A pair of binoculars has been found on the Lizard today. Likely to have been in situ for days, possibly weeks. Anyone who has lost a pair of binoculars are asked to email this website with sufficient detail to satisfy ownership
Windmill Farm: 2 Dotterel on adjoining private land (can be viewed with scope from reserve tower, please keep to public rights of way), 2 Green Sandpiper, Whinchat, 1 Wheatear. (D Wright)
Siblyback Lake: 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 5 Spotted Flycatchers, 4 Chiffchaff, 9 Willow Warbler, 6 Grey Heron, 3 Robin, 1 Common Buzzard, many House Martins and Swallows over the lake. (D Sharp) 15 Cormorant, 5 Grey Heron, 25 Little Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Dunlin, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Swift, 4 Sand Martin, 2 House Martin, 50+ Swallow, 22 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Meadow Pipit, 3 Robin, 15 Pied Wagtail, 2 Painted Lady. (M P Frost)
St Neot: 1 Clouded Yellow. (M P & R A Frost)
Colliford: 1 Whinchat, 8 Stonechat, 13 Swallow, 53 Linnet, 4 Meadow Pipit. (M P & R A Frost)
Nanjizal: 151 trapped and ringed including 1 Wryneck, 3 Tree Pipit, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Grasshopper Warbler. Also 1 Redstart, 1 Pied Flycatcher, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, presumed fem Blue-headed Wagtail still, 12+ Tree Pipit, 2 Water Rail, 1 Green Sandpiper in/over the valley. Please keep to public rights of way. (N Ward, R Veal)
Morvah: 1 Pied Flycatcher. (Birdguides)
Drift Reservoir: Ruff, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 5 Green Sandpiper, 7 Common Sandpiper, 2 Dunlin, 3 Greenshank, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Snipe, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Little Grebe, 7 Teal, Garganey, 4 Swift, 20 House Martin, Kingfisher, Wheatear, 2 Grey Wagtail. (D Flumm)
Newlyn: 1 Dipper,1 Kingfisher, 6 Turnstone, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 3 Lesser Black backed Gull, 2 Raven, 5 dead Herring Gull in or around the harbour. (S Grose)
Porthchapel: 5-6 Long-finned Pilot Whales close offshore at 4pm, 3 Arctic Skua, 1 Great Skua, flock of Balearic Shearwater. (R Archer)
St Ives: 1 Cory’s Shearwater, 3 Balearic Shearwater.
Marazion: 3 Stonechat, 1 Whinchat. (M Costa) 3 Whinchat ( D Eva )
Hayle Estuary RSPB: 2 Whimbrel, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Curlew, Canada Geese with 1 white goose hybrid. (M Costa) 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Knot, 62 Ringed Plover, 338 Dunlin, 10 Sanderling. (D Eva) 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Common Sandpiper, 5 Mediterranean Gull,1 Lapwing.(S Grose)
Gwithian,Red River: 1 sick Gannet behind Rockpool bar.(S Grose)
Stithians Lake: 2 Green Sandpipers, 5 Grey Heron, 30+ Ringed Plover, 15+ Dunlin, 1 Snipe at 7pm. (A Lea)
Tresillian River: 1 Black Tern heading upriver this evening. (A le Masurier)
Porthleven: 2 Stock Dove in private garden. (R Nicholls)
Manacles: 5 dead Herring Gull floating half-mile off-shore – no sign of oil – presume avian flu. (M Nattrass)
Helston Boating Lake: 1 eclipse male Shoveler, 2m Tufted Duck, 1m Ferruginous Duck escapee from 2018, 7 Canada Goose, c90 Mallard, c25 Coot, 7 (4ad 3juv) Moorhen, 1 Muscovy Duck and 1 dead juv Herring Gull in lake 12.00 – 13.00. (M Webb)
Kynance Farm: 2 Pied Flycatcher , Spotted Flycatcher, 17 Tree Pipit, 14 Whinchat, 2 Yellow Wagtail , 4 Grey Wagtail , 6 White Wagtail , 2 Swift , 15 House Martin , Lesser Whitethroat, 9 Whitethroat , 7 Sedge Warbler , 7 Willow Warbler , 10 Chiffchaff , Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 4 Hummingbird Hawkmoth , Clouded Yellow. (E O’ Connor)
Higher Bochym: 2 Whinchat , 3 Tree Pipit. (E O’Connor)
Croft Pascoe Wood: 20+ Chiffchaffs and Willow Warblers chasing around, 4 Spotted Flycatchers, 4 Stonechats (family), 1 Whinchat, 2 Tree Pipits. (K Dalziel)
Pentire; The Rumps: 2 dead Gannets floating in the sea (presume avian flu). (S Marquis)
Pentire Head: 4 Chough. (S. Marquis)
Lower Polmorla, St Wenn: 4 Spotted Flycatcher. (I Bennallick)
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