Cornwall Birding

Todays Birding and Seawatching highlights in Cornwall include:
Hayle Estuary - Red-necked Phalarope reported at 17.00hrs on Ryan’s Field, tho mobile. NOTE: Spring high tide tomorrow. RSPB are keeping water from entering Ryan’s field so waders have somewhere to roost. Also Arctic Tern (juv) and Gannet (ad) from Old Quay house Car Park (thanks M.Halliday)

Exhausted Gannet […]

Todays Birding highlights in Cornwall include:
Pendeen - 08.00 - 19.20hrs - Sabines Gull (4 juvs), Long-tailed Skua (2), Leach’s Petrel (12+), Grey Phalarope (5), Pom Skua (2), Balearic Sh’water (28), Sooty Sh’water (45), Bonxie (3), Arctic Skua (20+), Arctic Tern (2)
St Ives Island - 08.00 - 18.30hrs - WILSON’S PETREL flew west past at 08.20hrs, plus […]

Todays Birding highlights in Cornwall include:
Hayle Estuary - Garganey (eclipse drk) still from causeway bridge this afternoon
Sennen Cove - Pom Skua (ad), Arctic Skua (7), Great Skua (1) this afternoon.
Porthgwarra - Cory’s Sh’water (3), Pom Skua (ad), Balearic Sh’water (14), Sooty Sh’water (1) Arctic Skua (19), Great Skua (2), Storm Petrel (7) by midday at […]

Very little action on the seawatching front today:
Porthgwarra - Balearic Shearwater (5), Tree Pipit (4), Storm Petrel (1), Yellow-legged Gull (1), Whimbrel (2) 
Rame Head to Looe - From trawler today - Manx Sh’water (3), Storm Petrel (8), Common Swift (1), Wheatear (1), Curlew (1), Lesser-black backed Gull (15), Great black backed Gull (6) (thanks C.Buckland)

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Tintagel - Balearic Sh’water (3), Sooty Sh’water (4), Manx Sh’water (175) past Barras Nose
Rame Head - Balearic Sh’water (3),Storm Petrel (50+) from Trawler at midday (thanks C.Buckland)
St Ives Island - Sooty Sh’water (1), Storm Petrel (2)
Porthgwarra - Balearic Shearwater (11), Sooty Shearwater (2), Manx Shearwater (154), Great Skua (2), Common Scoter (1)

Porthgwarra - Highlights from the SEAWATCH SW team at Gwennap Head today include: Sooty Sh’water (5), Balearic Sh’water (6), Manx Sh’water (270), Storm Petrel (100), Common Scoter (2), Great Skua (1), Med Gull (juv), Kittiwake (40), Sandwich Tern (9), Common Tern (13), Whimbrel (7)
Pendeen - Balearic Sh’water (1), Sooty Sh’water (4), Great Skua (3) past between 11.00 - […]

Pendeen - Balearic Sh’water (20+), Sooty Sh’water (15), Great Skua (8), Storm Petrel (13), Manx Sh’water (700+)
Rumps Point - Balearic Sh’water (8), Arctic Skua (4), Storm Petrel (4)
Porthgwarra - Balearic Sh’water (9), Sooty Sh’water (14), Storm Petrel (3)
St Ives Island - Balearic Shearwater (30), Sooty Shearwater (3), Storm Petrel (50), Arctic Skua (5), Great Skua (3), […]

Porthgwarra - Cory’s Sh’water (6), Pom Skua (1), Sooty Sh’water (160+), Great Skua (2) and Manx Sh’water (500+), Storm Petrel (160), Balearic Sh’water (29), Arctic Skua (11)

So far today, seawatching from Cornwall’s watchpoints have produced:
Pendeen - WILSON’S PETREL at 07.55hrs lingering of the rocks for 5 minutes, Sooty Sh’water (20+), Balearic Sh’water (25), Pom Skua (3)
St Ives Island - Sooty Sh’water (3), Balearic Sh’water (13), Storm Petrel (10), Arctic Skua (4), Pom Skua (3), Arctic Tern (juv)
Tintagel - Balearic Sh’water (1), […]

St Ives Island - **LITTLE SHEARWATER**  past this afternoon, WILSON’S PETREL past at 17.05hrs, Great Sh’water (4), Balearic Sh’water (65+), Sooty Sh’water (9), Storm Petrel (300+), Arctic Skua (3), Great Skua (3), Puffin (2)
Pendeen - WILSON’S PETREL past at 15.35hrs, Cory’s Sh’water (7), Great Sh’water (30+), Sooty Sh’water (50), Storm Petrel (330)
Dinham Flats - Curlew […]

