Tuesday 20th January 2026

Tuesday 20th January 2026

Penzance: 1 Pacific Diver and 2 Black-throated Diver near Gear Rocks. (RBA)

Truro, Boscowan Park: 1 Lesser Yellowlegs (from car park at high tide), 3 Avocet, 3 Knot, 116 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Greenshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, 60 Teal. (T Wilson)

Hayle Estuary: 1 ad Ring-billed Gull, 1 ad Caspian Gull, 1 ad Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Scandinavian Herring Gull.

Newquay, East Pentire: 1 Great Skua (headed towards Towan Head and into Newquay Bay) also 5 Chough. (D Grose)

Penryn: 1 Black-necked Grebe still opposite Falmouth Boat Company. (D Buzza)

Marazion Marsh: 1 Great White Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Kingfisher. (B Nason, J Hawkey). Also, 1 m Scaup still at Longrock Pool.

Pendeen: 1 Jack Snipe. (P Combridge)

St Merryn, Polmark Farm: 30 – 40 Yellowhammer in the yard for 2nd day feeding on spilt grain. (R Hughes)

Lockengate, Treseders Nursery: 2 Marsh Tit. (S Grose)

Par Beach Pool: 3 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Cormorant, 2 Coot, 2 Mute Swan, 5 Snipe, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Blackcap. (S Grose)

Par (private garden): 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 House Sparrow (in and out of nest boxes), 5 Goldfinch, 10 Siskin, 5 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Dunnock, 7 Chaffinch (1 with fungal infection), 4 Blue Tit (in and of nest box) and 1 Blackcap male. Also, 30+ Redwing in adjacent field. (P Bullen)

Porth Reservoir: 4 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Kingfisher, 16 Coot, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Firecrest, 2 Coal Tit, 60+ Redwing, 1 Sparrowhawk. (S Grose)

Hayle, Copperhouse Pool23 Shelduck. (J George)

Wadebridge, Trewornan Farm: 25 Mute Swan. (S Grose)

Castle an Dinas: 56 Lesser Black-backed Gull. (S Grose)

Late submission, 19/1, Penberth: 1 Black Redstart (f/imm), 6 Redwing, 6 Blackcap, 7 Chiffchaff, 1 Firecrest. (P Fraser)

Late submission, 19/1, Truro (private garden): 2 Firecrest, 2 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff, 50 Goldfinch, 20 Greenfinch. (T Wilson)

TJW