Drift Reservoir: 1 Black Kite over. (A Holmes) Also, 1 juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 2 juv Arctic Tern, 1 Garganey, 4 Greenshank, 5 Green Sandpiper, 11 Common Sandpiper, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Marsh Harrier. (J Ryan et al)
Lizard Point: (07:20 – 12:00) 1 Wilson’s Petrel, 3 Sabine’s Gull, c250 Great Shearwater, 500+ Cory’s Shearwater, 20 European Storm Petrel and 2 Skuas sp too distant to identify. (R Wilkins)
Porthgwarra: (06:20-17:20): 1200+ Cory’s Shearwater, 450+ Great Shearwater, 7 Balearic Shearwater, 40 Sooty Shearwater, 6 Wilson’s Petrel, 47 Storm Petrel, 8 Long-tailed Skua, ad Sabine’s Gull, 6 Great Skua, 1 Black Tern, 31 Arctic Tern, 1 Puffin, 1 Whimbrel, 3 Grey Phalarope, 4 Kittiwake. (S Rogers, M Wallace et al) In addition, 1 juvenile Sabine’s Gull, 1 Grey Phalarope, c250 Cory’s Shearwater, c80 Great Shearwater, 9 Sooty Shearwater and 4 Arctic Tern past the evening. (I Prentice)
St Ives Island: 2 Sabine’s Gull, 4 Balearic Shearwater, 200+ European Storm Petrel, 2 Pomarine Skua and 1 Arctic Skua. (A Holmes, A Lobb et al)
The Bottoms, St Buryan: 1 Firecrest. (A Richardson)
Zennor: 1 Wryneck in Foage Valley and 2 Yellow Wagtail at Trewey Common. (J Machin)
Newlyn Harbour: 39 Turnstone, 3 (2ad 1juv) Shag, 5 (2ad 3juv) Cormorant, 1 Black-headed Gull, 50+ Great Black-backed Gull (1 3rd winter ringed left leg white ring, red lettering P:72F, metal ring on right leg, 1 juv ringed right leg white ring, red lettering L:KC0, metal ring on left leg), 20+ Herring Gull. (M Webb) In addition, 15+ Turnstone and 4 Rock Pipit. (G Gillard)
Tolcarne Bridge: 1m Grey Wagtail. (M Webb)
Trenow, Perranuthnoe: 2 Whimbrel (1 ad & 1 juv), 3 Little Egret, 9 Black-headed Gull, foraging in fresh seaweed deposit. (P K Bray)
Hayle: 94+ Black-headed Gull, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 140+ Canada Goose, 40+ Curlew, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 40+ Dunlin, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Greenshank, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Knot, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Little Egret, 45+ Mallard, 5 Oystercatcher, 6 Redshank, 50+ Ringed Plover, 6 Sanderling, 1 Spotted Redshank, 6+ Whimbrel, 1 Common Darter, 6 Large White Butterfly, 2 Speckled Wood Butterfly. (J Rogers)
Stithians, Stuart Hutchins Hide: 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Curlew, 1 Greenshank, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Snipe, 2 Lapwing, 1 Arctic Tern, 2 Raven. (S Van Hear, J St Ledger) In addition, 1 Osprey, 35 Little Grebe, 1 Teal, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Grey Wagtail. (T Wilson)
St Just in Roseland: 1 Green Woodpecker and 3 Clouded Yellow Butterfly. (B King)
Point Quay & Devoran: 1 Osprey off Devoran quay, 1 Spotted Redshank off Point quay, 93 Mediterranean Gull in low tide roost. (A Tomlin, J Drage Hubert) In addition, 3 Mute Swan, 63 Curlew, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Redshank, 24 Oystercatcher, c 160 Black-headed Gull, 1 Little Egret. (A Kirk)
St Andrews Pool: 1m Mandarin, escaped 1 Fulvous Whistling Duck, 2 Call Duck, 1pr Mute Swan with 3 cygnets and 2 Marsh Tit. (S Grose)
Par Beach Pool: 5 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Wagtail. (S Grose)
Par Beach River: 7 Mute Swan, 2 Dipper. (S Grose)
Gannel Estuary: 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Chiffchaff and 1 Kingfisher. (S Grose)
East Pentire (06:45-09:30): 20 Cory’s Shearwater, 8 Balearic Shearwater, 3 Sooty Shearwater, 2 Storm Petrel, 1 Grey Phalarope, 1 Whimbrel, 3 Turnstone, 2 Arctic Skua, 3 Arctic Tern, 4 ‘commic’ Tern, 4 Sandwich Tern. (D Grose, N Long, S Rowe, M Lammas)
Middle Amble: 3 Common Kestrel, 1 Kingfisher and 1 Grey Heron. (H Street)
Davidstow: Constant stream of Swallows, (adult and juvenile) heading SW into the wind. Lots taking a break on the runway, Also, 20+ Linnets, 3 Wheatear, 10+ Meadow Pipit. (V Booth)
Late submission, 30/08, Pendeen: 1 Purple Sandpiper and 11 Turnstone. (P Combridge)
Late submission, 30/08, Downderry: 22 Balearic Shearwater west before 08:00. (A Payne)
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