Pendeen: 1 Ortolan Bunting near the lighthouse at about 07.50 (P Combridge); 1 first-winter Red-throated Pipit near Calartha Farm, last seen in flight towards the village with 2 Tree Pipits at about 12.20 (P Combridge, JD Swann). Also 1 Cory’s Shearwater and 9 Balearic Shearwater between 07.20 and 10.05. (Birdguides)

Marazion Marsh: juv Purple Heron in trees at E end of car park. Flew into roost beyond railway line. Marazion: 1 Little Stint. (D Parker) Marazion Marsh, 18.30-19.45: 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Little Stint, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 4 Little Egret, 3 Snipe. (R Hamilton-Ahearne)

St Agnes Head: 2 Common Crane east. (G Lawlor)

Lizard Village: 1 Rose-coloured Starling. (I Maclean)

Nanquidno: Buff-breasted Sandpiper still in ploughed field adjacent to W end of Land’s End Airport at 14.25. (N Wheatley)

Wadebridge Sewage Works: 3 Egyptian Goose, 200+ Canada Goose, 2 Greylag Goose. (D. Wilson)

Helford Passage: Hoopoe along lane near Calamansac. (Birdguides) Helford River, opposite Bishop’s Quay: Osprey in tree. (T Pinfield)

Ryan’s Field: Turtle Dove on wires by river before flying off over hide. (S Cox)

Caerthillian: 2 Wryneck, 3 Whinchat. (I Maclean) 1 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear, 1 Chiffchaff, 1m Great Spotted Woodpecker (in car park, odd place!). (S Van Hear)

Surfer’s Car park, Kynance: Wryneck. (A Witheywood)

Kynance Road: 1 Hobby. (B & L Bosisto)

Kynance Farm: 2 Wryneck, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff. (B & L Bosisto)

Soapy Cove: 15 Wheatear, 1 Clouded Yellow, 11 Chough at seaward end. (B & L Bosisto)

Church Cove: 2 Firecrest, 1 Balearic Shearwater offshore, 1 Hummingbird Hawkmoth. (B & L Bosisto)

Brays Cott: 1 Tree Pipit, 15 House Martin, 30 Swallow. (B & L Bosisto)

Downderry, 07.00-08.00: 85 Gannet and an Arctic Tern east, 12 Balearic Shearwater, 2 Kittiwake and a Mediterranean Gull west. (A Payne)

Porthgwarra/Skewjack: Redstart, Merlin, Pied Flycatcher, Spotted Flycatcher, 5 Whinchat, 4 Tree Pipit, Cattle Egret, 2 Wheatear, several Siskin, Yellow Wagtail. (M Wallace)

Kenidjack: 1 Firecrest in bushes beyond ‘no parking, lorries turning’ sign, also 2 Pied Flycatcher. (Birdguides)

Crowlas: 1 Firecrest, 1 Tawny Owl. (R Veal)

Mawgan: 1 Hobby over village at around 5pm. (P Bedford)

Hayle Kimbro, Lizard: Hobby. (A Witheywood)

Stithians Reservoir, Golden Lion cut-off: 3 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 6 Common Snipe, Spotted Redshank, Greenshank, Ruff, Little Grebe. (M Greenhalgh) Stithians Reservoir: 2 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Ruff, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Lapwing, 3 Green Sandpiper, 11 Ringed Plover, 5 Dunlin, 5 Common Sandpiper, 9 Snipe, 3 Curlew, 1 Osprey. (D Eva) 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank, 2 Ruff, 1 Little Stint, 1 Green Sandpiper, 12 Common Sandpiper, 14 Ringed Plover, 8 Dunlin, 9 Curlew, 1 Lapwing, 11 Snipe, 3 Osprey circling over Penmarth area at 11.30. (J St Ledger, A Lea)

