Drift Reservoir, NE Arm: 1 Glossy Ibis still, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 2 Ringed Plover, 8 Little Grebe and 1 Grey Heron. (T Mills) Also: 6 Common Sandpiper , 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 1 Ringed Plover (juvenile), 2 Great Black-backed Gull (amongst the Herring Gull). (M Hood )
Constantine (16.30): Honey Buzzard over house flying low to west. (D Collins)
Newquay, East Pentire: 19 Cory’s Shearwater, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Arctic Skua, 27 Whimbrel, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 3 ‘Commic’ Tern, 4 Sandwich Tern early am. (S Rowe, D Grose)
Truro: Private garden. Family of Spotted Flycatcher. (J Chapple)
St. John’s Lake: Kingfisher, Grey Heron. (J Brown & R Brown )
Windmill Farm: Wood Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper. (D Wright, S Bury)
Stithians Reservoir: 1 Osprey. (A Lea)
Stithians, Stuart Hutchings hide (am): 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 3 Curlew (one with rings Green over yellow), 20+ Ringed Plover, 20+ Dunlin, 12+ Little Grebe, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 7 Canada Geese, 3 Cormorants. (J Savage) Also: 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Godwit sp. (P Wiltshire)
Carnkie, Helston: 1 Grey Heron catching Brown Trout, 12+ Greenfinch, 1 Kingfisher. (A Lea)
Pendeen Watch: 5 Arctic Skua, 2 Great Skua, 750 Cory’s Shearwater, 50,000 Manx Shearwater, 6 Great Shearwater, 4 Sooty Shearwater, 14 Sandwich Tern, 1 Black Tern, 2 Common tern, 1 Wilson’s Petrel, 8 European Storm Petrel, 3 Common Scoter, 14 Teal. (S Rogers, M Elliott, J Overfield et al)
St Gothian Sands: 2 Little Grebe, 8 European Stonechat, 1 Northern Wheatear, 1 Rock Pipit, 2 Great Black-backed Gull. (A Swanson)
Hayle Estuary: 3 Ruff, 2 Wigeon ( D Eva ) Also 38 Eurasian Curlew, 50+ Common Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Common Redshank, 1 Common Shelduck (juv), 4 Great Black-backed Gull. (A Swanson)
Hayle Estuary/Carnsew Pool 13.25 – 14.45: 4 Whimbrel, 9 Curlew, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank, 1 Redshank, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Little Egret, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Cormorant, 30+ Black-headed Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 3 Rock Pipit. (M Webb)
Hayle (Copperhouse): 2 Eurasian Curlew, 1 Common Greenshank, 4 Eurasian Oystercatcher. (A Swanson)
Hayle (Ryan’s Field): 3 Eurasian Curlew (1 flagged 5A, released in Sussex Aug 2025), 1 Eurasian Whimbrel, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Eurasian Oystercatcher, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron. (A Swanson)
Argal Reservoir: 31 House Martin, 14 Great Crested Grebes 1 Nuthatch, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Mute Swan, 16 Black-headed Gull, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Firecrest, 6 Robin, 1 Blue Tit, 3 Moorhen, 4 Goldfinch, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Grey Heron. (S Hinkley)
Late submission 19/08 Scillonian III RSPB Wildlife Cruise: Penzance to Wolf Rock: 12 Cormorant, 3 Sandwich Tern, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 15 Herring Gull, 151 Manx Shearwater, 2 Fulmar. Wolf Rock to Hugh Town: 4 Fulmar, 2 Gannet, 63 Manx Shearwater, 1 Great Shearwater, 2 Shag. Hugh Town to Wolf Rock: 5 Sandwich Tern, 7 Great Black-backed Gull, 14 Herring Gull, 1 Common Gull, 7 Gannet, 2 Shag, 1 Manx Shearwater, 2 Common Dolphin. Wolf Rock to Penzance: 1055 Manx Shearwater, 2 Balearic Shearwater, 1 Cory’s Shearwater, 3 Fulmar, 7 Gannet, 13 Whimbrel, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 3 Med Gull, 6 Black-headed Gull,11 auk sp, 5 Common Dolphin. (DK Parker)
Late submission 19/08 Marazion Marsh: 2 Bearded Tit. (BirdGuides)
Late submission 19/08 Connor Downs: 1 Barnacle Goose over with Canadas. (P Freestone)
Late submission 19/08 Pendeen 06:00-10:00: 5 Cory’s Shearwater, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 46 Whimbrel, 2 Arctic Tern, 7 Sandwich tern. (per S Rogers) Juvenile Marsh Harrier near Manor Farm in afternoon. (P Combridge) 14:00-17:30: 1 Pomarine Skua (ad f), 3 Cory’s Shearwater, 1 Great Skua, 3 Storm Petrel. (M McKee et al)
Late submission 19/08 Cape Cornwall: 2 Cory’s Shearwater, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 68 Whimbrel, 3 Bar-Tailed Godwit, 2 Common Scoter. (F Hawkins)
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