Thursday 29th January 2026

Thursday 29th January 2026

Helston Boating Lake: 2 Lesser Scaup (m&f). (Birdguides)

Newlyn Green/Tolcarne Beach: 2 Little Gull, 1 Bonaparte’s Gull, 8 Black Headed Gulls, 7 Turnstone, Meadow Pipit. (M James)

Truro: Lesser Yellowlegs. (Birdguides)

Long Rock Pool: Greater Scaup. (Birdguides)

Land’s End: Several Manx Shearwater in large feeding flock of Gannet and Kittiwake around Longships. (T Twiggs)

Drift Reservoir: 2 Shoveler, 1 Tufted Duck, 2 Coot, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Cattle Egret and 1 Little Egret roosting in tree in north-west arm. (T Twiggs)

Upper Tamar Lake: 1 Willow Tit, 3 Cormorants, 14 Mallard, 18 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Jay, 2 Grey Heron, 15 Canada Geese. (R Mudge)

Lower Tamar Lake: 2m Reed Bunting, 1 Jay, 14 Goosander, 2m Tufted Duck, 2 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Cormorants, 1 Little Egret, 2 Nuthatch. (R Mudge)

Pentewan Valley Sewage Works: Approx 30-40 pied wagtail and similar numbers of chaffinch in muddy field with horses just down from Pentewan valley sewerage works. (N Best)

Hayle Black Bridge: 6 Blue Tit, 2 Dunnock, 1 Redshank, 40+ Teal, 100+ Wigeon, 2 Shelduck, 4 Canada Goose, 200+ mixed Gull flock 11.05 – 11.15. (M Webb)

Hayle, Carnsew Pool: 3 Goosander, 2 Shelduck, 3 Great Northern Diver, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Turnstone, 1 Curlew, 1 Kingfisher. (S Headland). Also, 2 juv Great Northern Diver, 2 Shag, 5 Cormorant, 1 Curlew, 2 m&f Wigeon 10.15 – 10.45. (M Webb)

Stithians Feeder Hide: 1 Reed Bunting, 2 Dunnock, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Robin, 1 Wren, 3 Great Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 1 Moorhen, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Chiffchaff. (S Headland).

Par: 2 Robin, 3 Blue Tit, 3 Blackbird, 2 Feral Pigeon, 2 Siskin, 1 Wren, 5 House Sparrow, 3 Chaffinch, 1 Herring Gull, 3 Blackcap (2 f 1 m), 3 Long-tailed Tit,  3 Goldfinch, 2 Dunnock, 1 Coal Tit,  2 Jackdaw in private garden (P Bullen)

Penryn Estuary: 1 Cattle Egret, 2 Red-breasted Merganser, 3 Gannet, 5 Common Gull (L Parkerson)

 

 

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Blackcap. Paul Bullen
Coal Tit. Paul Bullen
Blackbird. Paul Bullen
Long-tailed Tit. Sophie Headland
Reed Bunting. Sophie Headland
Great Northern Diver. Sophie Headland
Little Grebe, Stithians Res. 29/01/2026. Sophie Headland
Little Grebe. Sophie Headland
Great Northern Diver. Martin Webb
Wigeon. Martin Webb
Redshank. Martin Webb
Teal. Martin Webb
Little Gull, Tolcarne Beach, 29/01/2026. Mark James
Little Gull. Mark James
Bonaparte’s Gull. Mark James
Little Gull. Mark James
Bonaparte’s Gull. Mark James