Sunday 19th April 2026

Sunday 19th April 2026

Housel Bay: Western Subalpine Warbler still. (BirdGuides)

Land’s End: Black Kite circled and moved North at 09:18. Hooded Crow, 17 Wheatear, 4 Sedge Warbler. (IC Whitehouse, MD James)

Carn Marth Summit: 1 Black Kite, 5 Red Kite, 4 Buzzard, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Wheatear, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Stonechat, 8 Swallow, 2 Willow Warbler,  6 Meadow Pipit, 8 Linnet, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull. (T Wright)

Mullion Cliffs: Woodchat Shrike. (S Bury, J Drage Hubert, K Mighell). Also 1 Tree Pipit, 4 Northern Wheatear. (J Drage Hubert, K Mighell)

Nanquidno: Woodchat Shrike still. (BirdGuides)

Porth Joke: 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Tree Pipit, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Nightingale at 10:50am. (B Bosisto)

Trewyn Garden: Pallas’s Warbler briefly 10am, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap. (R Hamilton-Ahearne )

Windmill Farm NR: 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Grasshopper Warbler. (J Drage Hubert, K Mighell)

Penzance, Battery Rocks, high tide roost at 9am: 49 Purple Sandpiper, 1 Sanderling, 1 Dunlin. (T Mills)

Stithians Reservoir: 1 House Martin, 9 Swallow, 1 Sedge Warbler, 4 Whitethroat, 9 Willow Warbler, 1 Raven. (S Van Hear)

Millbrook: 1 Whimbrel, 1 Greenshank, 2 Shelduck; 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull. (R Napp)

Rosenanon Downs: 10+ Linnet, 5 Meadow Pipit, 3 Stonechat (2m 1f), 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Yellowhammer only heard. (V Booth)

Colliford Reservoir and Dozmary Pool: 11 Canada Goose, 1 Cormorant, 8 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Grebe, 3 Mallard, 2 Tufted Duck, 212 Golden Plover, 1 Moorhen, Common Sandpiper, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Buzzard, 3 Raven, 33 Carrion Crow, 45 Jackdaw, 2 Rook, 12 Magpie,1 Wood Pigeon, 7 Stock Dove, 4 Collared Dove, 4 Cuckoo, 12 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 8 Stonechat, 4 Wheatear, 7 Swallow, 15 Meadow Pipit, 4 Skylark, 4 Chaffinch, 13 House Sparrow,2 Dunnock , 2 Blackcap, 13 Willow Warbler, 3 Grasshopper Warbler, 3 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting , 5 Pied Wagtail, 18 Linnet, 2 Robin, 5 Wren, 4 Great Tit, 4 Blue Tit, Coal Tit, 2 Roe Deer, 9 Rabbit. (J Hale, C Reed, L Birtwistle, D A Conway)

Charlestown: 1 Swallow over garden. (D Hastilow)

Lundy Hole to Port Quin (Coast Path): 4 Whitethroat, 1 Fulmar, 1 Stonechat, 1 Dunnock, 1 Wren, 2 Carrion Crow, 2 Blackbird, 2 Kestrel, 1 Skylark, 1 Buzzard, 1 Goldfinch, 1 Chiffchaff. (J Burges)

Crowdy Reservoir: 4 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Mallard, 6 Teal, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Cormorant, 10 Canada Goose, 72 Herring Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull. Also nearby areas: 1 Cuckoo, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Redstart, Swallows, Mistle Thrush, Grasshopper Warbler. (B Craven)

Davidstow Airfield: 19 Wheatear, 15+ Linnet, 3 Skylark. (B Craven)

Tregothnan Estate: 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Raven, 1 m Stonechat, 2 Blackcap, 4 Goldcrest. (S Grose)

St Michael Penkevil Church: 1 Spotted Flycatcher. (S Grose)

St Clement to Tresillian: 4 Whimbrel, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Coot (Tresemple Pool), 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Stock Dove calling, 3 Reed Warbler. (T Wilson, M Jones)

Truro: 1 Red Kite over high at 2.30pm. (T Wilson)

Predannack to Soapy Cove loop: 3 Cuckoo, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 3 Sedge Warbler, 24 Wheatear, 11 Willow Warbler, 17 Whitethroat, 5 Blackcap, 13 Chiffchaff, 4 Golden Plover, 1 Curlew. (J Drage Hubert, K Mighell)

Roseland Coast Path: 3 Cirl Bunting, 7 Linnet, 4+ Whitethroat, 2 Wheatear (m&f), 2 Stonechat (m&f), 2 Wren, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Blue Tit, 12+ Skylark, 2 Swallow, 1 Kestrel, 8 Raven, 2 Magpie. Also 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 7 Shag on rocks below cliffs and 9 Herring Gull over. (C Taylor)

Lizard: 4 Whitethroat. (T Culmer)

Goss Moor: 3 Red Kite heading SW towards St Dennis (15:00), 4 Grasshopper Warbler reeling, many Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff and Blackcap, 1 Swallow, Merlin app identified a Willow Tit close to the boardwalk but not seen. (M Brooks & J Piper)

De Lank Water Works: 6 Wheatear (pairing up), 1 Mistle Thrush (singing), 1 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk (over), numbers of Willow Warbler & Chiffchaff. Also 4 Orange Tip Butterfly. (J St Ledger)

Garrow Tor: 3 Cuckoo, numbers of Skylark and Meadow Pippit. Also 3 Red Deer. (J St Ledger)

Penwood House: 1 male Common Redstart (singing). (J St Ledger)

Marazion Marsh RSPB: 1 Wren, 12 Linnet, 8 Dunnock, 3 Cetti’s Warbler heard, 4 Magpie, 9 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 11 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 11 Whimbrel over towards the beach, 50+ Canada Goose 10.10 – 11.10. (M Webb). Also 17 Whimbrel, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 10 Dunlin, 5 Ringed Plover, 1 Sanderling, 2 Great Northern Diver offshore 8am. (R Hamilton-Ahearne) 

Tregonetha Downs: c12 Willow Warbler, 6 Linnet, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Chaffinch. (A Langdon)

Kynance Cove: 1 Cuckoo heard. (A Dennis)

Goonhilly: 1 Cuckoo heard. (A Dennis)

RSPB Marazion Marsh: 3 Sedge Warbler, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 3 Stonechat, 2 Linnet, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret. (R Hamilton-Ahearne)

St Ives Island: 8 Purple Sandpiper still present. (A Lobb)

Foage Valley, Zennor: 2 Cuckoo – one on the Western side and Southern end, a second on the Eastern side. (A Lobb)

Bussow Reservoir: 1 Cuckoo at the Southern end, 1 Common Sandpiper at the Northern end. (A Lobb)

 

 

Late Submission, 18/04/26, Vellan Head: 1 Cuckoo heard. (A Dennis)

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Woodchat Shrike - Steve Bury
Linnet - V Booth
Meadow Pipit - V Booth
Greenshank - R Napp
Whimbrel - R Napp
Wheatear - C Taylor
Cirl Bunting - C Taylor
Whitethroat - T Culmer
Cuckoo - J St Ledger
Little Egret - M Webb
Wren - M Webb
Willow Warbler - A Langdon
Lesser Whitethroat - J Drage Hubert
Common Sandpiper - A Lobb
Purple Sandpiper - A Lobb