Sunday 5th November 2023

Sunday 5th November 2023

Dozmary Pool: 2 (m+f) Lesser Scaup, 1m Ring Neck Duck, 3 Pochard, 2 Shoveler, 2 Little Grebe and 5 Tufted Duck. (G Hayman) In addition, 17 Tufted Duck, 7 Shoveler & 1 female Lesser Scaup. (P Kemp)

Trevilley, Sennen: 1 f/imm Serin with chaffinch/ goldfinch flock. (P St Pierre)

Penberth: 1 Waxwing (near start of residents only section of road, possibly another heard near the cove), 5 Siskin. (N Rogers)

Lelant Saltings, Hayle: 1m Green-winged Teal, 2 Goosander, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Black-tailed Godwit and 2 Greenshank. (J Chapman)

Copperhouse Creek, Hayle: 1 Pink-footed Goose, juvenile Spoonbill, juvenile Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Greenshank, 20 Mediterranean Gull. (J Chapman, D Eva)

Pendeen: (07:00-13:45) 2 Little Auk, 2 Little Gull, 4 Red-throated Diver, 4 Great Northern Diver, 18 Storm Petrel, 9 Fulmar, 7 Great Shearwater, 10 Sooty Shearwater, 60 Manx Shearwater, 1 Balearic Shearwater, 21 Common Scoter, 3 Great Skua, 1 Mediterranean Gull and 2 Common Gull. (S Rogers, P Marshall, et al)

Skewjack: 2+ Swallow. (P St Pierre)

Drift Reservoir: 2 (m+f) Greater Scaup, 1 Common Scoter, 3 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Grebe. (G Hayman) In addition, 1 f Common Scoter, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 3 m Tufted Duck, 7 Little Grebe, 1 juvenile Cormorant. (T Mills)

Penzance: 1 Red-throated Diver in the Harbour and 8 Purple Sandpiper at roost. (A McKechnie) In addition, 1 Sparrowhawk over Lidden Crescent. (T Mills)

Penzance Wherrytown: 1 juvenile Eider, 1 Shag, 15 Turnstone, 6 Rock Pipit, 1 Meadow Pipit, 5 Pied Wagtail this morning. (M Webb)

Newlyn Harbour: 25+ Turnstone and 3 Shag this morning. (M Webb)

Mounts Bay: 2 Great Northern Diver, 45 Brent Geese. (R Hamilton-Ahearne)

Carnsew Basin, Hayle: Great Northern Diver. (M James)

Porthoustock: Great Northern Diver. (S Wood)

Loe Valley, Helston: 11 Firecrest, 1 Wigeon, 2 Gadwall, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Teal. (I Maclean)

Porthleven: 3 Mediterranean Gulls. (I Maclean)

Mylor Creek: 6 Firecrest. (G Wills and N Walton)

Weir Quay: 1 Common Tern fishing off the beach before flying towards Devoran. (G Wills and N Walton

Stithians Feeder Hide: 1 Marsh Tit. (R Bowyer)

Swanpool Beach: 1 Great Northern Diver close to beach shore (R Bowyer)

Tregew and Roundwood: c 120 Skylark, 70 Chaffinch, 26 Meadow Pipit, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Cirl Bunting, 1 Firecrest. (D Peers)

Carbis Moor: 1 Brambling, 30+ Chaffinch, 20+ Goldfinch, 7 Greenfinch, 3 Marsh Tit, 5 Coal Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Great Spotted Woddpecker m&f, 2 Jay, 5 Collared Dove, numerous Blue and Great Tit, 1 Wren, 3 Robin, 4 Dunnock, 10+ Redwing, 3 Carrion Crow, 6 Jackdaw, 2 Magpie, 3 Blackbird, 2 Roe Deer Hinds, 1 Grey Squirrel, 1 Red Admiral in private garden. (V Booth)

