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dantheman · Feb 20, 2014

Jos Stratford said:
Staying on the deportation theme, releasing news so early has consequences

...do please remember you're in Cornwall ... er, you, know 'When in Rome, ...'.

On which note ... a bit of minor suppression from yesterday

Gorrangorras - 4 Greenshank, 6 Turnstone, 4 Little Egrets etc.

(Ironically because we were up in Exeter for the day to visit the grandparents)

RoryD · Feb 20, 2014

Just a smattering of Gylly today (13:30-15:00):

4x Guillemot (3x winter plum, 1x summer plum)
3x razorbill
1xGND -Seen fishing about 500m from shore.
c.26 Shag bobbing around
1x Cormorant
1x Little Egret
3 x GBB Gull
1x Adult Kittiwake
1x Adult Gannet
1x Grey wagtail
Herring and BH gull left uncounted...

Samuel Perfect · Feb 21, 2014

Seawatching from the Hooked Cafe at Swanpool:

14 Black-throated Divers (unfortunately didn't manage to see the sum plum bird)
4 Great Northern Divers
1 RED-THROATED DIVER drifting eastwards past Pendennis and towards St Anthoney's Head :king:
couple of Razorbills
Curlew

Dan got down just in time to see the RTD before heading over to Swanpool:

adult GLAUCOUS GULL resting on the pool with HGs, washing itself and leaving at 17:15. It was only present for a couple mins before it flew offshore, around Penannce Point presumably to roost with the other c.3000 HGs

We checked the gull roost from Swanpool Point next:

no sign of the Glauc but still good numbers of gulls worth checking through. A Peregrine flew low through the flock and caused a little bit of agitation and an adult Med Gull was amongst the BhGulls.

Seems I need to improve my manual focusing skill regarding the dodgy Glauc pics and I'm not sure I'll win photographer of the year award with that RTD record shot 8-P

dantheman · Feb 21, 2014

Yep, some nice birds this evening

Just hit it right, finally, with the Glaucous having a quick wash on Swanpool. (Quite possibly the Iceland reported elsewhere?). And although distant, views about par for the course so far for the 2 or 3 RT's this winter!

From Swanpool Point I managed a max count of 20 BTDiver and 9 GNDiver towards dusk, but numbers seem to definitely have dropped a little.

Trotsky1977 · Feb 23, 2014

Walked from Mylor Churchtown to Penarrow Point yesterday morning 1000hrs

Not a lot going on...

GN Diver
3 Little Grebe
8 House Sparrow lurking in the quay wall
Greenfinch
5 Shag
Curlew
Song Thrush
10 Woodpigeon in fields
20 BH Gull

Samuel Perfect · Feb 23, 2014

A relatively early start seawatching from the Hooked Cafe. Soon realised the wind was blowing with a decent force and direction so I ended up heading down to Penannce Point instead for the sea-watch:

Lots of Fulmar, Kittiwakes. Several BTDs and GNDs which were regularly flying between Falmouth and Maenporth Bay (didn't count them as I was more focused on the distant stuff). Also a trickle of Gannets, and Guillemots. Not as much as I had hoped so gave up which is when the adult Glauc flew directly past me at the headland! It's probably the individual that's been hanging around the Falmouth area.

Back at Swanpool, 1 adult Kittiwake popped in (landing on the pool briefly before leaving 5 mins later) and 1 3rd winter Med Gull.

Samuel Perfect · Feb 23, 2014

Anyone happen to know why the trees at the northern end of Swanvale have been felled? They seemed perfectly healthy to me and I don't think they all blew over during the storm surely?!

Jono Irvine · Feb 24, 2014

3 Eider (1m + 2f) 400 metres off of Falmouth Hotel this morning at 08:30. 10+ Black-throated Diver, 2 Great Northern Diver and more out towards Maenporth, 1 Med Gull past.

dantheman · Feb 26, 2014

Jono Irvine said:
3 Eider (1m + 2f) 400 metres off of Falmouth Hotel this morning at 08:30. 10+ Black-throated Diver, 2 Great Northern Diver and more out towards Maenporth, 1 Med Gull past.

Not been out birding too much just recently, did pop out around 10, but no sign and nothing extra to report (ok there were 4 GND's just off Castle Beach). Doesn't mean they weren't there as the sun was strong and it was choppy and I didn't have long, but guessing they were moving on. Guessing these could well be the 3 birds that had been in the Carrick Roads for a few months ...

Today -

quick look at the reservoirs. Quiet.

College Res

3 GCGrebes
12 Canada Goose
1 Goldeneye
No Wigeon
3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
1 GBBGull

Back home and saw a Black Redstart flying over Wodehouse Terrace as I walked down the garden.

Trotsky1977 · Feb 27, 2014

dantheman said:
Not been out birding too much just recently, did pop out around 10, but no sign and nothing extra to report (ok there were 4 GND's just off Castle Beach). Doesn't mean they weren't there as the sun was strong and it was choppy and I didn't have long, but guessing they were moving on. Guessing these could well be the 3 birds that had been in the Carrick Roads for a few months ...

