Walmsley Sanctuary hide closure:
Please note that the tower hide at Walmsley will be closed from 6pm on Tuesday 4th August until Wednesday 5th approx 2pm. We will also be having work parties in the reserve on Wednesdays from 9-2 for the next few weeks. Please avoid those times as there will be some disturbance. Adrian.

Stithians (Stuart Hutchings hide): 1 White Stork (11.15 am) 25 Curlew, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Lapwing, 81 Mallard, 55 Canada Geese, 4 Grey Herons. (T Pinfield)

Porth Reservoir: 1st summer Night Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Teal. (S Rowe)

Porthgwarra by 09:20: 1 Wilson’s Petrel, 4 Storm Petrel, 1 Great Shearwater, 1 Balearic Shearwater, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 3 Great Skua, 1 Arctic Skua and 3 Sandwich Tern. (I Prentice)

Stithians (Golden Lion Cut-off): 6 Green Sandpipers, 4 Little Egrets. (T Pinfield)

Crowdy Reservoir: 2 Barnacle Goose, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Cormorant, 38 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 m Little Grebe. (S Grose)

Davidstow Woods (west): 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Hobby, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 juv m Blackcap. ( S Grose)

Davidstow Airfield: 1 Yellow Wagtail, 19 Pied Wagtail, 3 White Wagtail, 12 Wheatear, 27 Linnet, 9 Meadow Pipit. (S Grose)

Davidstow: 1 Sparrowhawk carrying small bird over the airfield, 1 Buzzard hunting insects. (G Williams)

Private garden St Blazey: 10 Sparrow, 8 Blue Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Robin all fledglings, 2 Dunnock, 6 Blackbird, 3 Magpie, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Great Tit, 1 Collared Dove, 3 Feral Pigeon. (P&P Bullen)

Drift Reservoir: 2 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Snipe, 2 Greenshank, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Little Egret, 1 Dunlin, 1 Willow Warbler. (G Fisher & J St Ledger)

Marazion Marsh: 1 Great White Egret, 2 Swift. (P Wiltshire)

Gorran Haven & Treveague: 4 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 1 Goldfinch, 2 Pied Wagtail, 6 House Martin, 8 Swallow, 2 Carrion Crow, 7 Wood Pigeon, 1 Cormorant, c20 Herring Gull. (I Sowerby)

Lamledra: 1 Blue Tit, 2 Common Whitethroat, 5 Stonechat, 6 House Martin, 1 Swallow, 1 Magpie, 1 Wood Pigeon, 3 Carrion Crow, c25 Herring Gull. (I Sowerby)

Liskeard: c 12 Common Swift flying low over Aldi Supermarket this morning. (D Sharp)

Dobwalls: 35 House Sparrow. (C&J Duffy)

Rock: 3 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 m Kestrel. (S Grose)

St Blazey Gate: 1 Green Woodpecker. (S Grose)

Downderry: 0610-0745, moving west 210+ Gannet, 3 Fulmar and 18 Mediterranean Gull. (A Payne)

Late submission, Sunday 2nd August 2026 – St Anthony-in-Meneage: 1 Coal Tit, family of Firecrest (at least 1 ad & 1 juv seen; other juvs heard) in the vicinity of the churchyard. (RI Jenkinson)

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