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Pendeen today

The totals for the day are as follows:
261 Sooty Shearwater
5 Great Shearwater (1 close by the rocks)
2 Cory's Shearwater
30 Balearic Shearwater
2000+ Manx Shearwater
1 Yelkouan Shearwater (showing characteristics of)
1 Little Shearwater
34 Arctic Skua (nearly all adults)
1 Pomarine Skua (adult)
23 Great Skua
6 Common Tern
6 Arctic Tern
32 "Comic" Tern
1 Black Tern
1 Sandwich Tern
9 Storm Petrel
1 Wilson's Petrel (close - by the rocks)
5 Sabine's Gull (3 reasonably close)
1 Common Scoter
3 Grey Phalarope
1 Red-necked Phalarope (close - by the rocks)
1 Puffin
3 auk sp.
 
No Paul, not another dig at your website, I was simply correcting an inadvertent error by Steve, something I notice you didn’t rush to correct. In your own reply to me you freely admit that your site is out of touch and people should use reputable bird services for up to date and accurate information, so what’s your problem?
If you’re not an information service why do you keep asking people for news, and what do you think people are coming to your site for? No Paul, whether you claim it or not, you are being used as an information service and as such you should keep it up to date or stop encouraging people to send you information. Otherwise you are guilty of suppressing news, which is what I said to your face when you tried to recruit me to your site.
So you haven’t got a clue Paul? You are either even more stupid than I gave you credit for or yet again you are trying to bluster your way out of a corner. In your arrogance, you asked me for evidence of mistakes with birds, and on your website. When I reeled off a list, you were been unable to refute any of them and went to ground. However, true to form you have reappeared with yet more ridiculous remarks.
Not aware I have had difficulties with Hen/Montague’s Harrier, but whatever, if you say so Paul, that’s fine by me.
Paul, your logic is fatally flawed to the point of being ridiculous. I do not need to be a “professional birder or Ornithologist” to be able to prove your ineptness. Indeed I do not even need to be a better birder than you, your own track record condemns you! Likewise with your incompetence, I do not need to run my own website to point out your shortcomings as an editor, they are there for all to see. The final sentence of your last reply to me perfectly illustrates my point if you think being concerned about spelling is anal. Again throughout this thread you have proved yourself disingenuous, with a trail of lies, half-truths, foul and offensive language. Morally bankrupt may be a bit strong but you have certainly cast serious doubt on your reliability and integrity. On the few occasions when we have met, your behaviour has only served to reinforce this view.
Funnily enough Paul, I also have received e-mails and phone calls supporting what I have said, some from quite surprising quarters! So I know I am not alone.
I’m not trying to ridicule you Paul, you are doing a perfectly good job on your own!;)
Kind regards
Dave Parker
P.S. Just to show I am prepared to praise you when you actually do something well, congratulations on your first two pelagics, they certainly came up trumps.


What a surprise, hiding behind the internet once again. You manage to spout all this crap Dave on Bf yet you stand less than three feet away from Me a few days ago on Lelant Platform and say nothing to my face, you spineless B*****d. You even looked through your bins when you walked onto the platform and then stopped walking when you saw it was me. I purposely said nothing to you to see if you would actually put into words what you write on here, but no. Not a word, yet you wait a week or so and then spout off on here again. The few times we have met previously? I cant even remember what was said. Very memorable. And i doubt i would be surprised by the 'quarters' sending you e-mails. What are you talking about 'recruiting you for ther website'?? If you mean asking you to send in your sightings?? I put peoples sightings on because not everyone have pagers etc and it is a permanent record on the website. The rest of the info comes from RBA. I update as and when i can to keep a record of birds in Cornwall. Where else can you find all the news for birds in the county on one page on the internet, accompanied by photographs occasionally. Which other Cornwall website has the amount of information and photographs, trip reports, monthly reviews, site map, rarity galleries, tide and weather info, birding news etc etc. Its not all about the recent sightings.

