Sunday 20th November 2022

Sunday 20th November 2022

Scewjack: 1 Pallid Harrier and 1 Hen Harrier at the Old Potatoe Wash Plant, where they engaged in aerial combat by locking talons together eventually causing the Pallid to leave the area. (R Wilkins)

Nanjizal Area: Short-toed Lark still in the area. (P St Pierre)

Pendeen: (07:45-14:30) 1 Leach’s Petrel, 1 juvenile Long-tailed Skua, 4 Pomarine Skua (3 juv 1 ad fem), 3 Great Skua, 3 Arctic Skua, 1 Black-throated Diver, 2 Great Northern Diver, 4 Red-throated Diver, 3 Common Gull, 2 Little Gull, 3 Grey Phalarope, 3 Great Shearwater, 11 Sooty Shearwater, 34 Manx Shearwater, 2 Grey Plover, 13 Common Scoter and 1 Teal. (S Rogers, M Elliott, G Lawlor, M McKee, N Rogers, P Marshall)

RSPB Hayle Estuary: 1 Caspian Gull, 1 Yellow legged Gull, 41 Common Gull, 63 Lesser Black- backed Gull, 39 Mediterranean Gull, 25 Great Black backed Gull, 2 Goosander,16 Shelduck, 7 Grey Plover, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Bar tailed Godwit, 5 Black tailed Godwit, 16 Oystercatcher, 200+Dunlin,300+ Golden Plover,17 Curlew, 19 Cormorant, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Scandinavian? Rock Pipit with orange plastic ring on right leg: EMN. (S Grose)

Lands End: 4 Goosander, 1 Willow warbler, 1 Woodcock, 2 Chough, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap. 200+ Gannet feeding off Armed knight. (P St Pierre)

Porthcurnick: 6 Grey Plover and c20 Dunlin. (K Williams & K Foster)

Amalveor: c90 Golden Plover. (R Menari)

Brane: 1 Merlin over heathland viewed from the A30. (P St Pierre)

Lighthouse Pier, Penzance: 46 Purple Sandpiper at their high tide roost. (P Moore)

Marazion Marsh RSPB: (10.00 – 10.45) 2 m&f Stonechat, 1 Meadow Pipit, 1m Blackbird, 1 Little Egret, 3 (1m 2f) Teal. (M Webb) Also reported, 2 Water Rail, 1 Firecrest, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Cettis Warbler, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 6 Moorhen, 2 Stonechat (m+f). (R Ahearne-Hamilton)

St Ives Island: (12:40 – 16:15) 1 juvenile Eider, 32 Common Scoter, 2 Grey Phalarope, 2 Purple Sandpiper, 3 Dunlin, 1 Arctic Skua, 3 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Red-throated Diver, 3 Black-throated Diver, 2 Great Northern Diver, 2 Manx Shearwater, 1m Kestrel, 1f Stonechat. Also, 1 Bluefin Tuna, 1 Harbour Porpoise, 2 Common Dolphin. (P Nason)

St Ives: 1 Great Northern Diver, 1 m Eider, 2 Yellow Legged Gull, 47 Turnstone. (S Grose)

Berkeley Cottages, Falmouth: 1 fem Black Redstart. (S Van Hear)

Castle Beach, Falmouth: 1 Meadow Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Black-headed Gull, 8 Shag. (S Van Hear)

Swanpool Beach, Falmouth: 8 Common Scoter. ((M Broadbent, E Cornelius, J St Ledger & R Bowyer)

Towan Beach: 57 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Curlew, 10 Turnstone, 5 Sanderling and 1 Oystercatcher. (J Holmes)

College Reservoir, Penryn: 4 Woodcock, c25 Snipe and a Water Rail seen/heard at dusk and then 7 Woodcock, 6 Snipe and 3 roosting Linnets found with a thermal scope. (F Hutchinson, O Wainwright)

Creegbrawse,Chacewater: 1 Firecrest. (B Toms)

Portscatho: 50+ Turnstone feeding on Tatam’s Beach. (R Sharp)

Perranporth: 3 Grey Phalarope, 2 Sanderling , 1 Red-throated Diver, 4 Manx Shearwater flew west 8:30-9:30. 1 Kittiwake on the beach . (B Bosisto)

Perranporth Golf Course: 6 Chough feeding on the course, 1f Black Redstart, flock of c50 Lapwing flew over. (S Ashby)

Towan Head: 4 Red-throated Diver, 3 Great Northern Diver, 8 Manx Shearwater, 2 Grey Phalarope, c500 Kittiwake, 3 Mediterranean Gull, 4 Common Gull. (S Rowe, D Grose)

Boscundle Woods, Tregrehan: 1 Green Woodpecker. (I Stewart)

Coombe: 1 drake Pintail. (P Wheeler)

Porth Reservoir: 8 Woodpigeon, 5 Blackbird, 3 Pheasant, 32 Coot, 22 Mallard, 8 Great-crested Grebe, 49 Herring Gull, 12 Carrion Crow, 8 Black-headed Gull, 2 Moorhen, 6 Redwing, 2 Rook, 100+ Starling, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Mute Swan, 5 Teal, 1 Cormorant, 2 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 3 Jackdaw, 1 Wren, 2 Buzzard. (C & G Horsley)

Dennis Cove, Padstow: 9 Little Grebe on the pond this afternoon. (L Curry)

Bude Marsh: 1 Yellow-browed Warbler. (A Roberts)

Wacker: 54 Cattle Egret in cattle field at Wivelscombe, 74 Avocet, 34 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Little Egret, 2 Great Crested Grebe, c60 Teal, c50 Wigeon, Shelduck. (M & R Frost)

Kingsmill Lake: 1 juvenile Spoonbill, 72 Redshank, 5 Greenshank, 21 Avocet, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 32 Black-tailed Godwit, 51 Curlew, 17 Lapwing, c.180 Dunlin, 3 Pintail, 55+ Teal, 270+ Wigeon, 1 ad Kittiwake, & 1 1st w Common Gull. (P Kemp)

Late news, 19/11, Chapel Porth Valley: female / immature Red-backed Shrike late afternoon. (G Lawlor)

Late news, 19/11, Tresillian: 1 Firecrest in private garden in Polsue Way. (A Nicholson)

Late news, 16/11, Plaidy, near Looe: 1 Fulmar (on the cliff), 2 Whimbrel, 45 Oystercatcher, 20 Turnstone. Also 8 Greenfinch. (D Spooner)

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Green Woodpecker – Iain Stewart
Common Scoter – John St Ledger
Little Gull – Nigel Rogers
Leach’s Petrel – Nigel Rogers
Great Shearwater – Nigel Rogers
Pomarine Skua – Nigel Rogers
Little Egret – Martin Webb
Meadow Pipit – Martin Webb
Stonechat – Martin Webb
Possible Scandinavian Rock Pipit – Shaun Grose