Pendeen, 6.45am – 1.30pm, Bottom Carpark: 1 ad Sooty Tern, 90+ Cory’s Shearwater, 2 Wilson’s Petrel, 20+ Storm Petrel, 1 Arctic Skua. Feeding frenzy just outside of rocks all morning with Tuna, Common Dolphin & Harbour Porpoise, all drifting east. (R Wilkins) Pendeen, 06.30 – 12.30, Lighthouse: 1 prob. Sooty Tern at 07.10, feeding offshore and lost beyond rocks heading E. 109 Cory’s Shearwater, 4 Sooty Shearwater, Wilson’s Petrel (09.30), c50 Storm Petrel, 2 Arctic Skua. (P Marshall) Also Balearic Shearwater. (Birdguides)
Porthgwarra, before 08:30: 700+ Cory’s Shearwater, 6 Great Shearwater, 2 Balearic Shearwater, 11 Sooty Shearwater, 11 Storm Petrel. (Birdguides) Porthgwarra, 14.45-17.00: 1 Sabine’s Gull (found by Simon Roberts, probably 1st summer, lingering over feeding frenzy), 5 Long-tailed Skua (all together, probably all 2nd summer, two pale birds with almost completely white heads, three dark birds with pale belly patches), 33 Cory’s Shearwaters passed west plus 2 lingering over feeding frenzy), 1 Pomarine Skua (1st summer), 3 Arctic Skua, 1 Balearic Shearwater, 5 Storm Petrel, 2 Puffin). (N R Rogers) Porthgwarra, 17.00-19.50: 300+ Cory’s Shearwater, ad Pomarine Skua, Sooty Shearwater. (Birdguides)
Levant Mine, 11:15 – 14:15: 1 Wilson’s Petrel (12:55, dancing and feeding on slick water in the ‘race’), 8 Storm Petrel, 75 Cory’s Shearwater, 8000 Manx Shearwater, 2 Arctic Skua. (P Fraser)
Penlee Point, 08.35-14.20: 6 Pomarine Skua (1 flock), 2 Arctic Skua, 34 Storm Petrel, 5 Balearic Shearwater, 4 Sandwich Tern, 5 Common Scoter, 2 Mediterranean Gull, Risso’s Dolphin, Harbour Porpoise & Hummingbird Hawkmoth. (P Aley)
Cape Cornwall, 07.30-10.30: 30 Cory’s Shearwater foraging, 4 Storm Petrel, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Arctic Skua. (N Wheatley)
St Agnes Head: 3 Cory’s Shearwater, 2 Storm Petrel. (G Lawlor, B Bosisto)
Stithians Reservoir: from Stuart Hutchings hide; 1 Ruff, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Lapwing, 6 Snipe, 18 Curlew, 3 Swift. From Feeder hide; 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 1 f Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, numbers of Chiffchaff & Willow Warbler. (J St Ledger, A Lea, R Loader)
Hayle Estuary, Ryan’s Field 15.00 – 16.00: 4 Common Sandpiper, 3 juv Shelduck, 3 Whimbrel, 70+ Curlew, 3 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 80+ Black-headed Gull, 2 Reed Warbler. (M Webb)
Lower Tamar Lake this morning: 7 Great Crested Grebe plus 3 chicks, 2 Mute Swan, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Willow Tit, 6 Swift, 1 Cormorant. (R Mudge)
Par, Spit beach: 65 Oystercatcher, 7 Eider, 4 Redshank, 4 turnstone, 3 Curlew, 2 Dunlin, 1 Little Egret, 2 Stonechat, 3 House Martin. (R Hampshire)
Par beach pool: Small feeding flock (15+) comprising mostly Swift and Swallow, few House Martin and Sand Martin. (R Hampshire)
Maer Lake: 24 Curlew, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 22 Black-headed Gull, 3 Moorhen, 1 Grey Heron, Mallard, Woodpigeon. (K Hannavy)
Between Millpool and Newtown: Buzzard pair, 1 f Blackcap. (M Claughton)
Between Wheal Alfred and Hayle: 1 Jay. (M Claughton)
Hells Mouth: 2 Fulmar, 6 Herring Gull, 5 Shag, heard Stonechat. (M Claughton)
Late submission, 28/07, Davidstow Woods: 3 Tree Pipit at westerly end of woods. (S Grose)
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