Stupid, Dave, I am not. Please don't underestimate me. You must do a lot of crosswords judging by your eliquent replies. You may notice that i have not said anything personal about you. You however continue to say things of a personal nature to me. And you say Im morally bankupt.
Dont need your praise thankyou. You are however welcome on board should you wish to go on one of the pelagics next year. (just to show im not morally Bankrupt)
 
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The totals for the day are as follows:
261 Sooty Shearwater
5 Great Shearwater (1 close by the rocks)
2 Cory's Shearwater
30 Balearic Shearwater
2000+ Manx Shearwater
1 Yelkouan Shearwater (showing characteristics of)
1 Little Shearwater
34 Arctic Skua (nearly all adults)
1 Pomarine Skua (adult)
23 Great Skua
6 Common Tern
6 Arctic Tern
32 "Comic" Tern
1 Black Tern
1 Sandwich Tern
9 Storm Petrel
1 Wilson's Petrel (close - by the rocks)
5 Sabine's Gull (3 reasonably close)
1 Common Scoter
3 Grey Phalarope
1 Red-necked Phalarope (close - by the rocks)
1 Puffin
3 auk sp.

Some extras after you left included:

2 Sabs
4 Common Scoter
2 Storm Petrel
2 Great Shears, one of them only 2/3 way out to rocks!
A few more Sooty and skuas but not sure how many were after you left
 
A fairly lively hour and a half seawatching of Bass Point late this afternoon, particularly as a fishing boat went past discarding scraps with two Sab Gulls and 5 stormies in its wake. Total haul was:

2 juv Sab Gulls (E)
4 Sooty Shearwaters (W)
1 Balearic Shearwater (W)
1 Bonxie (W)
1 Puffin (W)
7 Storm Petrels (6E, 1W)
1 Ocean Sunfish

Not quite on par with Fea’s Petrel & Little Shearwater, but satisfying nonetheless.
 
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Sunday was indeed pretty good, especially at around 11:30!
Only a half day as the fog came in, but we really enjoyed ourselves. In addition to the Fea's, we saw ~30 Sooty, ~35 Stormie, 1 presumed Great Shearwater at 7am, 150 or so Manxies, 11 Whimbrel, 5 Shelduck, 1 Puffin, 2 Bonxie and an Arctic Skua. Also a bonus Citrine Wagtail at Marazion, another new bird for me.
Jonathan



It's shaping up pretty good for the moment Jonathan. Little Shearwater, Wilson's Petrel, poss Yelkouan Shearwater, large shears galore and bundles of the regular seabirds off Pendeen today alone.
A check of the wind forecast shows that tomorrow looks good for north coast spots including Pendeen, St Ives, Rumps etc with winds moving to the NW and staying strong, but into Sat/Sun the winds die down considerably. If you can get there tomorrow, go for it! Some brilliant birding to be had even if no megas wind their way past, the spectacle of 20000 manxies and 10000 gannets would be mezmorizing.
Cheers. Henry.
 
Hi guys, I'm planning a trip down from my usual yorkshire haunts this weekend to meet friends and would like to partake in a bit of seawatching on saturday morning and/or try looking for some of my bogey birds such as dartford warbler or possibly passage ring ouzel. I'll be staying near rame point, is this a good place to seawatch or would i need to head over to the north coast. Dartford warbler would be my target species for the trip. Any information would be much appreciated.

cheers mark.
 
Already checked the site out, thats why i'm interested in the gen for dartford warbler. I've also bought the best birdwatching sites in cornwall & scilly. I'm also planning a quick trip to whacker quay. I've heard that dartfords are possible at tregantle.

Mark.
 
Wilsons Petrel already off Pendeen this morning. Sabs off Pendeen and St Ives and a probable Bairds Sand at Davidstow airfield. :t:
 
Already checked the site out, thats why i'm interested in the gen for dartford warbler. I've also bought the best birdwatching sites in cornwall & scilly. I'm also planning a quick trip to whacker quay. I've heard that dartfords are possible at tregantle.

Mark.