Sightings today from the Seawatch SW team at Gwennap Head, Porthgwarra.
2 Balearic Shearwaters
30 Manx Shearwaters
2 Cormorants
42 Kittiwake
13 Common Scoters
3 Razorbills
4 Guillemots
2 Auk sp.
1 Arctic Skua
1000 Herring Gulls (feeding flock offshore)
9 Sandwich Terns
4 Commic Terns
1 Green Woodpecker (juvenile dispersal)
2 Ravens
3 Oystercatchers
1 Curlew W
14 Swifts
5 Swallows S
2 Basking Sharks

Sightings from Gwennap Head, Porthgwarra today from the SEAWATCH SW team were:10 Balearic Shearwaters
283 Manx Shearwaters
1 European Storm-petrel
94 Kittiwakes
2 Cormorants
25 Shags
14 Common Scoters
34 Razorbills
7 Guillemots
4 Puffins
1 Great Skua
3 Mediterranean Gulls (juveniles)
11 ‘Commic’ Terns
Herring Gulls catching and eating pipefish
2 Ravens
12 Swifts
3 Swallows S

Pendeen - Seawatch 10.30 - 12.26hrs - Cory’s Sh’water (1), Storm Petrel (3), Manx Sh’water (500+)
Hayle Estuary - Med.Gull (2, both 1st sum)
Sennen - Med Gull (2)

Marazion - probable AMERICAN HERRING GULL (1st sum.) flew west this morning.
Landulph Marsh - Greenshank (2), Common Sandpiper (2), Little Egret (10)
Hayle Estuary -  Little Egret(10)
Pendeen - Seawatch 0850hrs to 1015 - Manx Sh’water (160+), Kittewake (6)
Porthgwarra -  Pomarine Skua (1), Balearic Sh’water (7),  Sooty Shearwaters (2), Storm Petrels (32), Arctic skua (1), Puffin (2), Manx Shearwaters (500+)

Pendeen - Manx Sh’water (1500) in 30 minutes this morning.
Porthgwarra - Seawatch 07.45hrs - 09.50hrs - Sooty Shearwater,(1) Storm Petrel (20)
Mount’s Bay - Arctic Skua (dark morph) west past Tolcarne Beach at 10.28hrs.
Penlee Point - seawatch 09.30hrs - 11.30hrs - Storm Petrel (5), Manx Sh’water (23)
Walmsley Sanctuary - Garganey (eclipse drk) again today.

Porthgwarra - sea-watch 08.30hrs -10.00hrs - CORYS SHEARWATER (1) , Balearic Sh’water (2), Storm Petrel (2)
Porthgwarra - sea-watch 13.50 - 15.50hrs - CORY’S SHEARWATER (45) (55 seen by 17.40hrs)
St Ives - Balearic Shearwater (1), Manx Shearwater (c1000), Storm Petrel (10) this morning.
St Ives Island - Sea-watch 16.00hrs - 1800hrs - Balearic Sh’water (3), Storm Petrel […]

Sea-watch between 12.00hrs and 14.30hrs from Penninis Head produced CORY’S SH’WATER (40), Storm Petrel (2), Manx Sh’water (100). (Thanks Adam Hutt)

Pendeen - Seawatch 1200hrs - 1430hrs. Balearic Sh’water (2), Storm Petrel(2)
Rumps Point - Balearic Sh’water (2), Storm Petrel (2), Manx Sh’water
Porthpean - Red-throated Diver (imm) still

A seawatch from Penlee Point from 0930hrs - 1215hrs today produced STORM PETREL(25) and MANX SH’WATER (31).
Between 1015hrs - 1130hrs at Gyllyngvase Beach, Falmouth, STORM PETREL (171)
STORM PETRELS this afternoon in Cornwall, Porthmellon (5+), Porthpean (1), Chapel Point (4+), Tolcarne Beach (31, two taken by a Peregrine)
Eagles Nest 2230hrs-2300hrs - NIGHTJAR (2) churring males, GRASSHOPPER […]

STORM PETREL - 4 past Tolcarne beach, 3 past Penlee Point this morning.
ARCTIC SKUA - Single past Penlee Point.
Seawatching at Portmellon bay produced STORM PETREL (2), MANX SH’WATER (150+) and BLACK THROATED DIVER. (Courtsey RBA)
Seawatching from Chapel Point this afternoon produced POMARINE SKUA (3, all Imm.) BALEARIC SH’WATER (2)
GARGANEY (drk) still at Walmsley Sanctuary.
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