Saturday 4th October 2025

Saturday 4th October 2025

St Gothian Sands LNR: 1 White-rumped Sandpiper. (J Drage Hubert et al) 1 Red-necked Phalarope. (T Wilson) 49 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Mediterranean Gull, 19 Curlew. (S Grose)

Pendeen Watch 7:30-13:30: 1 Cory’s Shearwater, 264 Great Shearwater, 496 Sooty Shearwater, 2 Balearic Shearwater, 2500 Manx Shearwater, 6 Leach’s Petrel, 260 Euro Storm Petrel, 19 Grey Phalarope, 6 Sabine’s Gull, 64 Bonxie, 70 Arctic Skua, 3 Pomarine Skua, 1 Long-tailed Skua, 34 Sandwich Tern, 41 Arctic Tern, 1500 Northern Gannet. (S Rogers, S Rowe, G Lawlor -+ 25 birders) 07:15- 18:15: 8 Common Scoter, 1 Great Northern Diver, 1 Cory’s Shearwater, 266 Great Shearwater, 3 Balearic Shearwater, 505 Sooty Shearwater, 300 Storm Petrel, 9 Leach’s Petrel, 27 Grey Phalarope, 100 Great Skua, 4 Pomarine Skua, 133 Arctic Skua, 5 Long-tailed Skua, 38 Sabine’s Gull, 66 Arctic Tern, 91 Sandwich Tern. (P Marshall)

St Ives Island (lower car park): Memories of the 70’s with an October gale and seabird passage beside the island. 7,200 Gannets an hour until 1300hrs based on average one minute counts, 1 Great Shearwater (0914), 61 Sooty Shearwaters (all but 3 before 0900), 1 Leach’s Petrel (0920), 60 Storm Petrel, 18 Sabine’s Gulls (all juv’s), 51 Arctic Skua, 9 Pomarine Skua, 48 Great Skua, 1 Common Scoter, 12 Grey Phalarope, 1 adult Roseate Tern (1156), 81 Sandwich Terns, 15 Arctic Terns, 20 Common Terns. (J Hawkey) 07:09 – 17:44: 2 Leach’s Petrel, 200 Storm Petrel, 31 Great Shearwater, 225 Sooty Shearwater, 3 Balearic Shearwater, 1000 Manx Shearwater, 22 Sabine’s Gull (2 adult, 20 juvenile), 7 juvenile Long-tailed Skua, 3 Pomarine Skua, 139 Arctic Skua, 102 Great Skua, 55 Grey Phalarope, 2 Dunlin, 2 Turnstone, 1 Red-throated Diver, 1 Great Northern Diver, 1 Common Scoter, 125 Sandwich Tern, 25 Arctic Tern, 3 Common Tern, 75 Commic Tern. (L Langley, B Nason et al)

Brew Farm; Sennen: 3 Turtle Dove (including 1 Juvenile). (J St Ledger)

Hayle Estuary: 1 Cattle Egret at 8.00am, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Spoonbill, 2 Barnacle Goose, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank, 46 Curlew, 2 Greenshank. (S Grose) Lelant Station: 66 Mediterranean Gull , 28 Great Black-backed Gull. (S Grose) Copperhouse Creek: 78 Mediterranean Gull, 13 Great Black-backed Gull. (S Grose)

Hayle Ryan’s Field: 3rd winter Danish-ringed Spoonbill V463, 2 Little Egret, 1 Ruff, 1 Greenshank, 8 Redshank, 3 Oystercatcher, 5 Bar-tailed Godwit, 30+ Curlew, 2 Lapwing, 2 Barnacle Goose, 200+ Canada Goose, 9 Wigeon, 4 Teal, 1 Kingfisher through, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Woodpigeon, 2 Carrion Crow, 6 Sandwich Tern, 40+ Black-headed Gull 15.15 – 16.25. (M Webb)

Pentire, Newquay:  9am. Gale force winds. Hundreds of Gannets, long strings of Auks, 100+ Manx Shearwater, 16 Arctic Skuas, 20+ Sandwich Tern and 30 Oystercatcher. (D Thomas)

Ludgvan: 5 Cattle Egret. (S Grose)

Longrock Pool: 1 Cettis Warbler, 5 Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, 4 Coot. (S Grose)

Falmouth – Gyllyngvase To Swanpool to Maenporth: 2 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Rock Pipit, 25+ Turnstone, 4 Oystercatcher, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Grey Wagtail, 5 Chiffchaff, 50+ Shag, 7 Cormorant, 3 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 100+ Black-headed Gull, 100+ Herring Gull, 50+ Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Pied Wagtail, 5 Jackdaw. (R Beesly)

Swanpool: 4 Chough feeding on fields between Swanpool and Gyllyngvase beach this morning. (A Laurie)

Swanpool: c15 Great Shearwater, 3 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Mediterranean Gull. (L Parkerson)

Cremyll: 12 Cattle Egret. (B Taggart)

Downderry: 1 Wheatear late afternoon. (A Payne)

Par Beach Pool: All the usual suspects and 1 White-fronted x Canada Goose hybrid. (S Ashby)

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White-rumped Sandpiper – Adrian Lea
White-rumped Sandpiper – Tony Wilson
Curlew Sandpiper – Shaun Grose
Turtle Doves – John St Ledger
Ruff & Redshank – Martin Webb
Spoonbill – Martin Webb