Thursday 16th April 2026

Thursday 16th April 2026

Nanquidno: Woodchat Shrike. (A Khan)

Trewyn Gardens, St Ives: Pallas’s Warbler showing well. 1 Yellow-browed Warbler; m Blackcap & Chiffchaff, Holly Blue butterfly. (J Hawkey)

Loe Pool: 2 pr of Great Crested Grebe, 1 Sparrowhawk (m). (P Wiltshire)

Penzance Harbour & Battery Rocks: 36 Purple Sandpiper, 2 Sanderling, 1 Great Northern Diver, 2 Guillemot, 4 Rock Pipit, 2 Sandwich Tern, 1 Turnstone, 1 Oystercatcher, 7 Shag, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 4 Pied Wagtail. (R Beesly)

Scillonian 111 – Penzance to Wolf Rock: 1 Great Northern Diver, 3 Sandwich Tern, 700+ Manx Shearwater, 300+ Guillemot, 100+ Razorbill, 30+ Kittiwake, 3 Fulmar, 30+ Shag, 50+ Gannet, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, Wolf Rock to St Mary’s: 100+ Manx Shearwater, 7 Guillemot, 3 Razorbill, 3 Kittiwake, 20+ Shag, 15 Gannet, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 4 Lesser Black Backed Gull, St Mary’s to Wolf Rock: 1 Puffin, 1 Great Northern Diver, 5 Sandwich Tern, 1050+ Manx Shearwater, 40+ Guillemot, 20+ Razorbill, 3 Fulmar, 8 Kittiwake, 25+ Shag, 18 Gannet, 8 Great Black-backed Gull, Wolf Rock to Penzance: 2 Puffin, 1 Common Tern, 600+ Manx Shearwater, 300+ Guillemot, 150+ Razorbill, 5 Fulmar, 25+ Kittiwake, 25+ Shag, 50+ Gannet, 7 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Rock Pipit. (R Beesly)

Tresillian: 7 Whimbrel roosting on the mini island at high tide. (A Nicholson)

Spit beach Par: 5 Whimbrel, 6 Eider, 1 Raven (1800hrs). (N Best)

Dodman Point: 4 singing Whitethroat. (T Potterton)

Portscatho: 6 Great Northern Diver, 1 Black-throated Diver, 2 Guillemot, 2 Whimbrel, 4 Swallow (over), 1 Skylark (singing). (J St Ledger)

Portscatho to Towan beach: 8 Whimbrel. 1 Great Northern Diver. (A Roberts)

Truro, Sunny Corner: 1 Whimbrel, 1 Greenshank. (T Wilson)

Devoran: 16 Whimbrel, 23 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank. (T Wilson)

Point: 22 Little Egret, at least 8 nests, one with 2 young. (T Wilson)

St Gothian LNR: Sand Martin. (S Rogers) Also: Cetti’s Warbler, Whitethroat, 50+ Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, Raven, Reed Warblers and Linnets. (A Holmes)

Respryn: 2 Dunnock, 5 Robin, 4 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 1 Goldfinch, 2 Bullfinch, 8 Chaffinch, 1 Blackcap, 4 Blackbird, 1 Dipper, 2 Wood Pigeon, 2 Buzzard. (I & C Sowerby)

Lanhydrock: 3 Wren, 1 Robin, 3 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Pied Wagtail, 8 Jackdaw, 3 Wood Pigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Red Kite. (I & C Sowerby)

Bowling Green: 1f Blackcap in private garden. (K Hill)

Goss Moor: 2 Canada Goose, 1 Buzzard, 2 Song Thrush, 5 Blackcap, 1 Grasshopper Warbler (reeling), lots of Willow Warbler & Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, 3 Marsh Tit, 1 Jay, 4 Chaffinch, 3 Linnet, 2 Goldfinch. (C.Yates.) Also: 3 Grasshopper Warbler reeling, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Cuckoo calling, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, several Willow Warblers and Chiffchaffs. (G May)

Minions: Cuckoo, c2 Common Redstart, Pied Wagtail, Stonechat, Meadow Pipit, Northern Wheatear. (S Beazley)

Boscastle: (Penally Hill area) 4 Common Whitethroat, c12 Linnet, c10 Goldfinch, Large numbers of Shearwater close in heading west. (P Smith)

Carnmenellis: 1 Cuckoo, 1 Whitethroat, 8 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Stonechat. (S Van Hear)

Clodgy Point, St Ives: 1 Grasshopper Warbler. (E Pearce-Taylor)

Carnkie, Helston: 7.05am 1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling. (A Lea)

Little London Beach: 18 Whimbrel over flying west, 2 Great Northern Diver, 20+ Gannet feeding close in.. (R Hamilton-Ahearne )

Rosenannon Downs: 5 Yellowhammer. (N Dave)

Late submission 13/4/26 Par Beach: 15 Eider (10m ,5f),  1 probable Black-necked Grebe f, 1 Swallow. (A Nicholson)

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Yellowhammer. Neil Dave
Meadow Pipit. Steve Beazley
Wheatear. Steve Beazley
Robin. Ian Sowerby
Blackcap Kathryn Hill
Sand Martin. Steve Rogers
Woodchat Shrike. Aadil Khan
Woodchat Shrike. Aadil Khan
Great Northern Diver. John St Ledger
Sand Martin. Adam Holmes
Swallow. Adam Holmes