Porthgwarra: 2 juv Dotterel still present mid afternoon south side of drystone wall, Ringed Plover (heard), Whimbrel (heard), 1 Wheatear, 2 Grey Heron over. (P Smale) Also 1 Dotterel. (A Barter) Also 1 Ringed Plover. (P Fraser)
Jollytown Farm (near Soapy Cove): 1 Nightingale. (D Wright et al) Also 1 Pied Flycatcher. (D Wright)
Drift Reservoir: 1 Glossy Ibis still, mass fly by this morning by 20+ Grey Heron, 1 female Kingfisher, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, Hobby caught a Kingfisher. (R Chiffers)
Davidstow Airport: 1 White Stork over, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 2 White Wagtail, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Starling, 1 Whinchat, many Linnet, Swallows, Pied Wagtails, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Green Sandpiper, c18 Wheatear. (D Dennis)
Marazion Marsh: 1 White Stork. (I Barry) Also 2 Kingfisher, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Eurasian Curlew, 4 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret, 5 Stonechat, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Common Buzzard. (A Swanson & T Zoppi)
Gannel Estuary, Newquay: 1 White Stork left 9am. Went high up, circled round and flew N E. (M Lammas)
Old Lizard Lane: 1 Quail flushed from grassy field. (D Collins)
East Pentire: 1 Wilson’s Petrel, 1 Storm Petrel, 1 Arctic Skua, 1 Sandwich Tern, 6 Common Tern, 14 ‘Commic Tern’. (S Rowe, D Grose)
Porth Joke: 1 Yellow Wagtail, 5 Swift, also 8 Grey Heron landed on the ‘Chick’ off the Kelseys. (S Rowe)
Gannel Estuary: 2 Greenshank, 12 Little Egret. (S Rowe)
Land’s End: 11 Whitethroat, 5 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 2 Chough, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Whinchat, 14 Stonechat, 4 Greenshank & 1 Curlew (south). (J Hawkey)
Burniere: 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Whimbrel, 2 Little Egret, 7 Greenshank, 6 Redshank, 3 Stock Dove, 2 Teal, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kingfisher, 10+ Dunlin. (P Davies)
Tresillian to St Clement: (rising tide, 13.55 – 15.50): 1 Osprey (being mobbed by female Sparrowhawk at one point), 59 Redshank, 11 Greenshank, 13 Curlew, 9 Common Sandpiper (high count here), 1 Shelduck (juvenile), 20+ Swallow. 7 Little Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 2 Cormorant. (A Nicholson)
Camel Trail, Wadebridge to Tregunna: 2 Bullfinch, 1 Swallow, 15 Mute Swan, 36 Redshank, 4 Collared Dove, 7 Little Egret, 3 Wren, 1 Song Thrush, 7 Robin, 3 Grey Heron, 2 House Martin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 18 Curlew, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Buzzard, 1 Blackbird, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Chaffinch, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, c60 Oystercatcher, 1 Jay, 8 Shelduck, 6 Cormorant, 2 Magpie, 1 Dunnock, 12 Teal, Goldfinch, 22 Ringed Plover, 30 Dunlin, 4 Greylag, c200 Canada Goose, 2 Grey Wagtail. (G Horsley)
Stithians Southern Causway: Osprey (15.35-16.40), Wood Sandpiper, Great White Egret, Sparrowhawk, Great Black-backed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Turnstone, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Goldfinch, 30+ Dunlin, 30+ Ringed Plover, 30+ Pied Wagtail. (P Wiltshire)
Porth Reservoir: 7 Dunlin, 5 Ringed Plover, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Great Crested Grebes inc one young, 2 Teal; lots of mixed Gulls from far hide, water level very low. (M Lammas)
Pendrea, St Buryan: 30 Swallow. (P Fraser)
Penberth: 1 Willow Warbler, 13 Chiffchaff. (P Fraser)
Bosisto Lane: 16 Chiffchaff, 1 Spotted Flycatcher. (P Fraser)
Ardensawa: 2 Golden Plover. (P Fraser)
Raftra Farm: 9 Yellow Wagtail. (P Fraser)
Rumps and Pentire: 4 Feral Pigeon/Rock Dove, 1 Wood Pigeon, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 40 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Fulmar, 7 Gannet, 2 Cormorant, 3 Shag, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Chough, 8 Rook, 6 Carrion Crow, 45 Swallow, 12 House Martin, 6 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 6 Rock Pipit, 31 Linnet, 7 Clouded Yellow, 29 Small White, 1 Small Copper, 2 Common Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Painted Lady, 3 Small Heath, 1 Hummingbird Hawkmoth. (M Scawen et al.)
