Penlee Lifeboat Station: 1 Pacific Diver, 3 Great Northern Diver, 2 Shag, 3 Oystercatcher. (S Ford) Also 2+ Black-throated Diver. (Birdguides)
Huthnance: 1 White Stork still. (S Ford)
Tehidy: Female Ring-necked Duck still, 6 Tufted Duck. (T Twiggs)
Walmsley Sanctuary: Spoonbill. (Birdguides)
Helford: Black-necked Grebe showing well in harbour at SW 75878 26185 at 14:00. Red-necked Grebe still on the Helford River at SW 74240 26447. (N Dave)
Helford Passage: 1 Guillemot. (P Fletcher)
Newlyn: juv Iceland Gull again between Newlyn and Mousehole. (Birdguides) juv Iceland Gull on harbour roof. (Birdguides)
Chapel Amble: 1 Water Pipit (opp. carpark), 3 Water Rail, 19 Curlew, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 60+ Teal, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Song Thrush, 19 Redwing, 7 Greenfinch, 3 House Sparrow, 2 Buzzard. (S Grose)
Devoran (12.50 – 13.35 hrs): 25 Shelduck, 90 Teal, 89 Redshank, 41 Curlew, 13 Oystercatcher, 8 Turnstone, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Greenshank, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Grey Plover, 110+ Black-headed Gull, 38 Common Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 25 Herring Gull, 7 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 38 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret. (N Watmough)
Hayle Estuary: 1 Water Pipit at Ryan’s Field. (T Twiggs)
Copperhouse Creek: 1 Black-tailed Godwit at eastern end and escaped female Pintail (with blue ring) with Mallard on stream below Home Bargains car park. (T Twiggs)
St Gothian Sands LNR, Gwithian: 4 Gadwall, 2 Northern Shoveler, 20 Tufted Duck, 140 Canada Goose, 2 Barnacle Goose, 1 Greylag Goose. (T Twiggs)
Falmouth; Pendennis Point: 2 Purple Sandpiper on rocks. (J St Ledger et al.) Also 7 Turnstone, 2 Kittiwake, 3 Common Gull, 2 Great Northern Diver. (S Van Hear) Falmouth; Castle Beach: Black Redstart still.(N Dave)
Penzance, Battery Rocks: c65 Purple Sandpiper at high tide. (P Moore)
East Pentire, Newquay: 17 Manx Shearwater, 6 Red-throated Diver. (D Grose) Pentire Head, Newquay: c70 Herring Gull, 4 Carrion Crow, 1 Magpie, 35 Gannet, 10 House Sparrow, 8 Cormorant, 1 Woodpigeon, 6 Guillemot, c30 Shag, 1 Black-headed Gull, 15 Razorbill, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Stonechat, 10 Meadow Pipit, 1 Robin, 1 Jackdaw, 3 Grey Seal. (C&G Horsley)
St Ives: Black-throated Diver off St Ives Head. (Birdguides)
Millbrook: 1 Firecrest in garden. (B Taggart)
Long Rock Pool: 1 drake Scaup still, 1 male Marsh Harrier. (D Eva et al.) Also 2 Little Grebe, 7 Mallard, 2 Mute Swan, 2 Moorhen, 2 Cetti’s Warbler heard. (S Ford)
Whitsand Bay: 15 Common Scoter and 1 Great Northern Diver at Wiggle Cliff. (B Taggart)
Porth Reservoir: 2 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Tufted Duck, 3 Kingfisher, 2 Common Gull, 1 Chiffchaff, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 7 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch. NB: The footpath between the two hides is currently blocked by fallen trees. (S Grose)
Carbis Moor: 3m Bullfinch, 2 Blackcap (m&f), 12 Siskin, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (m&f), 6 Long-tailed Tit. (V Booth)
Stithians Reservoir Feeder Hide: 1f Reed Bunting, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 1m Blackbird, 1f Tufted Duck, 6 Teal, 2 Moorhen, 1 Grey Heron. Stuart Hutchings Hide: 1 1st winter Great Crested Grebe, 5 (3m 2f) Mallard, 9 (5m 4f) Wigeon, 1 Cormorant 13.10 – 13.55. (M Webb)
Camborne: Chukar in private garden. (K Ruck)
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