Saturday 31st January 2026

Saturday 31st January 2026

Tolcarne: 1st winter Bonaparte’s Gull. (S Van Hear, J St Ledger) 1 male Black Redstart. (G Fisher)

Roskilly: 1 Pacific Diver still. (J Chapple) 4 Great Northern Diver, 2 Purple Sandpiper. (S Van Hear, J St Ledger)

Helston Boating Lake: 2 Mute Swan, 7 Shoveler, 17 Tufted Duck , 41 Coot, 1 female Muscovy, 15 Moorhen, 37 Canada Goose, 59 Black-headed Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 48 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Scaup. (S Grose, T Wilson)

Hayle Estuary:1 ad Ring-billed Gull, c700 Golden Plover, c800 Lapwing, 27 Grey Plover, 10 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 250 Dunlin, 43 Redshank, 7 Greenshank, 1 Snipe, 1 ad Yellow-legged Gull, 244 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 152 Common Gull, 10 Goosander. (S Rowe) 1 Water Pipit (again around the causeway). (S Grose)

Tehidy Woods: 1f Ring- necked Duck, 8 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Coot, 13 Mute Swan. (S Grose)

Hayle, Foundry duck pond: 2 Mute Swan, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Gadwall. (S Grose)

Hayle Private Garden: 2 m&f Great Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 6 Goldfinch, 1f Chaffinch, 4 (2m2f) House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 2 Jackdaw 11.45 – 12.50. (M Webb)

St Gothian Sands LNR: 2 Barnacle Goose, 11 Curlew, 1 Water Rail, 16 Wigeon, 1f Shoveler, 7 Little Grebe, 11 Tufted Duck. (S Grose)

St Ives Island: 9 Great Northern Diver, 1 Red-throated Diver, 2 Common Scoter, 1 Manx Shearwater, 1 Great Skua, 5 Fulmar, 1 Med Gull, 1 Curlew. (L Langley, S Rowe)

Mousehole to Penlee Lifeboat Station: 5 Shag, 4 Great Northern Diver. (S Ford)

Marazion Marsh RSPB: 1m Stonechat, 1 Linnet, 23 Snipe, 20+ Teal, 4 (2m 2f) Mallard, 74 Canada Goose, 9 Moorhen, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Carrion Crow 14.40 – 15.40. (M Webb)

Porth Nanven: 1 f Long-tailed Duck, 2 Chough, 8 Rock Pipit, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Buzzard, 2 Shag, 8 Herring Gull, 4 Black-headed Gull. (C&JP Taylor)

Paul: pale morph Common Buzzard. (T Culmer)

Coverack: 1 Siberian Chiffchaff, 10 Chiffchaff, 1f Bullfinch, 1 Redwing & 1 Nuthatch (sewage works), Red-throated Diver in the bay, 1 Rock Pipit ssp littoralis. (JH & K Dalziel)

Penhale Point: 1 Kestrel, 50+ Linnet, 5 Chough, 5 Cormorant, 9 Fulmar. (S Grose)

Camel Estuary: 6 Blackcap. (S Wallace)

Crowdy Reservoir: 1 Great Northern Diver, pair Goosander, 2 Barnacle Geese, 1 Little Grebe, 51 Teal, 51+ Lapwing field to north. (B Craven)

Lower Tamar Lake: 3 Willow Tit (1 un-ringed). (L Evans) 1 Willow Tit ringed (hide), Nuthatch 4, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 male Tufted Duck, 2 female Goosander , 2 Grey Heron, 7 Cormorant, 2 Coot, 3 Moorhen, 1 Bullfinch. (R Mudge)

Swanpool Lake: 1 Mediterranean Gull in with flock of 30 Black-headed Gull (R Bowyer)

Pendennis: 2 Red-necked Grebe, 21 Great Northern Diver. (Whatsapp)

Portscatho: 5 Black-throated Diver, 6 Great Northern Diver and 1 Black Redstart. (T Wilson) 1 female Black Redstart on beach, 3 Shag, 2 Great Northern Diver. (G Williams) 10 Black throated Diver, 1 Great Northern Diver, 35 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Guillemot. (A Roberts)

Ruan Lanihorne: 800 Golden Plover, 150 Lapwing, 100 Dunlin, 2 Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper. (T Wilson)

Tresillian: 1 Brambling, 200 Chaffinch, c1000 Linnet, 50 Skylark, 25 Stock Dove. (T Wilson)

Truro: 2 Red Kite over Waitrose. (T Wilson)

Rosemullion Head: 1 Red-throated Diver, 2 Black-throated Diver, 5 Great Northern Diver, 1 Great Crested Grebe. (L Parkerson, B Hancock-Smith)