Knocker

There are Dartfords at Tregantle in the gorse on the seaward side. They are possibe anywhere on the coast road from Tregantle to Rame. The best place I have always found is to drive along the coast road past the View cafe and park in a small but obvious carpark about 400 yards east of the cafe on the left hand side of the road. (it's sort of triangular) Take the footpath opposite the carpark down towards the sea. Dartfords can be seen anywhere in this area but they don't like the wind so you may have to be patient.

There are plenty of Med Gulls at Torpoint and there is at least 1 Osprey at the moment ranging between Wacker Quay and St Johns lake.

Darrell
 
Knocker

There are Dartfords at Tregantle in the gorse on the seaward side. They are possibe anywhere on the coast road from Tregantle to Rame. The best place I have always found is to drive along the coast road past the View cafe and park in a small but obvious carpark about 400 yards east of the cafe on the left hand side of the road. (it's sort of triangular) Take the footpath opposite the carpark down towards the sea. Dartfords can be seen anywhere in this area but they don't like the wind so you may have to be patient.

There are plenty of Med Gulls at Torpoint and there is at least 1 Osprey at the moment ranging between Wacker Quay and St Johns lake.

Darrell

Thats great info, knowing my luck it'll be windy all weekend. I am staying about 1/2 mile from that car park so i should get sopme oportunities to look for them.
 
Pendeen seawatch today

Below are my totals from 6.30 am to 1.15pm today. Other observers may have counted more or less than those below. The totals exclude counts after 1.15pm.

Wilsons Petrel, one at 6.45am just outside the rocks at c.600m and drifted slowly westwards and was on view for a couple mins., showing the pale upper wing greater coverts, lack of white under wing bar and slow deliberate flight.
Manx Shearwater. An impressive movement, especially at dawn, up to 4000 per hour for the first two hours then a steady, lower flow throughout the period.
21 Balearic Shearwater including one interesting pale bird with short tail, flat belly and obvious dark underwing diagonal bar.
4 Cory's Shearwater, three distant and one at c.800m showed reasonably well.
38 Sooty Shearwater (not 100 as previously reported ? ). Several gave close views inside the rocks.
7 Storm Petrel
23 Arctic Skua (all adults, most with tail streamers showing)
12 Bonxie (all adults)
10 Arctic Tern
50 + Comic Tern
23 Grey Phalarope (inc one flock of 18 which settled on the sea in front of us)
2 Sabine's Gull (both adults in summer plumage with black hoods, one giving good views)
3 Common Scoter
4 Whimbrel
3 Sandwich Tern
10 Dunlin
1 Turnstone

In summary, a fair morning's work and enjoyable with approx 35 others.:t:B :)
 
Nine places left on the final Cornwall Birding Pelagic of the year on Saturday 12th September 2009. Contact Cornwall Birding for details.

We will be running a full diary of Pelagics next year from mid july to mid-September on every saturday and possibly one or two mid-week trips.
Some nice pics of the Spotted Crake ar Marazion on Cornwall Birding now.

http://www.cornwall-birding.co.uk/r...day-3rd-september-2009-cornwall-bird-reports/
 
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We will be running a full diary of Pelagics next year from mid july to mid-September on every saturday and possibly one or two mid-week trips.

Excellant - I'll make sure i do one next year. It's also poss there's a Scillionian pelagic as well next year. The Steamship company to me they were hoping to run one in 2010
 
Knocker

There are Dartfords at Tregantle in the gorse on the seaward side. They are possibe anywhere on the coast road from Tregantle to Rame. The best place I have always found is to drive along the coast road past the View cafe and park in a small but obvious carpark about 400 yards east of the cafe on the left hand side of the road. (it's sort of triangular) Take the footpath opposite the carpark down towards the sea. Dartfords can be seen anywhere in this area but they don't like the wind so you may have to be patient.


Darrell

Great advice Darrell, patience and being in the right area was rewarded with great but fleeting views of at least 3 different birds, 2 adult and 1 juv. Seawatching proved less fruitfull with only large gulls seen off rame point during an hours casual viewing. 7-8am.

cheers mark.
 
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