Sunday 5th April 2026

Sunday 5th April 2026

Chapel Amble: Killdeer still. (MO) drk Mandarin over, 1 Green Sandpiper, 6 Sand Martin. (R Veal)

Hayle Causeway: 1 Bonaparte’s Gull (2cy), 48 Common Gull. (P Wiltshire)

Land’s End: Short-eared Owl this a’noon, fields right of cycle track 1510-1520, quartering then appeared to go to ground and lost. (P Smale)

East Pentire (07.00-08.40): 40000+ Manx Shearwater, 5 Fulmar, 14 Kittiwake. (S Rowe)

Tregardock to Start Point (Coast Path): 3 Swallow, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 3 Carrion Crow, 1 Rock Pipit, 4 Stonechat. (J Burges)

Crowdy Reservoir: 4 Tufted Duck, 8 Sand Martin, c150 Golden Plover. (R Veal)

Golitha Falls Nature Reserve: 1 Dipper, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker. ( J Savage)

Pentewan: 5 Sandwich Tern along the beach, plus 1 Sand Martin in the harbour. (I Toogood-Johnson)

Truro, Boscowan Park: 13 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Greenshank, 1 Redshank. (T Wilson)

Ladock: 1 Red Kite. (P. Wilkins)

Charlestown: 14 Sandwich Tern. (S Grose)

St Dennis, Hendra Pit: 7 Tufted Duck, 2 Coot, 1 Moorhen, 1 Cormorant, 1m Kestrel, 2 Ringed Plover. (S Grose)

Polperro: 1 Swallow, 12 House Sparrow, 4 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Robin ,1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Raven, 6 Jackdaw. (A Matthews)

Downderry: 1 Common Scoter, 1 Red-throated Diver, 9 Great Northern Diver, 24 Common Gull and 1 Little Gull (2s) early morning. (A Payne)

Trewince Farm, Portscatho: 1 Swallow, 2 Skylark. (S Ford)

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Sand Martin, Walmsley Sanctuary, 5/04/2026. Dean Pollard