Millbrook Lake: 1 moulting ad Semipalmated Sandpiper at high tide roost with Redshank then flew to mudflats. (P Kemp)
Siblyback Lake: 1 Baird’s Sandpiper in muddy inlet and 1 Pectoral Sandpiper on muddy area to west. (P Kemp). Also, 9 Glossy Ibis dropped in at 11.20 also 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank and 4 Ruff. (K Pellow)
Padstow, Tregirls Beach car park field: 1 Glossy Ibis flew overhead towards beach at 07.30. (T Nightingale)
Marazion Marsh: 1 Glossy Ibis, 10 Cattle Egret in the evening. Also, 1 Little Stint on the beach. (P St Pierre)
Drift Reservoir: 1 Black Kite over at 11.35. (RBA)
Lizard Point: est 53,000 Great Shearwater (estimated based on multiple short counts), 1 Wilson’s Petrel, 1 Leach’s Petrel and 1 Sabines Gull. (T Blunden, R Wilkins).
Pendeen (07.00 – 11,00): 2 ad Sabine’s Gull, 1 juv Little Gull, 6 Balearic Shearwater, 65 Sandwich Tern, 53 Arctic Tern, 3 Common Tern, 7 Dunlin, 20 Sanderling, 10 Whimbrel. (P Combridge)
Camel Estuary (Tregunna 0830-1000): 1 Glossy Ibis flew up river, 6+ Curlew Sandpiper, 14 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Knot, 1 Sanderling, 6 Greenshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper. (G Stephenson)
Fal Estuary (from boat with AK Wildlife): 1 Red Throated Diver, 1 Osprey, 3 Kingfisher, 2 Sandwich Tern, 12 European Shag, 10 Cormorant, 8 Grey Heron, 12 Oystercatcher, 1 Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Stock Dove, 2 Common Buzzard, 12 Curlew, 1 Whimbrel, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 10 Black-headed Gull. (AK Wildlife)
Stithians Reservoir: 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 5 Dunlin, 12 Ringed Plover, 2 Ruff, 2 Little Egret. (P Wiltshire)
Drift Reservoir: 1 Osprey in NE arm roosting in a tree. (P St Pierre)
Porth Reservoir: 8 Mistle Thrush, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Coal Tit, 20 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Kestrel, 1 ad Great Crested Grebe, 9 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 6 Grey Wagtail, 2 Sand Martin amongst 40 Swallow. (S Grose)
Gannel Estuary: 14 Whimbrel, 4 Dunlin, 44 Canada Goose. (S Rowe)
Hayle Estuary (late afternoon): movement of terns SW, approx. 14 Black Tern, 7 Little Tern, 90 Sandwich Tern, 120 Arctic Tern, 1 Common Tern. (B Dallas)
Hayle, Copperhouse Creek: 1 Curlew (ring – Y-FH) still faithful to area of Commercial Road car park. Also 5 Common Sandpiper, 140 Mediterranean Gull. Also, Ryan’s Field, 5 Bar-tailed Godwit, 8 Black-tailed Godwit. (B Dawson)
Hayle Ryan’s Field: 1 3rd winter Spoonbill Danish-ringed V463, 6 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Greenshank, 20+ Redshank, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Curlew, 20+ Black-headed Gull 07.40 – 07.55. (M Webb). Also, c25 Sandwich Tern, shortly before sunset. (T Culmer)
Hayle Estuary: 1 Spoonbill flew in, 3 Sandwich Tern, 7 Common Tern (juvs), 2 Little Tern. (P Fraser)
Crantock: 5 Chough feeding on land adjacent to the Beachcomber Cafe at approximately 9.20am. (I Bott)
Kenidjack: 2 Chough. (T Culmer)
Nanjulian: 3 Wheatear. (T Culmer)
Cot Valley – Bosorne: 1 or 2 Firecrest in roadside shrubs near “The Canyack”. 1 adult and a possible juvenile. (R Butterfield)
Late submission, 8/9, Marazion Marsh: 1 Glossy Ibis arrived at scrape at east end at 7:15am, Whinchat, Kingfisher. (SM Cox).
Late submission, 8/9, Loe Beach: 1 juv Little Gull at north end. (S Bury)
Late submission, 8/9, Penryn river: 2 Kingfisher, 21 Curlew, 1 Greenshank, 15 Redshank, 3 Little Grebe, 10 Mallard. (T Chambers)
TJW