Warmsley: Please note that the announcement posted yesterday of student groups in the hide relates to 9th and 10th March, not February.
Walmsley Reserve (members only): 1 Bittern, 2 Ruff, 1 Ring necked Duck, 1 Pintail f, c30 Canada Geese, c30 Shelduck, 6 Snipe, 5 Little Grebe, 3 Cormorant, 14 Mute Swans, c60 Wigeon, 12 Moorhen, 6 Mallard, 1 Lesser Black backed Gull, 1 Great black backed Gull, c20 Black headed gull ( a lot with breeding plumage), 1 Herring gull, 13 little Egret, 6 Tufted Duck, 2 Gadwall, 1 Magpie, 1 Great tit, 1 Robin, 1 Long tailed tit, 1 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Blue tit, 2 Grey Heron, 4 Teal, 1 Lapwing, 42 Black tailed Godwit, 1 Buzzard, 2 Shoveler, 2 Coot, 1 Wood Pigeon, flocks of Jackdaw and Starling, 1 Otter. (J Goodair)
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Lower Boscaswell: 1 Rosy Starling still visiting feeder at Park-an-Pyth down lane from Spar.
Newlyn Hbr: 1 ad Kumlien’s Gull and 1 juv Glaucous Gull still, 1 Red-throated Diver, 2 Mediterranean Gulls, 3 Rock Pipits. (I Grant/F Were, et al)
Swanpool, Pennance Point: 1 Black Guillemot still and 1 Pomarine Skua.
Little London Beach: 1 Water Pipit, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 8 Oystercatcher, 4 Meadow Pipit, 6 Rock Pipit, 15 Pied Wagtail, 2 Stonechat. (I Grant/F Were)
St Gothian Sands: 12 Tufted Duck, 1 Water Rail,1 Shoveler, 1 Pochard, 8 Canada Goose, 6 Meadow Pipit, 15 Chaffinch, 3 Linnet, 2 Stonechat, 30+ Teal, 2 Buzzard, 3 Mediterranean Gull. (IGrant/FWere). Also, 26 Barnacle Geese returned this afternoon. (J Hawkey)
Droskyn Point to Cligga Head: 1 Male Wheatear, 3 Stonechat, 1 Raven, ( J Savage)
Mylor/Greatwood: 1 Wheatear in fields. (M Day)
Gunwalloe: 1 fem/1w Black Redstart. (D Collins)
Callestick: 3 Little Egret, 9 Teal and 5+ Yellowhammer. (T Wilson)
Woon Gumpus Common: 1 Woodcock. (P Combridge)
Rosudgeon: 2 (1 m & 1 f) Greenfinch, on birdfeeder for the first time in many years. (P K Bray)
Gerrans: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker in Well Lane. (R Sharp)
Upper Percuil River: 8 Shelduck, 6 Redshank, 4 Curlew, 1 Little Egret. (R Sharp)
Padstow, Tregirls Beach: 53 Common Gull, 5 Mediterranean Gull. (S Grose)
Porth Reservoir: 6 Snipe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 7 Teal, 14 Coot,1 Mistle Thrush, 7 Redwing, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (drumming), 2 Kingfisher, 3 Bullfinch, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Dipper, 1 Common Gull, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Pheasant. (S Grose)
Late submission, 7/3, Kenidjack Head: 1 Iceland Gull just offshore , late morning, 6+Harbour Porpoise feeding intermittently with 50+ Gannets c.1/2 mile offshore. (P Clarke)
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