Sunday 10th August 2025

Sunday 10th August 2025

Bray’s Cott: 1 Temminck’s Stint, 1 Dunlin and 3 Green Sandpiper. (S Wood)

Falmouth Bay: (23 mile offshore kayak trip) 1 probable Wilson’s Petrel, 10 European Storm Petrel, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Sandwich Tern, 80 Common Dolphin and 16 Harbour Porpoise. (R Kirkwood)

St Ives: 10 Mediterranean Gull, 1 juv Yellow-legged Gull with Herring Gull flock catching flying ants at 10:00. Also, (19:15 – 20:45) adult Long-tailed Skua, juv Arctic Skua, Guillemot, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 5 Sandwich Tern, 6 Kittiwake, 12 Fulmar, 89 Manx Shearwater and 100+ Gannet going West past Porthmeor, also dolphin sp. (J Tragen)

Scillonian Crossing: Penzance to Wolf Rock, 1 Cory’s Shearwater, 4 European Storm Petrel. Also, 9 groups of Common Dolphin and 2 single Risso’s Dolphin. (B Dawson)

Predannack Downs: 3 Wheatear. (S Wood)

Goonhilly NNR: 1 Wheatear, 1 Stonechat, 2 Skylark, 2 Chiffchaff, 14 Swallow. (K Dalziel)

Croft Pascoe Wood: 4+ Spotted Flycatcher, family party of Coal Tit and Goldcrest. Also, 1 Stonechat. (K Dalziel)

Drift Reservoir: 1 Garganey, 3 Gadwall, 8 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank and 1 Snipe. (S Rogers)

Godrevy Point: 1m Kestrel, 4 juv Stonechat, 1 Wren, 12 House Sparrow, 2 Raven, 2 Oystercatcher 10:15 – 11:45. (M Webb)

Hells’ Mouth to Godrevy: 3 Chough, 1 Kestrel, 2 Northern Fulmar (1ad, 1 juv), 3 Rock Pipit, 3 Wren, 2 Stonechat, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Dunnock, 1 Robin, 28 Cormorant. (A Swanson)

Stithians Reservoir: 1 Wood Sandpiper (Golden Lion), 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 1 Snipe, 1 Curlew, 2 Teal and 6 Little Grebe. (T Wilson)

Penryn-Flushing Coastal Path: 1 Common Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 female Common Redstart, 14 Canada Goose, 7 Mute Swan, 7 Mallard, 30+ Woodpigeon, 20 Curlew, 8 Common Redshank, 50+ Herring Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Little Grebe, 30+ Jackdaw, 5 Carrion Crow, 6 Barn Swallow, 4 Common Chiffchaff, 9 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Wren, 5 Blackbird, 4 Robin, 2 Goldfinch. Plus 1 Gatekeeper Butterfly. (A Berry)

Restronguet Creek, Point: 1 Osprey sitting on a marker pole on the ballast bank. (B Mellow, M Wilson)

Devoran Quay: 10 Whimbrel, 127 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Dunlin, 1 Mediterranean Gull (juv). (T Wilson)

St Anthony Head/Drake’s Downs: 9 Linnet, 2 Cirl Bunting, 3 Stonechat, 1 Raven, 9 Herring Gull, 23 Shag (on rocks below cliff). Also numbers of Large White and Meadow Brown butterflies, 1 Clouded Yellow, 1 Common Blue. (C Taylor)

East & West Portholland: 5 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldfinch, 4 Linnet, 1 Blackbird, 4 Jackdaw, 1 Raven, 5 Woodpigeon, 6 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 1 Rock Pipit, 1 Oystercatcher, 2 Shag, 3 Cormorant, 1 Fulmar, 10 Black-headed Gull, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, c75 Herring Gull (inc 25-30 juvenile), c50 mixed Finch sp. Also, 1 Common Pipistrelle Bat. (I & C Sowerby)

Carbis Moor: 1 Hobby high over the garden presumably chasing the Swallows at 14:00. (V Booth)

East Pentire, Newquay: (07:00 – 08:45) 1 Balearic Shearwater, 1,000 Manx Shearwater, 1 Storm Petrel, 7 ‘Commic’ Tern, 5 Shelduck, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Wheatear. (D Grose)

Pentireglaze to Polzeath: 1 Stonechat, 2 Chough, 8 Linnet, 2 Carrion Crow and 1 Slow Worm. (J Burges)

St Mawgan: 1 Hoopoe on private land with no public access. (D Dennis)

Lanivet: (18:00-19:30) 12 Herring Gull (2 juv), 4 Blackbird (2 m 2f), 3 Buzzard (2ad 1 juv) circling high, 15+ Jackdaw, 6 Rook, 2 juv Robin, c15 Woodpigeon, 6 House Martin (3 pr still nesting), 4 Carrion Crow, 16 House Sparrow, 5 feral White Dove, 1 Wren, 6 Chaffinch, 3 Blue Tit, 7 Magpie, 5 Starling and 6 Goldfinch. (B Crowle)

Colliford Reservoir and Dozmary Pool: 91 Canada Goose, 2 Barnacle Goose, 5 Cormorant, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Goosander, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 9 Teal, 6 Mallard, 1 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 7 Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk (m + f), 1 Kestrel, 37 Carrion Crow, 6 Rook, 25 Jackdaw, 3 Magpie, 2 Wood Pigeon, 7 Stock Dove, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Blackbird, 7 Chaffinch, 15 Goldfinch, 24 Linnet, 14 House Sparrow, 13 Stonechat, 13 Meadow Pipit, 8 Pied Wagtail, 4 Reed Bunting, 1 Blackcap, 2 Redpoll, 1 Dunnock, 1 Wren, 2 Robin, 7 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 3 Coal Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 45 Swallow, 5 Sand Martin, 4 Sedge Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 4 Willow Warbler, 1 Roe Deer, 4 Rabbit, 13 Wall, 4 Gate Keeper, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 4 Green-veined White and 1 Peacock. (J Hale, C Reed, L Birtwistle and DA Conway)

Tregeare Village, nr Launceston:  1 juvenile Green Woodpecker on Village Green. (J Horsey)

Downderry: (06:15-07:45) 225 Gannet, 3 Balearic Shearwater, 2 Fulmar, a Grey Heron, 7 Mediterranean Gull and 2 Sandwich Tern, moving west. (A Payne)

Late submission, 09/08, Truro: 3 Swift and 1 Clouded Yellow. (T Wilson)

Late submission, 09/08, Constantine: Both adult and juvenile Robin sun-bathing. (D Collins)

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Temmink’s Stint – Steve Wood
Gannet and Manx Shearwater – Rupert Kirkwood
Storm Petrel – Rupert Kirkwood
Storm Petrel – Rupert Kirkwood
Storm Petrel – Rupert Kirkwood
Wheatear – Steve Wood
Spotted Flycatcher – Kate Dalziel
Spotted Flycatcher – Kate Dalziel
Stonechat – Martin Webb
Oystercatcher – Martin Webb
Fulmar – Alistair Swanson
Kestrel – Alistair Swanson
Rock Pipit – Alistair Swanson
Chough – Alistair Swanson
Cirl Bunting – Caroline Taylor
Hobby – Vic Booth
Hobby – Vic Booth
Green Woodpecker – Jeff Horsey
Green Woodpecker – Jeff Horsey
Little Grebe – Tony Wilson
Little Grebe – Tony Wilson
Robin – David Collins