Saturday 18th November 2023

Saturday 18th November 2023

Jubilee Pool, Penzance. 1 Brown Booby at 10:30 flew from here towards Mousehole, 1 Red-throated Diver, 1 Great Northern Diver, 28 Brent Goose, 12+ Common Scoter. (L Proctor)

Colliford reservoir and Dozmary Pool: 1(m) Lesser Scaup, 1 (ecl m) Ring-necked Duck, 52 Canada Goose, 1 Cormorant, 2 Little Grebe, 12 Mallard, 13 Tufted Duck, 3 Pochard, 31 Teal, 32 Golden Plover, 5(3m) Goosander, 4 Snipe, 117 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 43 Black-headed Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 3 Buzzard, 18 Jackdaw, 12 Carrion Crow, 2 Magpie, 455 Starling, 37 Fieldfare, 22 Redwing, 4 Blackbird, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 House Sparrow, 18 Meadow Pipit, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Robin, 1 Wren, 2 Linnet, 2 Dunnock, 2 Stonechat, 1 Great Tit, 1 Rabbit, 2 Roe Deer, active Badger sites. (C Reed, K Sarjeant, N Woods, D A Conway)

Swanpool: 1 Black Guillemot, 1 Black-throated Diver, 2 (1w) Yellow-legged Gull, 5+ Bottlenose Dolphin. (M Broadbent, J Drage Hubert, F Hutchinson, J Chapman)

Lizard Point: 1 Great Skua, 1 Long-tailed Skua, 6 Arctic Skua, 1 Pomarine Skua, 9 Sooty Shearwater, 12 Great Shearwater, 40 Manx Shearwater, 1 Great Northern Diver. (D Collins, J Jones, S Wood)

Pendarves Wood: 1 Ring-necked Duck (f-type). (S Taylor)

Hayle Estuary: 1 Green-winged Teal. (Birdguides)

Porthgwarra (07:50-12:30): 106 Great Shearwater, 145 Sooty Shearwater, 72 Manx Shearwater, 1 Balearic Shearwater. (S Rogers)

Sennen: c300 Skylark, c100 Linnet, fem Merlin caught a small passerine. 3 Sooty Shearwater passed cove in brief scan. (R Veal)

Trevilley: 2 Lapland Bunting, c80 Skylark, c40 Chaffinch, 1 Firecrest, c15 Fieldfare. Please keep to public footpath. (R Veal)

Drift Reservoir: ad Pink-footed Goose, 3 Tufted Duck, 5 Fieldfare. (R Veal)

Marazion: 41 pale-bellied Brent Goose, c15 Common Gull on the beach, 2 Mediterranean Gull. (R Veal, J Chapple, S Grose)

RPSB Marazion Marsh (15:00-17:00). 1f Marsh Harrier at 16:27, 2 Common Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 10 Snipe, 1 Knot, 5 Curlew, 2 Cetti’s Warbler. (P Nason, T Murch)

Longrock Beach carpark: 1 m Black Redstart. (S Grose)

Newlyn Harbour: 1f type Black Redstart, 1 Kingfisher, 45 Turnstone, 89 Great Black-backed Gull. (S Grose)

St Ives Island: 2 Common Scoter, 2 Great Northern Diver, 2 Great Skua, 1 Glaucous Gull (juvenile), 1 Black Redstart. (G Jones)

East Pentire: 2 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Manx Shearwater, 1 Red-throated Diver, 1 Great Skua early am. (S Rowe)

Newquay: 20 Common Scoter in bay, 1 Red-breasted Merganser circled over and flew east. (S Rowe)

Gannel Estuary: 21 Mediterranean Gull, 3 Grey Plover, 6 Dunlin. (S Rowe)

Tremearne: 20+ Cattle Egret. (L Parkerson, B Clark)

Kilgerran Head: 2 Balearic Shearwater. (Birdguides)

Falmouth Pelagic: 4 Great Shearwater, 10 Sooty Shearwater, 3 Great Northern Diver. (L Stoppard, C Murphy, R Leung)

Helston Loe Pool: 1 Common Scoter. (I Maclean et al)

Helston (private garden): 1 Blackbird, 1 Woodpigeon, 1 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch, 6 Blue Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 4 House Sparrow. (S Ford)

Carbis Moor (private garden)7 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Marsh Tit, 11 Blue Tit, 5+ Great Tit, 5 Coal Tit, 3 Jays, 5 Collared Dove, 20+Chaffinch, 20+ Goldfinch, 4 Greenfinch, 3 m Blackbird, 16 Redwing plus many more over, 3 Woodpigeon plus large flocks over, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 1 Wren, 20+House Sparrow, 1 Grey Heron over. (V Booth)

Camel Estuary, Wadebridge: Black-headed Gull. c50 Starling, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, 3 Canada Goose, c40 Oystercatcher, 31 Lapwing, 43 Redshank, 5 Pied Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit, Herring Gull. House Sparrow, 17 Mute Swan, 4 Grey Wagtail, c70 Curlew, 3 Magpie, 4 Robin, 7 Blackbird, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Great Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Blackcap, Woodpigeon, 2 Little Egret, 8 Goldfinch, 1 Redwing, 4 Cormorant, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Dunnock, 6 Blue Tit, 1 Little Grebe, c40 Dunlin, 16 Shelduck, 17 Grey Plover, 1 Wren. (C & G Horsley)

Saltash: 28 Avocet, 6 Greenshank, 64 Redshank, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 33 Curlew, 76 Dunlin, 48 Wigeon, 43 Teal, 8 Mallard, 3 Great crested Grebe at Kingsmill Lake. (P Kemp)

Hannafore: 4 Eider, 3 Great Northern Diver. (D Julian, S Sanderson)

St John’s Lake: 2 Common Scoter, 1 Great Northern Diver. (D Julian)

Lower Tamar Lake: 3f Goosander, 4 Willow Tit, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 9 Coal Tit, 16 Blue Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 11 Chaffinch, 9 Great Tit, 1 Fieldfare, 1 Jay, 1 Marsh Tit, 3 Coot, 1 Grey Heron. (R Mudge)

Newquay, Headland Hotel: 2 Chough. (K Reeves)

Late Submission, 17/11/2023, Retallack Holiday Park: 1 Osprey. (P O’Sullivan)

Late Submission, 17/11/2023, Helston Boating Lake: 1 Aythya species (see pictures). (J Witheywood)

Long-tailed Tit, Vic Booth
Long-tailed Tit, Vic Booth
Marsh Tit, Vic Booth
Jay, Vic Booth
Redwing, Vic Booth
Black Redstart, Shaun Grose
Aythya species, Jen Witheywood
Aythya species, Jen Witheywood