Thursday 1st October 2026

Thursday 1st October 2026

Siblyback Lake: Cormorant; Grey Heron; Little Grebe; Greylag Goose; Canada Geese; Coot; Teal; Herring Gull; Great Black-backed Gull; Lesser Black-backed Gull; Black-headed Gull; Dunlin; 5 Ringed Plover; 1 Pectoral Sandpiper;1 Buff-breasted Sandpiper; Great Spotted Woodpecker; Green Woodpecker; 3 Buzzard; Pied Wagtail; Meadow Pipit; Nuthatch; Dunnock; Wren; Robin; Stonechat; Wheatear; Blackbird; Chiffchaff; Great Tit; Blue Tit; Coal Tit; Chaffinch; Goldfinch; House Sparrow; Linnet; Jay; Magpie; Jackdaw; Crow; 2 Raven ( G Ashfield, A Lake et al )

Devoran Quay: 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 Spotted Redshank, 50 Redshank, 7 Greenshank, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Knot, 39 Dunlin, 8 Ringed Plover, 1 Osprey, 25 Teal, 2 Little Grebe, 20 Mediterranean Gull. (T Wilson)

Davidstow Airfield: 4 Buff-breasted Sandpipers with Ringed Plover flock this morning, Yellow-legged Gull. (A Tomkins) 3 Buff-breasted Sandpipers, 12 Ringed Plover. (G Fisher)

Pendeen Watch 7-12:30: 55 Sooty Shearwater, 5 Balearic Shearwater, 7 Grey Phalarope, 1 European Storm Petrel, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 juv. Long-tailed Skua, 1 Great Skua, 1 ad. Pomarine Skua. 7 Arctic Skua, 7 Sabine’s Gull all juvs, 2 Black Tern, 19 Arctic Tern, 40 Common Tern, 91 Sandwich Tern, 1 Pintail, 2 Teal, 34 Common Scoter, 1 juv Little Gull. (S Rodgers, G Lawler, et al)

Drift Reservoir: juv Spotted Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper and female Red-crested Pochard late morning (D Barber)

Point Quay: 1 Common Tern. (T Wilson)

Hayle Estuary B3301 Causeway: 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 7 Redshank, 1 Curlew, 200+ Wigeon, 200+ Teal, 27 Mallard, 1 Canada Goose, 3 juv Cormorant, 250+ mixed Gull flock. Ryan’s Field: 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Curlew, 6 Redshank, 3 Little Egret, 7 Black-headed Gull 15.20 – 16.20. (M Webb)

Porthgwarra: Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Pied Flycatcher. (M Wallace)

Halvanna: 2 Whinchat, 2 Meadow Pipit, 60+Linnet, 1 Coal tit, 4 Blue Tit 2 Goldcrest, 4 Robin, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 1 Buzzard, 1 Pied Wagtail, 4 Stonechat, 1 Wood Pigeon, 20+Lesser Black backed Gull, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Dunnock. ( J Goodair)

Colliford Lake: 4 Whinchat, 30 Lesser Black-backed gulls, 20 Carrion Crow, 50+ Canada Geese, 25 Rooks, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, c20 Jackdaw, 1 Pheasant, 1 Robin, 1 Buzzard, 2 Dunnock, c12 Meadow pipit 1 Pied Wagtail. (J Goodair)

Cubert Common/Tresean: 1 Wryneck. (S Grose)

Helston, Loe Pool and Degibna: 13 Great Crested Grebe, 21 Cormorant, 1 Firecrest (others heard), 1 Blue Tit, 2 Blackbird, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 7 Lapwing (4 on Loe Pool & 3 in field behind Degibna Chapel), 1 Grey Wagtail. (J Warner)

Porth Reservoir: 1 Firecrest, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Teal, 11 Coot, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 3 Jay, 2 Cormorant, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Stock Dove. (S Grose)

Polgigga, Ardensawah Farm: Turtle Dove. (SM Cox)

East Pentire (07.50-11.10): 1 Sooty Shearwater, 10 Balearic Shearwater, 92 Manx Shearwater, 3 juv Sabine’s Gull (09.28), 1 Black Tern, 59 ‘Commic’ Tern, 13 Sandwich Tern, 4 Grey Phalarope, 2 Knot, 2 Dunlin, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Whimbrel, 34 Common Scoter, 4 Mediterranean Gull, 4 Arctic Skua, c100 Kittiwake, c5000 Auk sp mostly Razorbill. (S Rowe)

Siblyback Lake: 27 Little Grebe (3 groups of 12, 11 and 4), 21 Eurasian Teal, 40+ Meadow Pipit, 4 Eurasian Coot, 3 Goldcrest, 3 European Stonechat, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Common Reed Bunting, 1 Northern Wheatear, 1 European Robin, 1 European Goldfinch, 3 Common Chaffinch, 1 Cormorant. (A Swanson)

Wadebridge: 1 Redshank, 10 Curlew, 7 Whimbrel, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 9 Greylag Geese, 200 + Canada Geese, 8 Little Egret, 7 Cormorant, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Common Snipe. (V Booth)

Late submission 30/09 Trevilley: Party of 7 Jays crossing the road. (J Hawkey )

Late submission 30/09 Parc Eglos, Helston: @ 10:55pm: 2 Tawny Owls heard. (S Ford)

Late submission 30/09 Portheras: 1 Yellow-browed Warbler. (P Combridge)

Late submission 30/09 Pendeen: 1 Yellow-browed Warbler. (P Combridge)

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Buff-breasted Sandpiper. Andy Tomkins
Buff-breasted Sandpiper. Andy Tomkins
Whimbrel. Vic Booth
Cormorant. Vic Booth
Stonechat. Alastair Swanson
Reed Bunting. Alistair Swanson
Wheatear. Alistair Swanson
Turtle Dove. Steve Cox
Turtle Dove. Steve Cox
Cormorant. Jonathan Warner
Firecrest. Jonathan Warner
Great Crested Grebe. Jonathan Warner
Whinchat. Jasmina Goodair
Buff-breasted Sandpiper. Gill Fisher
Buff-breasted Sandpiper. Gill Fisher
Curlew. Martin Webb
Bar-tailed Godwit. Martin Webb
Black-tailed Godwit. Martin Webb
Yellow-legged Gull. Andy Tomkins
Lesser Yellowlegs. Tony Wilson