Truro River: 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, 2 Redshank, Black tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper. (T Wright)
Helston Boating Lake: 1 Ring-necked Duck (1st winter male), 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Grey Wagtail, 8 Tufted Duck (S.Wood) Also 1 Ring-necked Duck (showing at very close range at 15.30, coming to a family feeding bread to ducks and Gulls), 2 Shoveler, 11 Tufted Duck, 1 Common Sandpiper. (A Nicholson)
St Ives Island: (07.50-18.00): 35 Sooty Shearwater, 145 Manx Shearwater, 1 Balearic Shearwater, 4 Fulmar, 4 juv Sabine’s Gull, 5 (2 ad, 3 juv) Little Gull, 2 juv Long-tailed Skua, 19 Arctic Skua 3 Great Skua, 1 Black Tern, 7 Arctic Tern, 10 Sandwich Tern, 8 Great Northern Diver, 2 Brent Goose, 4 Teal, 12 Tufted Duck, 80 Common Scoter, 1 Curlew, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Sanderling, 2 Purple Sandpiper, 2000+ Kittiwake. (L Langley, S Rowe, A Holmes, T McGowan et al) Also 1 Kestrel, 1 Arctic Skua, Gannet, Guillemot, Razorbill. (J Warner)
Pendeen: (0745-1745) 1 Wigeon, 3 Teal, 21 Tufted Duck, 3 Eider, 129 Common Scoter, 6 Great Shearwater, 2 Balearic Shearwater, c400 Manx Shearwater, 199 Sooty Shearwater, 4 Storm Petrel, 3 Grey Plover, 7 Great Skua, 42 Arctic Skua, 1 Long-tailed Skua, 12 Little Gull, 2 Sabine’s Gull, 1 Arctic Tern, 6 Sandwich Tern, 1 Black Tern, 2 Puffin, 7 Little Auk, 1 Dunlin, 29100 auks, 3000+ Kittiwakes. (P Marshall, P Clements, M Elliott, D Balmer, P Wilson, M McKee, S Rogers, G Lawlor et al) Also Juv Sabine’s Gull, 1w Little Gull. (N Rogers)
Poldhu Cove: Starling murmuration (1,000+) at sunset. (A Nicholson)
Mullion: 7 Chough. (A Nicholson)
Hayle Estuary: 4 Pale-bellied Brent Goose, 2 Pintail, Spoonbill. (T Wright)
Rock Helipad Field: 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Snipe over. (S Grose)
Porthilly Farm: 1 Little Grebe, 3 Little Egret, 2 Cattle Egret. (S Grose)
Wadebridge: 27 Mediterranean Gull at sewage treatment works. (S Grose)
St Columb Major: 10 Common Gull from nine maidens layby.(S Grose)
Marazion Marsh: 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Cattle Egret. (G Elton)
Stithians Feeder Hide: 1 Great White Egret. (S Talbot)
Clodgy View, St Ives: By 10.00, 13 Sooty Shearwater, 2 Great Shearwater, 1 Great Skua, 1 Arctic Skua. (R.Kaye)
Hayle, Ryan’s field: Sparrowhawk fly through. (R Chiffers)
Millbrook: 10 Mediterranean Gull, (9 adults 1 1st winter). (R Smaldon)
Pendeen: 1 Snow Bunting. (A Hopkin)
Davidstow: c300 Golden Plover, c100 Lapwing. (D Dennis)
Late submission 22/10 RSPB Scillonian III wildlife cruise, Penzance to Wolf Rock: 41 Gannet, 7 Black-headed Gull, 3 Mediterranean Gull, 125 Guillemot, 1 Great Northern Diver, 15 Herring Gull, 31 Kittiwake, 4 Cormorant, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Puffin, 23 Common Dolphin, 1 Minke Whale. (P Taylor, H Mitchell) Wolf Rock to St Mary’s: 23 Gannet, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 4 Guillemot, 1 Kittiwake, 1 Manx Shearwater, 104 Shag, 1 Puffin, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 15 Harbour Porpoise, 1 Bluefin Tuna. (P Taylor, H Mitchell) St Mary’s to Wolf Rock: 23 European Storm Petrel (including 20 in a single flock), 8 Great Shearwater, 18 Gannet, 1 Great Skua, 2 Manx Shearwater, 1 Common Dolphin. (P Taylor, H Mitchell) Wolf Rock to Penzance: 31 Gannet, 1 European Storm Petrel, 16 Guillemot, 2 Razorbill, 4 Common Dolphin. (P Taylor, H Mitchell)
Late submission 22/10, Predannack Woolas – Mullion Cliff: 1 Wheatear; 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Wryneck. (J Hawkey)
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