Maer Lake : this morning at 10:25am sunny hot, 1 Grey Heron, 10 Moorhen, 1 Water Rail, 21 Mallard , 2 Teal, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 12 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 7 Herring Gull, 2 Black-headed Gull, 100+ Sand Martin, 25+ Swallow, 10 House Martin, 12 Swift ( all Hirundinidae hawking over lake), 4 Greenfinch, 2 Stonechat. (N Bastin)
Rosuick Farm: Pr Spotted Flycatcher nesting in fissure of trunk of an old fir tree, 1 Song Thrush smashing snail shell, 3 Swallow, 5 Linnet, 4 Goldfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 1m Chaffinch, 1 Wren. (P K Bray)
Rumps and Pentire: 2 Swift, 4 Wood Pigeon, 13 Feral Pigeon/Rock Dove, 4 Oystercatcher, 6 Great Black-backed Gull, 25 Herring Gull, 4 Guillemot, 3 Fulmar, 4 Gannet, 3 Cormorant, 17 Shag, 1 Kestrel, 2 Carrion Crow, 6 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 4 Whitethroat, 1 Blackbird, 1 Stonechat, 7 Rock Pipit, 25 Linnet, 1 Goldfinch, plus 1 Grey Seal, 2 Small Skipper, 150+Small White, 2 Large White, 4 Small Copper, 4 Common Blue, 8 Red Admiral, 5 Painted Lady, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 4 Peacock, 3 Speckled Wood, 3 Wall Brown, 36 Gatekeeper, 26 Meadow Brown, 12 Six-spot Burnet (M Scawen)
Drift Reservoir: 2 (1 ad 1 juv) Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Grebe, 2 (1 ad 1juv) Cormorant, 32 Canada Goose inc 2 juv, 1 Buzzard, 3 Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Wren, 1f Blackbird 10.15 – 12.15. (M Webb)
Pentireglaze/The Rumps: 20 Barn Swallow (4 juv almost ready to fledge in nest at NT Pentireglaze), 6 Common Whitethroat, 14 Stonechat, >20 Common Linnet, 1 Pied Wagtail, 8 Skylark, 2 Rock Pipit, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull. (A Swanson)
West Pentire: 3 Raven, 5 Stonechat, 4 Skylark, 2 Linnet, 4 Jackdaw, 3 Swallow. (E Pearce)
Wisley Downs: 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 4 Stonechat, 3 Skylark, 6 Siskin, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Kestrel, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Song Thrush, 7 Coal Tit, 3 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 11 Goldcrest, 3 Blackcap. (S Grose)
Hayle Estuary and Ryan’s Field: 1 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, multiple Canada Goose, 1 Bar-headed Goose, 4 Reed Warbler heard, 1 Cetti’s Warbler heard, 1 pair Shelduck with young, 4 Black-headed Gull and 1 young, 2 Oystercatcher. (A Khan)
RSPB Scillonian III wildlife cruise, Penzance to Wolf Rock: 3 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Shag, 15 Gannet, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 9 Herring Gull, 3 Sandwich Tern, 3 Guillemot, 29 Manx Shearwater, 2 Harbour Porpoise. (P Taylor, H Mitchell)
St Mary’s to Wolf Rock: 1 Razorbill, 1 Shag, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 11 Gannet, 86 Manx Shearwater, 4 Guillemot, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 4 Fulmar, 1 Sandwich Tern, 6 Kittiwake, 1 Herring Gull. (P Taylor, H Mitchell)
Downderry: 16 Gannet, 22 Black-headed Gull and 37 Mediterranean Gull west, 0630-0700. 14 Manx Shearwater east. (A Payne)
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