Friday 28th March 2008 - Cornwall Bird Reports

Todays Birding highlights in Cornwall include:

Tehidy Country Park - **HUME’S LEAF WARBLER** still in scrub at back of cafe.

Drift - *CATTLE EGRET* (17) in cattle field at entrance to Treganhoe Farm and showing well. (P.Freestone et al). Also ICELAND GULL (juv) on reservoir in afternoon.

St Austell - PACIFIC DIVER (ad) again off Porthpean. Also BT Diver (7), GN Diver (1).

Newlyn - ICELAND GULL (2 juvs) still in Harbour

Pendeen - Balearic Sh’water (2) and Manx Sh’water (8) past pendeen watch in 2hrs today.

Porthgwarra - Puffin (207), Sandwich Tern (5) and Manx Sh’water (200+) past Gweppan Head this morning.

Penzance - Purple Sandpiper (11) on rocks at Jubilee Pool today

Marazion - Slav Grebe (2) still off Long Rock

Gwithian - Water Pipit still on flashes at St Gothian Sands NR.