Tregew: 100+ Chaffinch, 100+ Skylark, 3 Cirl Bunting. (D Peers)

Par Beach: 2 Goldcrest, 2 Chiffchaff,12 Blackbird, 3 Song Thrush, 3 Dunnock, 6 Robin, 1 Goldfinch, 3 Magpie, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Coal Tit, 7 Crow, 9 Jackdaw, 4 Long-tailed Tit. (P & P Bullen)

Carbis Moor: 1 Goldcrest (a first for the garden), 5 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Marsh Tit, 3 Nuthatch, 7 Siskin (3 m 4f), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (pair), 10+ Blue, Great and Coal Tit, 10+ Chaffinch and House Sparrow, 1 male Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard (over), 2 Robin, 3 Blackbird (2m 1f), 2 Dunnock, 1 Wren, 2 Collared Dove, 1 male Pheasant, 2 Blackcap (1 female, 1 male heard only). (V Booth)

Millbrook Lake: 1 Kingfisher, 3 Avocet, 4 Redshank, 10 Teal. (R Napp)

Late submission, 29/01/26, Newlyn; Tolcarne Beach: 2 Little Gull (1 adult & 1 1st Winter).  (S J Eastman)

Late submission, 24/01/26, St Mawes, Castle Point: 18 Black-throated Diver, 2 Great Northern Diver, 1 Slavonian Grebe. (D Hall)

Late sightings from L Evans:

Thursday 29th January

Ryan’s Field, Hayle – high tide visit – Curlew Sandpiper with 167 Dunlin, 400 Lapwing, 7 Shelduck, 9 Curlew and 3 Teal.

Wherrytown – first-winter Bonaparte’s Gull showing well, adult and first-winter Little Gull, 74 Purple Sandpipers on beach, 46 Turnstone, Great Northern Diver, Shag, 3 Rock Pipit, adult Mediterranean Gull.

Roskilly Beach at dusk – all divers roosting together in group on sea including 2 Pacific Diver, 9 Black-throated and 5 Great Northern, 7 Shag.

Friday 30th January

Tolcarne Beach, NewlynBonaparte’s Gull showing well on Bowling Green then outfall, 10 Pied Wagtails and 20 House Sparrows from roost.

St Clement’s Isle – 2 Pacific Diver, Black-throated Diver, 6 Red-throated Divers, 13 Great Northern Divers, 9 Razorbill, 12 Guillemot, 50 Kittiwake, 30 Gannet.

Sennen Cove – 13 Choughs performing well with several hundred auks offshore and a large frenzied flock of Gannet and Kittiwakes.

Longrock Pool – first-winter drake Greater Scaup showing very well.

Lelant Saltings, Hayle – adult Ring-billed Gull, 18 Common Gull, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, Mediterranean Gull, 170 Herring Gulls, 38 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 700 Golden Plover, 150 Dunlin, 3 Greenshank and 14 Goosander (2 drakes).

Helston Boating Lake – pair of Lesser Scaup with 17 Tufted Duck, 7 Shoveler, 21 Canada Geese, 18 Coot, Muscovy, 2 Mute Swan.

Huthnance Farm – 70 Redwing in cabbage fields, 25 Fieldfare, 5 Canada Geese.

Tehidy Country Park – female Ring-necked Duck showing well with 10 Tufted Ducks on Big Pool, 7 Mute Swan.

Sunny Corner, Truro at high tide – 100 Black-tailed Godwit.

Saturday 31st January

Malpas Pond Truro – 3 Tawny Owls 0300-0400 hours very active.

Lesser Yellowlegs showing very well at low tide in tidal creek by Harbours Office plus Common Sandpiper, Greenshank and 2 Black-tailed Godwits.

Sunny Corner – 2 Avocet, 100 Black-tailed Godwit, 74 Shelduck, 2 Greenshank.

Ninestone Bridge, Upper Fowey – Kingfisher.

Lower Tamar Lake – 3 Willow Tits on feeders by hide.

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Adult and 1st winter Little Gull – Sarah-Jane Eastman
Goldcrest – Vic Booth
Bonaparte’s Gull – John St Ledger
Siberian Chiffchaff – Kate Dalziel
Great Northern Diver – Gavin Williams
Shag – Gavin Williams
Female Ring-necked Duck – Shaun Grose
Male Black Redstart – Gill Fisher
Adult Mediterranean Gull – Rebecca Bowyer
Common Snipe – Martin Webb
Linnet – Martin Webb
Male Blackcap – Sharon Wallace
Kingfisher, Millbrook Lake, 31/01/2026 Rick Knapp
Kingfisher – Rick Napp