Pendeen: Fea’s-type Petrel (distant 06:40-06:43), 7 Wilson’s Petrel, 15 Storm Petrel, 112 Great Shearwater, 325 Cory’s Shearwater, 13 Sooty Shearwater, 2 Balearic Shearwater, 3 Great Shearwater, 1 Arctic Skua and 1 Minke Whale, by 10:15. (I Prentice)
Porth Reservoir: Night Heron flew in from west to roost to the east end at 20:30 still there at 20:50, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Curlew, 1 Lapwing, 5 Grey Heron. (J Eames) Also Great Crested Grebe with young one, flock of Long-tailed Tit, gulls and ducks. (SM Cox)
Retire Common: 1 Common Quail flushed along track. (R Hollis)
Bodmin Moor: 1 juvenile Cuckoo. (R Hollis)
Maer Lake: 9 Curlew, 3 Green Sandpiper, 3 Dunlin, 4 Teal, 11 Mallard, 8 Moorhen, 1 Grey Heron, 20 Herring Gull, 184 Black-headed Gull, 6 Carrion Crow, 2 Magpie, 5 Woodpigeon, 2 Wren, 1 Reed Warbler, 4 Goldfinch, 1 Stonechat, 1 Swallow, 2 Sand Martin, 1 Buzzard, 1 Painted Lady, 1 Small White, 1 Meadow Brown. (K Hannavy)
Boscathnoe Res.: 1 Mandarin Duck. (I Prentice)
Stithians (Stuart Hutchings hide): 6 Dunlin, 6 Ringed Plover, 1 Greenshank, 2 Lapwing, 25 Curlew, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper. (T Pinfield & J St Ledger)
Rumps and Pentire: 2 Feral Pigeon/Rock Dove, 1 Wood Pigeon, 21 Oystercatcher, 17 Mediterranean Gull, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 35 Herring Gull, 2 Fulmar, 15 Gannet, 5 Cormorant, 5 Shag, 1 Kestrel, 4 Chough, 13 Carrion Crow, 3 Skylark, Sand Martin , 32 Swallow, 5 House Martin, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Robin, 3 Stonechat, 3 Wheatear, 2 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 1 Meadow Pipit, 6 Rock Pipit, 23 Linnet, 1 Grey Seal, 1 Roe Deer, 1 Clouded Yellow, 6 Small White, 8 Common Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Painted Lady, 8 Meadow Brown. (M Scawen et al.)
East Pentire (05.55-09.00): 1 Great Shearwater, 18 Cory’s Shearwater, c25000 Manx Shearwater, 1 Storm Petrel, 1 Arctic Skua, 56 Whimbrel, 3 Ringed Plover, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Sandwich Tern. (S Rowe, D Grose)
Drift Reservoir: 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Wren, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Little Egret, 3 Greenshank, 3 Dunlin, 3 Snipe, 4 Great Created Grebe, 5 Green Sandpiper. A couple of moulting Black-headed Gulls amongst 30+ Herring Gulls. (P Wiltshire)
River Camel: 6 Greylag Goose. (C Davies)
Burniere: 6 Cattle Egret, 2 Little Egret, 6 Greenshank, 20+ Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 10+ Redshank, 1 Greylag Goose, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Buzzard, 25 Mute Swan, 24 Canada Goose, 1 Shelduck. (P Davies)
Stithians Reservoir; Golden Lion Hide: 6 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Sparrowhawk (over). (J St Ledger, T Pinfield, M Sharpe, I Lewis)
Stithians Reservoir; Stuart Hutchings Hide: 3 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 6 Dunlin, 6 Ringed Plover, 27 Curlew, 2 Lapwing. (J St Ledger, T Pinfield, M Sharpe, I Lewis)
Levant Mine: 5 European Storm Petrel 13:45 – 15:30; 12 Northern Fulmar 08:15 – 09:30, 29 13:45 – 15:30; 75 Cory’s Shearwater 08:15 – 09:30, 1 13:45 – 15:30; 1 Sooty Shearwater 08:15 – 09:30; 3 Great Shearwater 08:15 – 09:30, 1 13:45 – 15:30. No swifts at Pendrea, St. Buryan today. (P Fraser)
Trebarwith Strand to Tregonnick Tail (Coast Path): 1 Raven, 2 Kestrel, 1 Wheatear, 7 Stonechat, 1 Meadow Pipit, 2 Carrion Crow, Oystercatchers (Heard), 1 Chough (Treligga cliffs). (J Burges)
Penzance to Wolf Rock: 4 Turnstone, 6 Black-headed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 4 Guillemot, 17 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Great Skua, 1 Juv Yellow-legged Gull, 264 Gannet, 7 Fulmar, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Shag, 370 Manx Shearwater, 1 Cory’s Shearwater, 19 Common Dolphin. (B Bosisto, B Craven)
Wolf Rock to St Mary’s: 3 Storm Petrel, 14 Cory’s Shearwater, 14 Common Tern, 3 Great Shearwater, 67 Manx Shearwater, 2 Black-headed Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 6 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Common Gull, 2 Oystercatcher, 6 Common Dolphin. (B Bosisto , B Craven)
St Mary’s to Wolf Rock: 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 24 Sandwich Tern, 61 Gannet, 13 Cory’s Shearwater, 3 Fulmar, 359 Manx Shearwater, 1 Great Shearwater, 1 Common Dolphin. (B Bosisto, B Craven)
Wolf Rock to Penzance: 2 Fulmar , 5 Cory’s Shearwater, 68 Gannet, 560 Manx Shearwater, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 3 Common Dolphin, 1 Ocean Sunfish. (B Bosisto, B Craven)
Wadebridge: 2 Redshank, 1 Curlew, 4 Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron. (J Brown)
Chapel Amble: 1 Kingfisher, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard. (J Brown)
Late Submission, 04/08/2026, Pendeen: 31 Arctic Tern, 5 Sandwich Tern, 1 Arctic Skua, 47 Whimbrel, 2 Redshank. (P Combridge)
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