Upper Tamar Lake: 1 White-fronted Goose, 211 Canada Goose, 7 Common Sandpiper, 40 Black-headed Gull, 3 Great Black Backed Gull, 43 Lesser Black Backed Gull, 35 House Martin, 2 Reed Bunting. (R Lockwood)
Porthgwarra: 3 Great Shearwater, Corys Shearwater, 3 Sooty Shearwater, 2 Balearic Shearwater, Artic Skua, 2 Storm Petrel, Puffin & Yellow- legged Gull 1345-1730hrs. (M Wallace)
Lowland Point, Coverack, The Lizard: on rocks – 50+ Mediterranean Gulls, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Common Gull, 2 Oystercatchers, 2 Grey Herons, 8 Grey Seals.
Seawatch (5.15am – 9am) – most birds moving SW: 100+ Mediterranean Gulls, c4,000 Manx Shearwaters (c1,800 SW 5.15-6.15am dropping to c800/hour), 2 Sooty Shearwater, 2+ Balearic Shearwater, 10 Storm Petrels, 1 Arctic Skua, 1 Common Scoter, 50+ auks including 30+ Razorbills, 5+ Guillemots & 4 Puffins, 1 Sanderling, 1 Turnstone. Also lots of Kittiwakes, Fulmars & Gannets. (R Evershed)
Drift Reservoir: 5 Great Crested Grebe, 12 Little Grebe, 5 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 29 Mallard, 8 Gadwall, small dark Canada Goose with Canada flock (presumably last autumn’s bird), 15 Moorhen incl 2 pulli, Coot, Whimbrel, Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 120 Swift, 20 Swallow, 10 House Martin, 2 Sand Martin. (D Flumm)
Stithians Reservoir: 8 Turnstone, 5 Dunlin, 4 Common Sandpiper, 4 Ringed Plover, Curlew, 2 Lapwing, 1 juvenile Little Ringed Plover, 7 Little Egret, 17 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Canada Geese, Greylag, 20+ Pied Wagtail, Chiffchaff, Black Headed Gull, 10+ Herring Gull, Cormorant. (C Foote, T Weston, D Eva, A Lea)
Sancreed: pair Green Woodpecker with 2 juv village green, 2 juv Bullfinch in our garden. (D Flumm)
Nanpean: female Tufted Duck with 4 juveniles. (B Bosisto)
Tresarrett: 6 Spotted Flycatchers 4 Bullfinch, 1m Blackcap 1 Marsh Tit, 2 Blue Tit 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Blackbird. (A Tomkins)
Crantock Beach Car Park: Dunnock family group, 2 Ad 2 Juv. (S Ashby)
Walmsley Sanctuary: 2 Cattle Egret, 3 Little Egret, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker (1 ad f, 2 juv), 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Buzzard. (S Lilley)
Callestick: Family party of 4 Spotted Flycatcher. (T Wilson)
Lower Tamar Lake: 4 Willow Tit (one looks like a juv), 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Mute Swan, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Kingfisher this morning. . (R Mudge)
Downderry: moving west, 0600-0710, 221 Gannet and 20 Mediterranean Gull. Later, 1410-1620, 3 Common Scoter, 144 Gannet, 66 Manx Shearwater and 11 Mediterranean Gull. (A Payne)
River Tamar – Cargreen to Salter Mill: 5 Cormorant, 3 Mute Swan, 1 Grey Heron, 6 Little Egret, 2 adult Shelduck with 9 juveniles & a further 2 adults with 2 juveniles, 15 Curlew, 3 Whimbrel. (A. Parker)
Late Submission, 22/07/22, Porthoustock : juv Cuckoo on cliffs in the afternoon. (R Evershed)
Late Submission, 22/07/22, Croft Pascoe Plantation:3+ Spotted Flycatchers. (R Evershed)
Late Submission, 22/07/22, St Kew: 1 Green Woodpecker opposite St Kew allotments. (R Hughes)
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