Par Beach Pool: 1f Pintail, 5 Tufted Duck, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Grebe, Black headed Gulls with black plastic ring XH5K and Lithiuan metal ringed HA18:784 still present. (S Grose)

St Andrews Pond: 1 Marsh Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 9 Teal. (S Grose)

Par Market, East carpark: 2 Mistle Thrush and 1 Nuthatch. (S Grose)

Nine Maidens, Winnards Perch: 210 Mediterranean Gull, 40 Common Gull. (B & L Bosisto)

Wadebridge: 1 Green Sandpiper & 1 Redshank on Treraven Marsh. (P Kemp)

Walmsley Reserve: 9 Cattle Egret, 1 Spoonbill, 2 Water Pipit, 4 Barnacle Goose, ad Mediterranean Gull, 20 Lapwing, 1 Green Sandpiper, 200 Golden Plover. (B & L Bosisto) In addition, Woodpigeon, 2 Cormorant, Black-headed Gull, c100 Curlew, c50 Starling, 10 Blue Tit, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 7 Little Egret, 13 Cattle Egret, 100+ Canada Goose, 3 Mute Swan, 24 Shoveler, 7 Grey Heron, 1 Spoonbill, Mallard, 4 Greylag Goose, 5 Barnacle Goose, 1 Linnet, c50 Teal, 82 Redshank, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Chaffinch, 2 Great Tit, 2 Meadow Pipit, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Gadwall, 40 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Marsh Harrier (m), Jackdaw, 2 Stonechat, 3 Goldfinch, 1 Magpie, 1 Buzzard, 1 Robin, 1 Jay (G Horsley)

Chapel Amble: 4 Barnacle Goose, 7 Greylag, 11 Teal & 4 Curlew, opposite car park. (P Kemp)

Davidstow Airfield: 1 adult Yeloow-legged Gull. (D Julian)

Maer Lake: 2 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 41 Canada Goose, 19 Wigeon, 2 Shoveler, c50 Teal, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 13 Curlew, 1 Redshank and c150 Lapwing. (P Roseveare) In addition,  1 Grey Heron, 3 Moorhen, 38 Canada Geese, 1 Hybrid Canada Goose, 42 Teal, 28 Wigeon, 2 Shoveler, 17 Mallard, 13 Curlew, 6 Black-Tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 63 Lapwing, 120+ of mix corvids mostly Carrion Crows, 4 Raven, 2 Stonechat. (N Bastin)

River Neet Estuary: 2 Cormorant, 2 Common Sandpiper, 120 Black-headed Gull, 4 Mediterranean Gull, 12 Rock Pipit, 8 Meadow Pipit, 4 Stonechat, 6 Pied Wagtail. (N Bastin)

Upper Tamar Lake: 5 Willow Tit, 2 Marsh Tit, 7 Coal Tit, 9 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit this morning. (R Mudge)

Lower Tamar Lake: 2 Goosanders 1m 1f (06:30), 2 Willow Tit, 9 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Cormorant, 1 Marsh Tit, 3 Coal Tit, 10 Coot, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Jays. (R Mudge)

Downderry: moving west (0720-0830) were 11 Little Egret, 74 Gannet, 11 Common Gull, 8 Mediterranean Gull, 21 Black-headed Gull and 44 Kittiwake. (A Payne)

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Waxwing – Nigel Rogers
Green-winged Teal – Regina Griffiths
Green-winged Teal – Regina Griffiths
Red-throated Diver – Alex McKechnie
Eider – Martin Webb
Turnstone – Martin Webb
Rock Pipit – Martin Webb
Great Northern Diver – Steven Wood
Gadwall – Ilya Maclean
Common Sandpiper – Ilya Maclean
Marsh Tit – Rebecca Bowyer
Great Northern Diver – Rebecca Bowyer
Brambling – Vic Booth
Marsh Tit – Vic Booth
Cormorant – Nigel Bastin
Great Northern Diver – Mark James