Wednesday 10th December 2025

Wednesday 10th December 2025

Tehidy: 1 female Ring-necked Duck still present, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3+ Goldcrest. (D Morcom)

Trenwheal: 1 White Stork, on the main Helston to Hayle road. (R Jones, T Pinfield)

Truro: Lesser Yellowlegs, Greenshank, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper. (J Cumming) Also Redshank. (T Pinfield)

Gerrans Bay: 16 Great Northern Diver. (D Eva)

Pendeen: 0810-1130: 1 Great Shearwater, 2 Sooty Shearwater, 205 Manx Shearwater, 2 Great Skua, 2 Great Northern Diver, 1 Red-throated Diver. (P Combridge, G Lawlor)

Stithians, Stuart Hutchings hide: 10 Snipe, 1 Common Gull, large numbers of Lapwing, Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Wigeon and Canada Geese, 1 Buzzard, 1 Little Egret. (S Ford)

United Downs: Goldcrest. (A Mcleod)

East Pentire, Newquay: 8am-12pm: 2 Sooty Shearwater, 187 Manx Shearwater, 1 Great Skua, 13 Great Northern Diver, 7 Red Throated Diver, 5 Mediterranean Gull, 86 Black-headed Gull, 47 Common Gull, 200+ Kittiwake, 1,000+ auk sp., 2 Choughs. (D Grose)

Dozmary Pool: 1 Merlin. (A Tomkins)

Hannafore: 1 Eider, 3 Great Northern Diver, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Firecrest, 1 Kingfisher. (L Birtwistle)

Stithians: 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Common Gull, 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Little Grebe, 3 Gadwall, 20+ Snipe, 20+ Herring Gull, 70+ Lapwing. (P Wiltshire)

Lizard Point: 10 Purple Sandpiper, 1 Black Redstart, 65 Lesser Black-backed Gull. (D Collins)

Trelissick: 2 Goldcrest, 3 Redwing, 1 Greenshank, 2 Little Grebe, 10 Teal. (P Pearson)

Carne Beach: 1 Black Redstart, 1 Grey Wagtail, 6 Pied Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit, 1 Wren, 2 Blackbird, 1 Kestrel over, 9 Jackdaw over. (C Taylor)

Swanpool, Falmouth – Beach car park: 3 Great Northern Diver, 2 Guillemot, 9 Tufted Duck, ad Mediterranean Gull, f. Black Redstart (on black rocks), Yellow-browed Warbler with 2 Chiffchaffs in car park bushes. Stithians Reservoir: 9 Wigeon, 23 Teal, 4+ Gadwall, 160 Lapwing, 3 Snipe, 1 Common Gull, 3 Goldcrests with 8+ Long-tailed Tit. (J Cumming)

Maer Lake: this morning between 08:00am-09:00am (slight cloud sunny). 1 Cormorant, 300+ Canada Geese, 2 Hybrid Canada (one looking like a blue phase snow goose), 50 Teal, 42 Wigeon, 3 Shelduck, 11 Moorhen, 6 Curlew, 86 Golden Plover, 186 Lapwing, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 89 Black-headed Gull, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Cetti’s Warbler (in front of the hide). (N Bastin).

Redruth and Lanner: 3 Blackcap (2 males), 20+ Redwing, 4 Song Thrush (1 singing), 2 Sparrowhawk, 8 Buzzard, 5 Goldcrest, 24 Pied Wagtail, 28 Goldfinch, 8 Greenfinch, 6 Chaffinch, 4 species of Tits, 2 Jay, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Wren, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbirds, usual corvids and gulls. (T Wright)

Clerkenwater Vean: 1 Woodcock. (A Wagstaff)

Marazion: 60 + Sanderling at sunset. (S Talbot)

Newlyn Harbour: 4 Great Northern Diver. (A Khan)

Lelant Station: Great Northern Diver in stream. Unusually for December it called in the sunshine. (T Pinfield)

Lanivet: 15-15 – 16-15: 4 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, c60 Rook, 15+Jackdaw, c40 Herring Gull (over, flying to coast) plus 7 resident (1 3rd w, 1 1st w), 4 Wood Pigeon, 13 Starling, 3 House Sparrow, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Goldfinch (several more heard), 2 Chaffinch (1m 1f), 3 Great Tit, 5 Blue Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 5 Robin (many more heard), 1m Blackbird (2 more heard). (B Crowle)

Wadebridge, Blable Gate: 37 Cattle Egret, 1 Grey Heron. Wadebridge: 1 Kingfisher, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Otter behind Bridge bike hire. Porthilly Point: 13 Common Gull, 2 Mediterranean Gull (many more of both species on the sand bar towards Padstow), 7 Curlew, 1 Greenshank, 6 Redshank, 65 Oystercatcher, 7 Wigeon, 1 Little Grebe, 1m Kestrel. (S Grose)

Walmsley: 1 Garganey, 1 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Little Egret, 2 Snipe. (P Davies)

Penzance Jubilee Pool: 10 Ringed Plover (1 bird with yellow ring HAJ on lower right leg, blue ring on upper left leg and metal ring on lower left leg). Penzance Harbour: 8 Turnstone, 2juv Shag, 4 Rock Pipit, 1 Pied Wagtail. Penzance Waterworks: 1 fem type Black Redstart. Hayle Carnsew Pool: 1 Shag, 1 Cormorant, 1 Oystercatcher, 130+ Wigeon over. 13.15 – 13.30. (M Webb)

Treraven Meadows: 6 Curlew, Canada Goose, Mallard, Jackdaw, House Sparrow, Woodpigeon, 14 Blue Tit, 12 Pied Wagtail, Herring Gull, c30 Starling, 25 Robin, 10 Blackbird, Black-headed Gull, 8 Redshank, Carrion Crow, Redwing, 6 Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Grebe, 4 Dunnock, Rook, 10 Oystercatcher, 2 Grey Wagtail, 18 Lapwing, 1 Buzzard, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Stock Dove, Goldfinch, 1 Cormorant, 2 Barnacle Goose, 1 Stonechat, 4 Wren, 20 Chaffinch, 150+ Teal, 8 Great Tit, 2 Greenfinch, Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Magpie, 2 Little Egret, 7 Meadow Pipit, 1 Firecrest, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Mute Swan, 2 Jay, 5 Greylag, 1 Raven, 1 Kingfisher. (C&G Horsley)

 

 

 

Late Submission, 10/12/25, Lower Tamar Lake: 2 Willow Tit, 1 Marsh Tit, 23 Goosander (7m 16f), 8 Snipe, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Coot, 2m Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Cormorant. (R Mudge)

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Common Gull – Steve Ford
White Stork – Russ Jones
White Stork – Russ Jones
Goldcrest – Anthony Mcleod
Goldcrest, United Downs, 10th December 2025. Anthony McLeod
Goldcrest – Anthony Mcleod
Merlin – A Tomkins
Great Northern Diver – Linda Birtwistle
Eider – Linda Birtwistle
Black Redstart – Caroline Taylor
Cormorant – Nigel Bastin
Shelducks – Nigel Bastin
Wigeon and Black-headed Gulls – Nigel Bastin
Sanderling – Sarah Talbot
Great Northern Diver – Aadil Khan
Great Northern Diver – Aadil Khan
Great Northern Diver – Tim Pinfield
White Stork – Tim Pinfield
Lapwing – Gus Horsley
Ringed Plover – Martin Webb
Turnstone – Martin Webb
Shag – Martin Webb
Golden Plover – James Savage
Little Grebe – James Savage