Wednesday 13th August 2025

Wednesday 13th August 2025

Lizard: 7 Chough. (D Rauprich)

Ryan’s Field: (morning high tide) 7 Greenshank, 10 Dunlin, 12 Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Whimbrel, 28 Mediterranean Gulls. Bar-headed Goose still with Canada flock on main estuary. (J Hawkey)

Pendennis Shipyard100+ House Martin early AM. (M Saunders)

Croft Pascoe Pool: 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Curlew over, 2 Willow Warbler. (S Wood)

Siblyback Lake: 22 Cormorant, 4 Heron, 1 Little Egret, 21 Little Grebe, 7 Coot, 1 Teal, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1+ Ringed Plover, 1 Greenshank, 6 adult Common Tern – present 0730 – 0830 only. 60+ Swallow, 5 Sand Martin, 1 House Martin. (K Pellow)

Stithians Reservoir; Stuart Hutchings Hide: 3 Wood Sandpiper, 5 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 4 Curlew, 16 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe. Feeder Hide: 1 Spotted Flycatcher close to hide. Golder Lion Hide: 1 adult Little Grebe with young. (J St Ledger, T Pinfield, D Buzza)

St Ives Harbour wall1 Ruddy Turnstone. (G Ward)

Gulval: Peacock with 4 chicks. (D Fox)

River Fowey – St. Winnow to West Wood: 3 Grey Heron, 5 Little Egret, 2 Cormorant,7 Mute Swan, 61 Canada Geese, 11 Mallard, 28 Curlew, 7 Greenshank, 350+ Herring Gull,12 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 6 Black-headed Gull, 1 Pied Wagtail,12 Swallow, 5 Robin, 2 Wren, 2 Blackbird, 1 Chiffchaff, 6 Linnet, 1 Raven. (A Parker)

Hannafore: 60+ Gannet, 31 Manx Shearwater, 2 Fulmar, 1 Whimbrel, 3 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 9 Oystercatcher. (R Brandon)

Goonhilly Downs: 3 Snipe, 4 Stonechat (1m and 3j), 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Curlew heard. Goonhilly, Bray’s Cott: 1 Snipe. (S Ford, A Lea)

Falmouth Bay: 20 Mile kayak trip am: 300 Manx Shearwater, 1 Balearic Shearwater, 3 Common Tern, 3 Risso’s Dolphin, 32 Common Dolphin, 2 Porpoise. (R Kirkwood)

Dozmary Pool2 Little Egret, 2 Great Crested Grebe (1 ad, 1 juv), 4 Stonechat, 2 Meadow Pipit. Colliford Lake: 8 Stonechat, 6 Northern Wheatear, 5 Meadow Pipit, 1 Raven, 9 Pied Wagtail, 20+ Common Linnet, 13 Cormorant. (A Swanson)

Rumps and Pentire: 5 Swift, 6 Feral Pigeon, 3 Wood Pigeon, 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 21 Herring Gull, 4 Fulmar, 1 Gannet, 5 Cormorant, 7 Shag, 1 Kestrel, 1 Magpie, 9 Chough, 6 Carrion Crow, 18 Swallow, 1 Whitethroat, 3 Stonechat, 2 Wheatear, 1 Pied Wagtail, 9 Rock Pipit, 80 Linnet, 15 Goldfinch, 2 Grey Seal, 3 Small White, 3 Large White, 2 Common Blue, 1 Wall Brown, 8 Meadow Brown, 1 Small Heath. (M Scawen)

Porthilly Point: 1 Hooded Crow, 5 Curlew, 21 Sandwich Tern, 20+ Sand Martin, 2 Ringed Plover, 20 Linnet, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel. (S Grose)

Drift Reservoir: 1 Wood Sandpiper, 7 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Ringed Plover (juv), 1 Greenshank, 1 Garganey, 6 Teal. (S. Rogers).

Lelant Saltings: Bar-headed Goose, 2 Barnacle Geese, 4 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, many Canada Geese, 1 Curlew. (L Bell)

Marazion Beach: 15 Mediterranean Gull, 48 Ringed Plover, 31 Sanderling, 20 Dunlin, 4 Turnstone. 2 Sandwich Tern offshore moving west. Marazion Marsh: 1 Wood Sandpiper. (JH & G Lawlor)

Ashton: 1 Green Sandpiper over. (G Healey)

Millbrook: 1 melanistic Wood Pigeon in garden. (B Taggart)
Late submission 12/08/25, Constantine Beach: 2 Chough. (L Roobottom)

Late Submission, 12/08/25, Porthgwarra: Wood Sandpiper over, 2 Tree Pipit. Polgigga: Pied Flycatcher in pines at cricket pitch. (M Wallace)

Late Submission, 12/08/25, Pendeen: 2 Tree Pipit. (P Combridge)

Late Submission, 12/08/25, Paul: 1 Redstart. (S Rogers)

Late Submission, 12/08/25, St Enodoc Golf Course: 2 Chough on the 10th green at approximately 18:45. (L Hobbs)

Late Submission, 12/08/25, Gwithian Towans: Juvenile Wheatear. (G May)

Late Submission, 12/08/25, Tresillian River/Tresemple Pool: 170 Herring Gull, 38 Black-headed Gull, 32 Redshank, 1 Moorhen, 1 Common Sandpiper, 5 Curlew (more heard but not seen). (C Taylor)

 

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Ruddy Turnstone – Geraldine Ward
Ruddy Turnstone – Geraldine Ward
Peacock & chicks – Debbie Fox
Juvenile Wheatear – Graham May
Juvenile Wheatear – Graham May
Snipe – Steve Ford
Stonechat – Steve Ford
Manx Shearwater – Rupert Kirkwood
Balearic Shearwater – Rupert Kirkwood
Common Tern – Rupert Kirkwood
Little Egret – Alistair Swanson
Great Crested Grebe – Alistair Swanson
Stonechat – Alistair Swanson
Meadow Pipit – Alistair Swanson
Northern Wheatear – Alistair Swanson
Bar-headed Goose – Lynn Bell
Melanistic Wood Pigeon – Bruce Taggart
Hooded Crow – Shaun Grose
Hooded Crow – Shaun Grose