Today -

quick look at the reservoirs. Quiet.

College Res

3 GCGrebes
12 Canada Goose
1 Goldeneye
No Wigeon
3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
1 GBBGull

Back home and saw a Black Redstart flying over Wodehouse Terrace as I walked down the garden.

Had a very quick patrol after work 1630hrs yesterday.

Firstly at Dan's fav haunt Swanpool Point (funny cafe thing)
2 BT Diver
Guillemot
Shags

Castle Beach
12 Diver sp (probs BT Diver) in a tight flock heading towards Swanpool
10 BH Gull

dantheman · Feb 27, 2014

Out late this afternoon -

Swanpool Point (yep, gives a good view of the bay

)

38+ BT Diver
10+ GN Diver
10+ Guillemot
2 Razorbill
50+ shag
10 Gannet

Headed around to Pendennis, where there were an additional

11 GNDivers in the Carrick Roads
1 BT Diver
1 Med Gull

Then on to Gorrangorras for high tide -

c.50 Curlew
40+ Redshnk
3 Greenshank
5 Little Egret
15 Mute Swan
5+ Mallard
10+ Teal
2 Little Grebe

The divers hadn't really finished flocking up for the roost (main flock of 20+ were still diving out beyond Pennace Point), but I didn't attempt to do a last count or check the gull roost.

dantheman · Feb 28, 2014

dantheman said:
Then on to Gorrangorras for high tide -

c.50 Curlew
40+ Redshnk
3 Greenshank
5 Little Egret
15 Mute Swan
5+ Mallard
10+ Teal
2 Little Grebe

Forgot I had a look at Gorrangorras again this evening whilst the girlfriend was spending an inordinate age (and money) in Sainsbury's.

Pretty much exactly the same birds, although there were 6 Little Egrets instead this time and the Redshank were spelt differently.

Jono Irvine · Mar 2, 2014

Black Guillemot again 400-500m off of Tunnel Beach at 09:30. Nice one for the house list, thanks for the heads up yesterday Dan! 24+ Black-throated Divers.

Trotsky1977 · Mar 3, 2014

Yesterday afternoon in the lower back lane of Berkeley Cottages!

Fem Sparrowhawk with a Woodpigeon kill munching for about half an hour. Successfully staving off the attendant Magpies.

Fem type Black Redstart.

Would love to bag one of they Black Guillemots! I'll have a look this PM.

Cornish Chough · Mar 3, 2014

Any Green Woodpeckers seen or heard around Falmouth recently? Still need one for my County and year lists to save myself an expensive trip to East Anglia where they are much more plentiful.

Cheers.

dantheman · Mar 4, 2014

Cornish Chough said:
Any Green Woodpeckers seen or heard around Falmouth recently? Still need one for my County and year lists to save myself an expensive trip to East Anglia where they are much more plentiful.

Cheers.

Myself and Samuel have seen and heard Green Woodpeckers regularly in the cemetery above Swanpool (on the east side) this year. Not been past in the last few weeks, but imagine birds should be more vocal now. They're also about in the countryside at large.

(You do appreciate there are lots of other birds you can also see in East Anglia?

)

dantheman · Mar 4, 2014

Jono Irvine said:
Black Guillemot again 400-500m off of Tunnel Beach at 09:30. Nice one for the house list, thanks for the heads up yesterday Dan! 24+ Black-throated Divers.

Passing the info on, having been told myself. Nice one. A rather smart bird, realised it was actually an England tick!

I'm away in France till nearly the end of the month. Just hoping I don't miss too much ...

Trotsky1977 · Mar 4, 2014

Cornish Chough said:
Any Green Woodpeckers seen or heard around Falmouth recently? Still need one for my County and year lists to save myself an expensive trip to East Anglia where they are much more plentiful.

Cheers.

Agree with Dan...there's usually a few around Swanpool Cemetary.

I've heard some yaffling at Unity Woods/Killifreth near Scorrier this year as well.

fishybarry · Mar 4, 2014

Cornish Chough said:
Any Green Woodpeckers seen or heard around Falmouth recently? Still need one for my County and year lists to save myself an expensive trip to East Anglia where they are much more plentiful.

Cheers.

Heard while fishing on Argal at the weekend.

Cornish Chough · Mar 4, 2014

dantheman said:
Myself and Samuel have seen and heard Green Woodpeckers regularly in the cemetery above Swanpool (on the east side) this year. Not been past in the last few weeks, but imagine birds should be more vocal now. They're also about in the countryside at large.

(You do appreciate there are lots of other birds you can also see in East Anglia? )

Thanks, been to the area several times over the years not just for Green Woodpecker! Lesser Spotted is high on my list "to see" but no luck anywhere so far.

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