Wherrytown: 1 1st w Bonaparte’s Gull still present, 3 Little Gulls (2 adults and a 1st winter), also 26 Long-tailed Tit behind the boating lake. (D Eva)
Penlee Point: 1 Pacific Diver, 1 Red-throated Diver, 16 Great Northern Divers, 40 Common Gull. (G. Lawlor, N R Rogers)
Truro, Tesco: 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 3 Redshank, 1 Grey Wagtail. (T Wilson)
Pendeen: 1 1st-w Iceland Gull (am) and 1 Leach’s Petrel (15.00) flew west. (P Combridge)
Drift Reservoir: 1 Northern Shoveler, 3 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 3 Tufted Duck, 1 Coot, 5 Little Grebe and 3 Great Crested Grebe. (T Twiggs)
East Pentire, Newquay: 16 Red-throated Divers (6 Feeding just offshore, 10 Flew past 1/2 mile out). Also 4 more at nearby Towan Head. (D Grose)
Hayle Causeway: Large flock Golden Plover, 1 Water Pipit, 1 Grey Wagtail, 20 Dunlin. At Carnsew basin: 2 Great Northern Diver. (T Culmer)
Porth Reservoir: 2 f Goosander, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Grebe, 57 Mallard, 16 Coot, 2 Kingfisher, 500+ Corvids at dusk. (S Grose)
Sennen Cove: 1 Purple Sandpiper, 8 Turnstone. (G Gillard)
Upper Tamar Lake: 12 Great Crested Grebe, 1m Tufted Duck, 4 Cormorants, 11 Mallard, 1m Merganser, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Buzzard, 1 Marsh Tit. (R Mudge)
Lower Tamar Lake: 11 Goosander 5m 6f, 1 Little Grebe, 5 Teal, 6 Cormorant, 1f Goldeneye, 1 Willow Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Marsh Tit. (R Mudge)
Par Beach Pool: 2 Mediterranean Gull, 1 ad Common Gull, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 95 Black-headed Gull (one bird with metal ring only on left leg, Zoo Lithuania HA.31. 379 ), 27 Herring Gull. (S Grose)
Par, St Andrew’s Road pond: 1 Fulvous Whistling Duck (presumed escape). (S & A Headland)
Late submission, 26/1, Penzance, Eastern Green: apparent Wilson’s Petrel in the bay 12.15 being chased by gulls. (J Machin) Eds – if confirmed, the first record of Wilson’s Petrel outside of May-Oct
TJW