Siblyback Reservoir: 3 Whinchat, 7 Wheatear, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 3 Ruff, 10+ Ringed Plover, 7 Dunlin, 1 Greenshank,1 Common Redshank,2 Grey Wagtail, many Pied Wagtail, 5 Meadow Pipit, 5 Little Grebe, 1 juv. Great Crested Grebe, 5 Raven (poss. family group as all together), 5 Common Buzzard, numbers of Swallows. (V Booth)
Kynance Farm: 1 Pied Flycatcher. (D Collins)
Caerthillian: 1 Whinchat. (D Collins)
Church Cove: 5 Yellow Wagtail with cows. (D Collins)
Devoran: 1 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Knot, 2 Shelduck. (L Parkerson)
Marazion Marsh RSPB: 13.35 – 14.15: 3juv (1m 2f) Stonechat, 2 Little Grebe, 4 Moorhen, 5 Little Egret, 2juv Cormorant. (M Webb)
Pentire Steps: 2 Chough (pr) ground feeding. Also 1 Chough above Bedrithen Steps followed by another on the wing in Trerathick Cove. (M Hart)
Camel Estuary: 7 Bar-tailed Godwit, 7 Ringed Plover, 70 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 5 Ruff, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Redshank, 6 Knot, 5 Cattle Egret. (B Bosisto)
Stithians Reservoir: 1 Little Stint, 45 Ringed Plover, 33 Dunlin, 2 Snipe, 5 Greenshank, 1 Great White Egret, 12 Teal, 1 Shelduck. (S Van Hear)
Dobwalls: 20+ House Martin, 3 Swallow. (C&J Duffy)
West Pentire: 4 Chough. (E Campbell)
Nare Head, Roseland Peninsula: 2 Chough, feeding in a coastal field. (J Egar)
Kynance: 2 Chough, 5 Rock Pipit, 1 Stonechat, 1 Northern Wheatear, 5 Great Black-backed Gull. (A Swanson)
RSPB Scillonian III wildlife cruise, Penzance to Wolf Rock: 42 Herring Gull, 25 Gannet, 5 Shag, 11 Manx Shearwater, 1 Great Shearwater. (P Taylor, M Elliott)
Wolf Rock to St Mary’s: 58 Gannet, 45 Manx Shearwater, 4 Great Shearwater, 7 Cory’s Shearwater, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 4 Shag, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 26 Sandwich Tern, 2 Common Dolphin. (P Taylor, M Elliott)
St Mary’s to Wolf Rock: 16 Cormorant, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Great Shearwater, 20+ Cory’s Shearwater, 38 Gannet, 29 Manx Shearwater, 1 Fulmar. (P Taylor, M Elliott)
Wolf rock to Penzance: 3 Fulmar, 1 Arctic Skua, 1 phalarope sp, 36 Gannet, 233 Manx Shearwater, 1 European Storm Petrel, 2 Guillemot, 1 Curlew, 4+ Risso’s Dolphin. (P Taylor, M Elliott)
Tamar Estuary: 7 Little Tern with 20+ Sandwich Tern, 200+ Black-Headed Gull, & 50+ Herring Gull. (A & K Oram)
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