Saturday 7th May 2022

Saturday 7th May 2022

Truro: 1 Osprey over Tresilian at 10.18. (RBA). Also, 1 Red Kite over Truro at 17.30. (D Eva, T Chipman)

Marazion Marsh RSPB: male Lesser Whitethroat singing occasionally around Longrock Pool, 33 singing male Reed Warbler, 18 singing male Sedge Warbler, 1 Snipe, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Siskin. Also 2 Sandwich Tern offshore. (R Veal, D Parker).  Also, 5 Sedge Warbler, 3m Linnet, 1 Wren, 4 (2m 2f) Stonechat, 2 Dunnock, 4 Swallow, 2 Mute Swan, 7 (4m 3f) Mallard + 6 ducklings, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Moorhen, 30+ Canada Goose 1pr with 4 goslings on the scrape, 5 (4ad 1juv) Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret 13.30 – 15.30. (M Webb)

Penhale Dunes: 1 Whimbrel, 4 Sanderling, 1 Cuckoo, 3 Wheatear, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 15 Common Whitethroat, 1 pr Stonechat with 3 fledged young. Also, 1 Grizzled Skipper (ab taras). (T Wilson)

Bodmin Moor: 1 pair Whinchat, 6 Common Redstart, 10+ Wheatear, 3 Grasshopper Warbler, 5 Yellowhammer, 1 pair Reed Bunting, 2 Swift, 4 Cuckoo, 1 Tree Pipit, 5 Siskin, 1 Mistle Thrush. Also 2 Red Deer. (J St Ledger, B Dallas)

Goss Moor NNR: Numbers of Chiffchaff, Blackcap and Willow Warbler, 4 Garden Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler. (M Jones)

Grampound: 1 Swift. (M Jones)

Kynance Cove: 2 Cuckoo. (P Allin)

Boat Cove, Perranuthnoe:  15 Whimbrel. (P K Bray)

Cowlands Creek: 4 Whimbrel. (I Bown)

Calenick Creek: 3 Whimbrel, 5 Shelduck, 3 Little Egret. (A Nicholson)

St Clement: 3 Whimbrel, 1 Bar tailed Godwit. (D Peers)

Devoran: 1 Whimbrel, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Black-headed Gull, 4 Shelduck. (C Taylor)

St Clement: 1 Whimbrel, 3 Little Egret, 4 Mallard, 1 Goldcrest, 4 Long Tailed Tit, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Black-headed Gull, 7 Shelduck. (C Taylor)

Stithians Res: 1 Osprey, 1 Grasshopper Warbler. Active nests of : Great Tit 8, Blue Tit 5, Carrion Crow 2, Magpie 1, Woodpigeon 2, Song Thrush 3, Blackbird 2, Linnet 4 , Goldfinch 3, Jay 1, Meadow Pipit 1, Blackcap 1, Long-tailed Tit 1. (D Eva, S Van Hear, D Raffle, S Pitt-Miller, T Chipman)

Traboe: 2 broods of mallard + ducklings hatched on Trenithon farm pond, also moorhen+7 chicks. (A & D Williams)

Carn Galver: 1 Cuckoo. (R Veal)

Men-an-Tol: 3 Cuckoo, 1 Grasshopper Warbler. (R Veal)

Watchcroft: 2 Cuckoo. (R Veal)

Swanpool: Coot pr with 6 young, Little Grebe pr with 2 young, 4 Swallow. (R Bowyer)

Hayle Estuary RSPB: 23 Shelduck, 5 Turnstone, 3 Whimbrel, 3 Oystercatcher, 1 Common Sandpiper, 7 Ringed Plover, 1 Greenfinch, 1 m Bullfinch, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler,48 Carrion Crow. (all birds on main estuary disturbed by 2 paddle boarders early am). (S Grose)

Copperhouse Creek: 1 Sedge Warbler from black bridge. (S Grose)

St Gothian Sands LNR: 1m Reed Bunting, 5 Stonechat, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Rock Pipit, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Raven, 2 Shelduck, 7 Little Grebe, 9 Tufted Duck, 40+ Sand Martin, 1 Little Egret. (S Grose)

Whipsiderry: 5 Stonechat, 1m Reed Bunting, 1pr Kestrel, 5 Skylark, 3 Whitethroat, 12 Oystercatcher, 1 Buzzard. (S Grose)

Late submission, 6/5, Lower Tamar Lake: 1m Gadwall, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Tufted Duck 3m 1f, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Grey Heron. (R Mudge)

tjw

Sedge Warbler – Tony Wilson
Sanderling – Tony Wilson
Grey Heron – Martin Webb
Canada Goose – Martin Webb
Linnet – Martin Webb
Sedge Warbler – Martin Webb
Whinchat – John St Ledger
Common Redstart – John St Ledger
Coot – Rebecca Bowyer
Dabchick – Rebecca Bowyer