Saturday 1st March 2008 - Cornwall Bird Reports

Todays Birding highlights in Cornwall include:

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

Drift - *CATTLE EGRET* (13) in fields at Treganhoe Farm still. ICELAND GULL (2) on reservoir this morning and GLAUCOUS GULL again near Sancreed

St Ives - STONE CURLEW flew west past St Ives Island early afternoon

Marazion - ‘Siberian’ Chiffchaff (2) still at Longrock Pool and Water Pipit still on beach.

Newlyn - ICELAND GULL and BN Grebe still in Harbour and Med Gull

Stithians Reservoir - *CATTLE EGRET* again on Golden Lion cutoff and Bittern still at southern cutoff. Also Willow Warbler at midday. (thanks S.Taylor)

Truro - Avocet and Red-breasted Merganser on river at Tresillian today (thanks S.Williams)

Hayle Estuary - Little Gull (1w) again from causeway bridge. Also Med Gull (2)