Kingsmill Lake: 11 Common Tern, 1 juv Little Stint, 11 juv Knot, 3 juv Bar-tailed Godwit, 23 Black-tailed Godwit, 16 Greenshank, 69 Redshank, 77 Curlew, 35 Dunlin, 2 juv Ringed Plover, 1 Turnstone, 1 Snipe, 3 Wigeon, 8 Mallard & 500+ Black-headed Gull. (P Kemp) Kingsmill Lake: 2 Cormorant, 1 Spoonbill, 1 Grey Heron, 17 Little Egret, 2 juvenile Shelduck, c40 Mallard, 50+ Curlew, 1 Whimbrel, 18 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit. 46 Redshank, 14 Greenshank, 1 juvenile Ringed Plover, 16 Dunlin, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Black-backed Gull,  Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, 1 Woodpigeon, 1 Chiffchaff; 1 Wren, 1 Great Tit & 2 Robin (all heard singing/calling), 1 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, Carrion Crows, 1 Magpie. (A Parker et al)

Wacker Quay: 3 Western Cattle Egret in cattle field, 13 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Grey Heron. (M & R Frost)

Tresillian to St Clement: 1 Ruff (in Tresillian from main road – 40 years of birding here, patch tick for me), 2 Dunlin, 5 Ringed Plover, 69 Redshank, 14 Greenshank, 49 Curlew, 1 Black -tailed Godwit, 8 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 3 Cormorant, 1 Firecrest (earliest autumn record here), 1 Little Grebe, 3 Shelduck (juveniles), 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher (heard only). (A Nicholson)

Maer Lake, Bude: 3 Grey Heron, 320 Canada Geese, 14 Teal, 14 Mallard, 4 Moorhen, 14 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Lapwing, 1 Curlew, 12 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 14 Black-headed Gull, 2 Mediterranean Gull. (N Bastin)

Gyllyngvase Beach: 3 Sandwich Tern, 4 Oystercatcher. (S Van Hear)

Jupiter Point: 2 Sandwich Tern, 2 adult Mediterranean Gull, 12 Little Egret, 4 Grey Heron. (M & R Frost)

Torpoint, Chapeldown Rd: 18 Sandwich Tern, 1 Common Tern, 1 adult Mediterranean Gull. (M & R Frost)

Polhawn: 3 Buzzard, 1 f. Kestrel, 1 Raven, 1 Wheatear. (M & R Frost)

Rame Head: 1 pair Kestrel, 2 Stonechat, 1 Small Copper. (M & R Frost)

Hayle Carnsew Pool, 09.45 – 10.45: 1 juv Great Crested Grebe, 2 Rock Pipit, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron over, 46 Canada Goose over. (M Webb)

Lower Tamar Lake: 1 Little Egret, 15 Coot, 2 Mute Swan, 7 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Jay, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Cormorant, c30 Swallow, 8 Moorhen. (R Mudge)

Halvana Wood: 1 Coal Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Woodpigeon, 2 Robin, 6 Goldfinch, 1 Redpoll, 2 Siskin, c10 Crossbill, 1 Great Tit, 2 Jay, 2 Magpie, 1 Buzzard, 1 Raven. (C&G Horsley)

Breney Common: 2 Robin, 1 Raven, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Buzzard, 5 Carrion Crow, 3 Swallow, 6 Goldfinch, 4 Herring Gull, 2 Magpie, 4 Starling, 3 Woodpigeon, 2 Nuthatch, 13 Blue Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Wren, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Sparrowhawk, Red Admiral, Speckled Wood, Clouded Yellow, Meadow Brown,
Southern Hawker, Large Red Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly. (C&G Horsley)

Late submission, 06/09, Hayle, Foundry Square: 1 Yellow wagtail flew over calling. (M Lenney)

Late submission, 06/09, Pendower Beach: pod of 10-15 Common Dolphin half mile offshore (presumably same pod as seen from adjacent Carne beach on 23/8). (A Nicholson)

Late submission, 05/09, Par Beach Pool: 3 probably 4 Cattle Egret at 19.30 (one very well hidden in trees!), 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Grebe. (A Nicholson)

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