Monday 27th April 2026

Monday 27th April 2026

Roskestal Farm 1322 -1323 then drifted towards St. Levan: 1 Booted Eagle dark morph. (P Smale)

St. Anthony Head. N.T carpark: 2 Golden Oriole (1m, 1f). (T Culmer)

Crantock: 1 Lesser Whitethroat in NT cp. (S Rowe)

Porthgwarra: Lesser Whitethroat singing this a’noon. (P Smale)

Carnyorth: Cuckoo heard calling above Carnyorth today and yesterday. (G Charman)

The Leats, Truro: 2 Grey Wagtail feeding young in nest. (D Eva)

Stithians reservoir: 1 Great White Egret, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 House Martin, 3 Swallow, many Whitethroat and Willow Warbler. (D Peers)

Boscundle woods: 1 Red Kite over mid day. (I Stewart)

Minions: 3m Redstart, 1 Yellowhammer, 2 Wheatear, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Swift, 2 Cuckoo. (S Van Hear, J St Ledger)

Land’s End: 44 Common Whitethroat, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Cuckoo, 4 Northern Wheatear, 1 Reed Warbler, Whimbrel. (S Rogers)

Kelseys: 11 Whimbrel. (S Rowe)

Land’s End Cycle Track: 1f Kestrel, 5 (4m 1f) Stonechat, 7 Wren, 7 Whitethroat, 10+ Linnet, 3 Dunnock, 8 House Sparrow, 20+ Jackdaw, 7 Carrion Crow, 1 Canada Goose grazing in over flow car park 10.25 – 12.15. (M Webb)

Crowdy Reservoir: 2 Cuckoo, 5 Wheatear, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Cormorant,1 Grey Heron, 1 Common Sandpiper, 11 Meadow Pipit, 9 Linnet, 14 Goldfinch, 1m Reed Bunting. (S Grose)

Davidstow Woods (west): 5 Cuckoo, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Tree Pipit, 4 Meadow Pipit, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Stonechat, 2 Buzzard, 1m Sparrowhawk. (S Grose)

Davidstow Airfield: 1pr Reed Bunting, 4 Wheatear, 2 House Martin, 2 Raven, 3 Great Black-backed Gull (feeding on nearby lamb carcass), 4 Linnet, 11 Meadow Pipit, 2 Skylark. (S Grose)

Rock: 1 m Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker from private garden. (S Grose)

Redruth: 1 Red Kite Carn Marth, 2 Red Kites Cal Hill, 2 Buzzards Cal Hill (1 very pale morph), 1 Wheatear Carn Marth summit, 1 Grasshopper Warbler Carn Marth summit, 12 Whitethroat, 18 Swallows, 5 Willow Warblers, 8 Linnets, 4 Meadow Pipits, 2 Green Woodpecker. (T Wright)

Bakers Pitt nature reserve: 1m 1f Cuckoo, 2 Grasshopper Warblers heard, 1f Stonechat, 2 Swallows. (A Khan)

Bodmin moor: 3 male Common Redstart, numerous Willow Warbler, 2 Tree Pipit, 2 Cuckoo Davidstow woods, 1 Watervole Watergate Advent. (J&B Teague)

Nanjizal: Grasshopper Warbler singing this a’noon. (P Smale)

 

Late submission Friday 24th April – Pentire Headland: 1 Ring Ouzel (J Dietz)

Late submission Saturday 25th April – Penzance to the Wolf Rock Lighthouse: 20 Purple Sandpipers, 40 Herring Gulls, 38 Gannets, 152 Guillemots, 2 Great Black-backed Gulls, 1218 Manx Shearwaters, 37 Kittiwakes, 3 Fulmars, 1 Swallow, 9 Razorbill. (V Stratton, B Craven, N Gardner)

Late submission Saturday 25th April – Wolf Rock Lighthouse to the Isles of Scilly: 720 Manx Shearwaters, 21 Kittiwake, 74 Guillemots, 25 Gannets, 3 Fulmars, 10 Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gulls, 8 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 12 Puffin, 1 Cormorant, 1 Mediterranean Gull (first summer), 5 Shag, 1 Great Northern Diver, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Oyster Catcher, 1 Swallow, 1 Minke Whale, 5 Risso’s Dolphins. (V Stratton, B Craven, N Gardner)

Late submission Saturday 25th April – Isles of Scilly to the Wolf Rock Lighthouse: 12 Great Northern Divers, 121 Shags, 1 Oyster Catcher, 287 Manx Shearwaters, 14 Gannets, 8 Razorbills, 2 Kittiwake, Guillemot, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Puffin, 5 Storm Petrels, 1 Risso’s Dolphin, Atlantic Grey Seal, 1 Minke Whale. (V Stratton, B Craven, N Gardner)

Late submission Saturday 25th April – Wolf Rock Lighthouse to Penzance: 1355 Manx Shearwaters, 255 Guillemots, 26 Gannets, 2 Kittiwake, 6 Razorbill, 8 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Fulmars, 2 Great Northern Divers, 2 Atlantic Grey Seal, 2 Harbour Porpoise. (V Stratton, B Craven, N Gardner)

Late submission Sunday 26th April- Botallack cliffs: 4 Swallow, 1 Wheatear at Botallack cliffs. (G Charman)

Late submission Sunday 26th April – Between Trispen and Tresillian (on back roads): 2 Swift. (A Nicholson)

Late submission Sunday 26th April – Bude Marshes: 2nd cal Night Heron at circa 12.30pm (J Montgomery)

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Ring Ouzel - John Dietz
Redstart (male) - John St Ledger
Northern Wheater - Steve Rogers
Whitethroat - Martin Webb
Cuckoo - Aadil Khan