Thursday 10th August 2023

Thursday 10th August 2023

Godrevy: 1 Storm Petrel, fewer than 1000 Manx Shearwater. (P Freestone)

Kynance: Chough, Skylark, 1 Wheatear, 1 fly-over Green Sandpiper. (D Collins)

Penryn: 1 Robin, 1 Goldfinch, 100+ Black Headed Gull, 20+ Herring Gull (mainly juv), 10+ Curlew, 4 Whimbrel, 50+ Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 6 Turnstone, 2 Dublin with 1 Ringed Plover, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Little Egret, 1 Shag, 6 Mute Swan, 6 Canada Goose. (T Chambers)

Falmouth Maritime Museum: 1 Sandwich Tern. (M Burnley)

Trevose Head: 3 Wheatear, 2 Chough, 3 Hummingbird Hawkmoth, 1 Southern Migrant Hawker, 2 Migrant Hawker. (B & L Bosisto)

Gluvian : 1 Swift , 1 Common Sandpiper. (B Bosisto)

Stithians Reservoir: 4 Common Sandpiper, 2 Dunlin, 1 Lapwing, 1 Curlew, 7 Great Crested Grebe. (J St Ledger, A Lea)

Hayle; Ryan’s Field RSPB: 3 Whimbrel, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 2 Curlew, 3 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher. (J St Ledger, A Lea)

Hayle Estuary RSPB: 2 Whimbrel, 30+ Curlew, 35+ Ringed Plover, 40 Dunlin. (J St Ledger, A Lea)

Walmsley:  1 Ruff, 4 Greenshank, 3 Shelduck, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Mute Swan, 2 Cattle Egret, 9 Canada Goose. (D Sharp).

Maer Lake: 2 Avocet, 2 Grey Heron – 1 devouring a large eel. ( C Judge)

Porthkidney Beach: 20 Little Tern. (J Fowler)

St Ives Island 08.29-09.20: ca 30 Manx Shearwaters/ minute, 3 Storm Petrel, 3 Grey Heron, ca 10 Common Dolphin (G Jones)

Par, Spit beach: 60+ Oystercatcher, 25 Ringed Plover, 18+ Curlew, c15 Dunlin, 8 Sanderling, c10 Turnstone, 6 Sandwich Tern. (R Hampshire)

Gannel estuary: Black-tailed Godwit on carpark mud, 1st for season in part summer plumage. ( M Lammas)

Late submission 09/08 Scillonian III, Penzance to Wolf Rock Lighthouse: 886, Manx Shearwaters,3, Rock Pipits, 6, Great Black-backed Gulls, 3, Shags, 1, Cormorant, 5, Sandwich Terns, 1, Black headed Gull, 1, Dunlin, 2, Common Scoter, 16, Herring Gulls, 66, Gannets, 1, Common Tern, 1, Kittiwake, 45, Fulmars (including 34 on a Fin Whale corpse}, 5, Guillemots, 182, Storm Petrels, 4, Whimbrel, 9, Cory’s Shearwaters, 18, Harbour Porpoise, 78, Common Dolphins, 5, Risso’s Dolphins, 1, Fin Whale, 1, Minke Whale, 4, Blue-finned Tuna. 

Wolf Rock Lighthouse to St. Marys Isles of Scilly: 30, Storm Petrels, 66, Manx Shearwaters, 1, Sooty Shearwater, 7, Great Shearwaters, 56, Gannets, 47, Cory’s Shearwaters, 1, Great Black-backed Gull, 105, Lesser Black-backed Gulls,      5, Shags, 3, Black-headed Gulls, 34, Common Dolphins, 5, Risso’s Dolphins, 6, Harbour Porpoise, 3, Blue Finned Tuna.

St. Marys, Isles of Scilly to Wolf Rock Lighthouse: (In thick fog) 6, Sandwich Terns, 1, Black Headed Gull, 1, Kittiwake, 1, Shag, 1, Manx Shearwater, 1, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2, Gannets, 4, Cory’s Shearwaters, 4 Common Dolphin.
Wolf Rock Lighthouse to Penzance: (In thick fog) 125, Gannets, 19 Cory’s Shearwaters, 9, Fulmars, 107 Manx Shearwaters, 3, Storm Petrels, 10, Guillemots, 6, Great Shearwaters, 2, Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 2, Herring Gulls, 4, Harbour Porpoise, 10, Common Dolphins. (V Stratton, B Craven)

Late submission 09/08 Seaton: Adult Spoonbill feeding on pool by car-park. (J Bland)

Late submission 06/08 St Ives Island: 24 Cattle Egret past. (P Nason per S Colenut)

DC

Ruff. Deena Sharp
Common Sandpiper. Adrian Lea
Lapwing. Adrian Lea
Curlew. Adrian Lea
Grey Heron. Adrian Lea
Little Egret. Adrian Lea
Dunlin. Adrian Lea