[Qingcol]

Just below Town Bridge at Wadebridge, 11:30. 36 Redshank with at least 3 juvenile and one 2nd summer Mediterranean Gull plus 2 Common Sandpiper.

[Qingcol]

Dinham Flats this afternoon, no Med Gulls but 350+ Black-headed! 5 Common Sandpiper and 2 Sandwich Tern.

[gonvena]

Clapper Marsh today, best I could manage was a Common Sand.
Little Petherick this afternoon, 1 Greenshank, 10 L. Egrets, 3 Whimbrel, 2 Redshank. No Meds gulls in the Black headed Gulls total of 82. Nice day for a walk.

[gonvena]

Originally Posted by Qingcol

Birds at Walmsley Sanctuary this morning include, 5 Lapwing, 5 Dunlin, 3 Ringed Plover, 4 Black-tailed Godwit and 8 Teal.

Hi Colin, I know you would be very excited to note you had a new species for Walmsley......... well for the WEB count at least. Ringed Plover. That's worth a beer

[camelbirder]

This evening on the estuary between Wadebridge and Tregunna the following were noted; a male Scaup, 61 Redshank, 10 Common Sandpiper, 418 Curlew, 4 Whimbrel, 4 Greenshank, 37 Dunlin, 1 Knot, 1 Ruff, 29 Shelduck, 48 Mallard, Canad Goose 54, 31 Little Egret, 3 Heron and 739 Black-headed Gull.

Always the same, much higher counts of some species after the main count.

This morning 71 Canada Geese were on the river at Egloshayle.

[Qingcol]

This morning at Walmsley Sanctuary, one juvenile Northern Shoveler, 4 Tufted Duck, 19 Dunlin, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Teal, 1 Common Snipe plus Sand Martin and Swift.

[camelbirder]

Just checked the old records and surprisingly there has been at least 20 records of Scaup in Cornwall in July. I guess they must be failed or non-breeding birds leaving their nesting areas.

The "Autumn" migration seems to have started with wildfowl, waders and gulls all moving. Lets all look out for the big rarity that seems to always turn up in July somewhere, (but never on the Camel).

[Qingcol]

Adult Mediterranean Gull over my house in Wadebridge at 11:00 with Black-headed Gulls.

[camelbirder]

An afternoon out with Qingcol was very enjoyable with the highlight being a juvenile Little Ringed Plover at Upper Treraven Meadow.
Elsewhere on the estuary 22 Mediterranean Gulls were on Tregirls beach including my first juvenile of the autumn, (which was ringed 31T1). Two other Mediterranean Gull were in a field at Highlanes near Little Petherick. Six Sandwich Terns were off Padstow.

[Qingcol]

Originally Posted by camelbirder

An afternoon out with Qingcol was very enjoyable with the highlight being a juvenile Little Ringed Plover at Upper Treraven Meadow.
Elsewhere on the estuary 22 Mediterranean Gulls were on Tregirls beach including my first juvenile of the autumn, (which was ringed 31T1

Photos taken this afternoon below.

[Conorbirda2]

Originally Posted by KnockerNorton

For info, a mate told me that a dead Honey Buzzard had been sent in to the Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme from Cornwall last month. It was identified by the finder as a common buzzard, but it was a 2nd cal yr Honey. I don't know the exact site off the top of my head, but can find out if anyone's interested. The finder will get a report, but I don't know if they'll pass the details on to the county recorder.

The Honey Buzz was found decomposed in a garden of a holiday cottage at Carbis Bay. It was a female and died of starvation. Wonder how long it had been there in the garden before it died?

[Qingcol]

Originally Posted by Conorbirda2

The Honey Buzz was found decomposed in a garden of a holiday cottage at Carbis Bay. It was a female and died of starvation. Wonder how long it had been there in the garden before it died?

Not the Lizard bird then? that looked like a male?

Little Ringed Plover still at Treraven Meadow this morning but continually flushed by dog walkers, at least 3 times before 08:00 including two lady's with nine dogs between them. Also 1 Common Sandpiper and Sand Martin.

[camelbirder]

This evening off of Rock up to 6 adult Mediterranean Gulls were hawking flying ants wioth up to 30 Black-headed. A minimum of 70 , (mostly juvenile), Swallows were watched moving south-west, these birds may have been migrants or they had been hunting the ants over the sand dunes and then returned inland to roost.

Upper Treraven Meadow this evening contained 2 Common Sandpiper and a Kingfisher. The Little Ringed plover was not present.

[camelbirder]

According to Birdguides, 21 Balearic Shearwaters were noted off Pentire Point this morning.

[Qingcol]

Walmsley Sanctuary this morning, 1 juv Little Ringed Plover, 6 Green Sandpiper, 5 Common Snipe. 5 Lapwing, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Curlew, 7 Dunlin plus 1 male (Greater) Scaup and juv Tufted Duck.

[Qingcol]

I'm sure the Walmsley Scaup is not the male from Stithians, the Walmsley bird has a clean sharply defined edge to the black of the breast (Stithians bird is the very opposite) it also looks much different to the bird at Gwithian.

[Qingcol]

2 Mediterranean Gulls ( 2nd S and 1st S) resting at Town Bridge Wadebridge this afternoon plus 47 Redshank.

[camelbirder]

This evening on Walmsley Sanc. the Little Ringed plover was still present as was the male Scaup. Other species included up to 9 Green Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 4 Lapwing, 3 Black-tailed Godwits, 4 Snipe, 1 Dunlin, 6 Teal and a Tufted Duck.

[Qingcol]

Dinham Flats this afternoon, 5 Common Sandpiper, 5 Whimbrel, 47 Dunlin, 3 Black-tailed Godwit and a Peregrine Falcon.

[camelbirder]

This evening in the Tregirls Beach area of the Camel Estuary a total of 77 Mediterranean Gulls were counted with 47 adult, 12 second summer, 12 first summer and 6 juveniles. 19 Sandwich Terns were also present.

[Qingcol]

Last evening at Clapper Mashes, 7 Green Sandpipers, 1 male Tufted Duck and a Hobby over towards Wadebridge town, plus a female Mallard x Northern Pintail hybrid with 3 ducklings! if they survive and stay in the area it should provide some ID challenge (fun) in the future, also a Fox near the pools.

[Darrell Clegg]

Originally Posted by camelbirder

This evening in the Tregirls Beach area of the Camel Estuary a total of 77 Mediterranean Gulls were counted with 47 adult, 12 second summer, 12 first summer and 6 juveniles. 19 Sandwich Terns were also present.

I think that's probably a county record Derek.


Darrell

[camelbirder]

Originally Posted by Darrell Clegg

I think that's probably a county record Derek.


Darrell

I don't think so, I think there is a count of 80 birds at the same site last year.

[camelbirder]

At midday today at Clapper Marshes the odd female Pintail/ Mallard hybrid was still present together with her 3 diving youngsters, (a very odd bird, I would like to get a closer look). Also present was 2 Shoveler, 1 male Tufted Duck, 1 Teal, 2 Heron, 1 Coot, 2 Moorhen and a Coot.

[Qingcol]

3 Med Gulls hawking with Black-headed over Wadebridge Town this morning ( 1 juv-1stW. 1 Adult and 1 1st Summer)