Drift Reservoir: 1 Glossy Ibis (in NE arm), 3 Ringed Plover (1 adult, 1 juvenile), 2 Wood Sandpiper, 8 Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 2 Greenshank (N R Rogers). Also, 08.30 – 10.30; 1 1S/2S Iceland Gull (flew off at 8.40), 1 f/juv Marsh Harrier briefly, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 6+ Green Sandpiper, 8+ Common Sandpiper, 3 Greenshank, 3 (2ad + juv) Ringed Plover, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, fly-over, 1 Common Snipe, 7 Common Teal, 3 (1ad + 2 juv) Great Crested Grebe, 6+ Little Grebe, 8 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron. (T Mills, S Grose)
Roche, Tregonhay: 1 White Stork over 16.30. (J Rance)
Crowdy Reservoir: 1 released White Stork still. Nearby at Davidstow Woods, 6 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Bullfinch, 1 juv Green Woodpecker. (P Smith)
Newquay, East Pentire: 1 Sooty Shearwater, 4 Storm Petrel, 1 Great Skua, 2 Arctic Tern (1 juv), 15 Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Whimbrel, 8 Dunlin, 3 Turnstone early am. (D Grose, S Rowe)
Stithians Hutching’s hide: 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Ruff, 7 Curlew, 10+ Dunlin, 15+ Ringed Plover. Golden Lion – 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank. (P Wiltshire)
Hayle Estuary: 3 Yellow-legged Gull, 18 Mediterranean Gull, 16 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 167 Black-headed Gull, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Knot, 19 Oystercatcher, 16 Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin, 1 Sanderling, 33 Curlew, 3 Whimbrel. (S Grose)
Hayle, Copperhouse Creek: 2 Barnacle Goose, 5 Greenshank, 7 Ringed Plover, 5 Dunlin, 14 Redshank. (S Grose)
Carnsew Pool: 2 Knot. (T Culmer)
Newquay Golf Course: 15 Chough at about 11:40am this morning. (S Coombes)
Trerice, 11.30: 1 Red Kite over, stayed about an hour. (S Ashby)
Perranuthnoe: 3 Kestrel, 4 Buzzards, 2 Stonechat, 1 Fulmar. (J Warner)
Par (private garden): 15 Blue Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Robin, 3 Great Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Magpie, 1 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch m/f male with bad fungal infection. (P&P Bullen)
Late submissions, 17 Aug:
Penzance, Eastern Green: 1 summer-plumage Knot, 1 Greenshank. (M Elliott)
Pendeen: 1 Redstart, 1 Tree Pipit. (P Combridge)
Mermaid Pelagic, Penzance: 1 Wilson’s Petrel, 9 Storm Petrel. (M McNaghten)
Lizard, Windmill Farm: 1 Wood Sandpiper and 1 Snipe. (T Wilson, D Wright, J Chapman)
Maer Lake: 95 Black-headed Gull, 16 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Mallard, 2 Teal, 2 Moorhen, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 2 Curlew, 2 Dunlin, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 5 Ringed Plover, 1 Lapwing, 1 Magpie, 4 Swallow, 5 Wood Pigeon, 1 Goldfinch, 1 Wren, 3 Painted Lady, 1 Small White, 2 Meadow Brown. (K Hannavy)