlotte Foote
Sanderling – Adrian Lea
Spotted Flycatcher – Adrian Lea