Sunday 27th September 2026

Sunday 27th September 2026

Drift Reservoir: 1 Juvenile Spotted Sandpiper in North East corner showed distantly, then flew and landed by Dam and showed well. (K&AR Oram). Also 1 Spotted Sandpiper, 6 Ringed Plover. (A Lea)

Gannel Estuary: 1 Glossy Ibis, 23 Cattle Egret, 11 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper. (S Rowe)

Sweetshouse, Bodmin: 1 Little Egret. (C Harrison)

Pendeen: 1 Yellow-browed Warbler. (P Combridge)

Camel Estuary, Old Town Cove to Slate Quarry: 8 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 3 Greenshank, 1 Kingfisher calling. (G Williams)

Downderry: 0730-0900, 6 Common Scoter, 510+ Gannet, 1 Great Skua, 7 Mediterranean Gull and a Sandwich Tern West, 1 Common Tern and a probable Arctic Skua East. Inshore 18 Oystercatcher. Later a Hummingbird Hawkmoth and a Clouded Yellow. (A Payne)

East Pentire: 4 Common Tern. (S Rowe)

St Ives Island – 12-5:30pm: 1 Juv Sabine’s Gull, 2 Pomarine Skua (1 adult, 1 juvenile in bay chasing gulls), 1 European Storm Petrel, 1 Balearic Shearwater, 2 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Grey Phalarope, 19 Golden Plover, 12 Sanderling, 3 Dunlin, 4 Knot, 1 Whimbrel, 18 Arctic Tern, 27 Common/Commic Tern, 5 Sandwich Tern, 1 winter plumage Great Northern Diver. (A Lobb)

Tamar Valley (A38 from Plymouth to Bodmin): 1 Common Crane. (S Wilson)

 

Late Submission, 26/09/26, Drift Reservoir: 1 juvenile Spotted Sandpiper, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 7 Cormorant, 2 Chiffchaff, 5 Long Tailed Tit, 1 Common Buzzard. (M Jones). Also Spotted Sandpiper near dam, Great Crested Grebe, 2 Grey Wagtail. (D King)

Late Submission, 26/09/26, Long Rock Pool: 3 Bearded Tit 0830 – 0850. Also
2 Kingfisher, 1 Mediterranean Gull with 2 Black-headed Gull briefly in afternoon. (D King)

Late Submission, 26/09/26, Marazion Marsh RSPB:- At least 1 Cattle Egret at west end in afternoon, 3 Kingfisher. (D King)

Late Submission, 26/09/26, Land’s End: 1 Wryneck, 1 Tree Pipit, 5 Jay, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Blackcap. (P St Pierre)

Late Submission, 26/09/26, Roskestal, Porthgwarra: 1 Great White Egret flew west late afternoon. (H Bradshaw)

Late Submission, 26/09/26, Tregudda Gorge (Padstow): 2 Chough feeding. (J Channell)

Late Submission, 26/09/26, Camel Estuary (Old Town Cove): 3 Little Egret, 8 Curlew, 25 Oystercatcher, 5 Greenshank, 2 Dunlin, 5 Mute Swan, 2 Grey Heron. (G Lynes)

 

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Spotted Sandpiper - M Jones
Spotted Sandpiper - K Oram
Spotted Sandpiper - D King
Curlew & Black-headed Gull - G Lynes
Spotted Sandpiper - A Lea
Greenshank - G Williams
Bar-tailed Godwit - G Williams
Glossy Ibis - S Rowe