Saturday 30th August 2025

Saturday 30th August 2025

Coverack: Scopoli’s Shearwater photographed offshore from AK Wildlife Pelagic. (Whatsapp)

Pendennis Point 13:30-17:00: 1 Wilson’s Petrel, 7 European Storm Petrel, 000s Manx Shearwater, 48 Balearic Shearwater, 8 Great Shearwater, 67 Cory’s Shearwater, 7 Sooty Shearwater, 4 Mediterranean Gull flew west, 1 Sandwich Tern, 12 Sanderling flew west. (J Drage Hubert)

Porthgwarra: 06:45 – 12:45: 67 Cory’s Shearwater, 26 Great Shearwater, 16 Balearic Shearwater, 13 Sooty Shearwater, 60 Storm Petrel, 2 Long-tailed Skua (adult & juvenile), 1 juvenile Sabine’s Gull. (P Marshall)  1500 Great Shearwater, 1300 Cory’s Shearwater, 64 Sooty Shearwater, 32 Balearic Shearwater, 2 Sabine’s Gull, 1 Long-tailed Skua, 2 Great Skua, 1 Arctic Skua, 3 Wilson’s Petrel, 130 Storm Petrel. (S Rowe, G Lawlor, N Rogers, I Prentice)

Mousehole: c11am -1625, all west:  4 Cory’s Shearwater, 1 large shearwater sp, 1 Balearic Shearwater, 1 Sooty Shearwater. (P Smale)

Black Head, Coverack: c110 Cory’s Shearwater, c140 Great Shearwater (most of which passed in an hour around lunchtime). 9 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Balearic Shearwater, 1 dark phase Arctic Skua and 2 Storm Petrel. 3 big rafts of mixed shearwaters seen feeding around presumed bait balls with 1 Bluefin Tuna seen leaping clear of the water. (P Bedford)

Penzance: 1 Grey Phalarope. (R Irvine)

Marazion Beach: 1 Curlew Sandpiper. (R Irvine)

Hayle Estuary; Ryan’s Field: 1 Knot, mixed flock Ringed Plover and Dunlin, Redshank, Greenshank, Kingfisher, Grey Heron, Little Egret, 40+ Curlew on the channels, Black headed Gull. (M James) 2 Little Tern, 40 Sandwich Tern, 4 Common Tern. (Whatsapp) Carnsew Pool: 5 Black-tailed Godwit. (S Willson) Hayle/Copperhouse/Ryans Field: Little Stint still present. Green Sandpiper dropped into Ryan’s Field for literally seconds. Flock of c40 Sandwich contained 2 Little Tern, 1 Arctic and at least 1 Common Tern. (A Lobb)

St Ives Island 16:30 to 20:00: 2 Pomarine Skua, 2 Sabine’s Gull , 5 Arctic Skua, 1 Grey Phalarope, 4 Balearic Shearwater, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 8 Storm Petrel, 5 Little Tern, 58 Arctic Tern, 44 Commic, 165 Sandwich Tern. (A Lobb et al)

Portreath Beach: 2 Chough. (B King)

Stithians Reservoir: 1 Ruff, 11 Ringed Plover, 2 Lapwing, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Greenshank, 3 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 12 Snipe. (D Eva) 1 Osprey. (S Willson) 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Dunlin, 1 Ruff, 4 Ringed Plover, 1 Willow Warbler. (P Wiltshire) S Mossop gate & the SE Shoreline: 1715-1840. 1 Garganey, 7 Common Sandpiper, 4 Ringed Plover, 3 Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Ruff, 1 Black tailed Godwit, 1 Dunlin & 26 Pied Wagtail. (B Dallas)

East Pentire, Newquay:  7-9am 1,000’s Manx Shearwater, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 9 Balearic Shearwater, 6 Storm Petrel, 2 Grey Phalarope, 2 Sandwich Tern, 5 Commic Tern, 7 Whimbrel, 17 Common Scoter. (D Grose)

Walmsley Sanctuary: 16 Cattle Egret, 1 Water Rail, 1 Yellow Wagtail. (B Bosisto)

Maer Lake: this morning at 10:20am misty drizzly, 1 Grey Heron , 2 Little Egret, 10 Moorhen, 1 Water Rail, 225 Canada Geese, 4 Mallard, 24 Teal, 2 Shoveler, 1 Common Buzzard, 19 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Ruff, 3 Dunlin, 1 Lapwing, 26 Black-headed Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Stonechat. (N Bastin)

Penlee Point, Rame Head: SSW 25mph heavy mist 07.00-12.00: 4 Balearic Shearwater, 97 Manx Shearwater, 1 Fulmar, 320+ Kittiwake, 13 Sandwich Tern, 9 Mediterranean Gull, 1 juv Yellow-legged Gull & 28 Whimbrel. (P Kemp)

Late news, 29/08/25, St Ives: Fea’s Petrel about 1400m off St Ives Head heading west at approx 18:56. (B Nason)

Late news, 29/08/25 , Cape Cornwall: 18 Cory’s Shearwater, 8 Great Shearwater, 3 Sooty Shearwater, 6 Sabine’s Gull, 1 Storm Petrel, 6 Arctic Tern, 17 Sandwich Tern, 6 Whimbrel, 1 Common Scoter. (R Humphries, N Wheatley)

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Knot – Nigel Bastin
Ruff – Nigel Bastin
Osprey – Simon Willson
Cattle Egret – Bob Bosisto
Black-tailed Godwit – Simon Willson