Camel Estuary, Cornwall (5 Viewers)

[Qingcol]

This morning at Walmsley Sanctuary; 3 Black-tailed Godwit. 4 Lapwing, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Teal, 1 male Tufted Duck, 3 Sand Martin, 20+ Swift, 1 Barn Owl, juvenile Reed Bunting, Sedge Warbler, Skylark and Garden Warbler.
3 Little Grebe nests with eggs ( 3. 2. 2.)

 

[camelbirder]

I escaped for half an hour today and made a visit to Clapper Marshes, at the Sladesbridge end six Green Sandpipers were present. The rest of the area was fairly quite with only three Grey Heron and 26 Mallard present.
Hopefully I will get out again in the next few days.

 

[Qingcol]

This afternoon at Dinham Flats, 14 Mediterranean Gulls ( 3. 1st Summer. 5. 2nd Summer. and 6 adult including 2 colour ringed ) 5 Tufted Duck! 22 Redshank, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Black-tailed Godwit. Plus at least 4 broods of Shelduck.

 

[Qingcol]

12 Mediterranean Gulls this afternoon at Dinham Flats, (5 adult. 3 1stS. 4 2nd S) At this time of year some 2nd Summer birds have adult bills, and are difficult to separate from adults at a distance, as all trace of black has been abraded from the primaries, see photo below. plus 2 Whimbrel and 180 Curlew.

 

[Qingcol]

A sea-watch this morning at Rumps point 10:30-11:30.
Birds past SW included 10 Ostercatcher, 42 Gannet, 26 Fulmar, 12 Kittiwake, 8 Manx Shearwater and 1 Puffin.

 

[Qingcol]

This morning at least 6 Mediterranean Gulls in field above Burniere Quarries.
At Dinham Flats, one juvenile Little Egret (photo below) and 18+ juvenile Shelduck.
23 Ostercatcher including 2 ringed birds (B.T.O type)

 

[Qingcol]

This 2nd or even 3rd Summer Med Gull appearing to fly fowards with head upside down, near the town quay at Wadebridge today.

 

[TwoDipsfromAmsterdam]

Clearly this is the Australian Med Gull; either that or it's been at the Cornish beer.B B

 

[Qingcol]

Walmsley Sanctuary this morning, waders included 4 Lapwing, 3 Green Sandpiper, 3 Black-tailed Godwit and 2 Common Snipe! Duck included 10 Common Teal, 1 Shelduck, Mallard and 1 male Tufted ( 5 more at Dinham Flats) plus lots of Sedge Warbler and a Kingfisher.

 

[gonvena]

Yer Med Gull on watch for raptors

This 2nd or even 3rd Summer Med Gull appearing to fly fowards with head upside down, near the town quay at Wadebridge today.

Reminds me of a young Blackbird we had in the Garden about 10 years ago. Its head was upside down. How it fed I don't know, I can only assume the parent was still feeding it.
I took it over to the RSPCA centre at St. Columb who did the necessary. :king:

 

[Qingcol]

I'm sure there is nothing wrong with the Med Gull Mike, I think it was doing it because it could!
Large numbers of juvenile Black-headed Gulls today around Wadebridge, with 7 at Guineaport and 20+ at Town Bridge, plus 2 Green Sandpiper and 19 Pied Wagtail on pools at Guineport.

 

[Qingcol]

Walmsley this morning, Garganey female still plus 9 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 4 Lapwing and 8+ Teal, 1 juvenile Peregrine 150+ Finch flock (mostly Linnet) 12 Swift, 3 Sand Martin and 1 Stock Pigeon.

 

[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.

 

[Qingcol]

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.

Yes! it would be very interesting to get that site info as it could be the Honey Buzzard seen recently in south west Cornwall. (thank's for that)

 

[Qingcol]

Last night at Walmsley Sanctuary, 1 Garganey female, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Barn Owl, 5 Teal and 2 Stock Pigeon.

 

[camelbirder]

This evening on the Upper Treraven Meadow single Common and Green Sandpiper were present. Up to 20 Pied Wagtails were dotted around the pool edges mainly juveniles, they seem to have bred well this year.

The gull roost on Lidl's roof contain 82 Black-heads this evening which included eight juveniles.

 

[Qingcol]

A sea-watch at Rumps Point from 10:00-11:30, birds past SW include 1,000+ Manx Shearwater, 80+ Gannet, 60+ Kittiwake, 50+ Fulmar,1 dark Arctic Skua, 1 Grey Phalarope, plus 1 juvenile Cuckoo and a Lesser Whitethroat on the Point and 3 Corn Bunting nr the farm.
2 Ocean Sunfish, one appearing to swim flat on the surface and encourage the Herring Gulls to peck at it (possibly to remove a parasite?) the Sunfish in the photo is not dead, it just looks that way.

 

[Qingcol]

This afternoon at Dinham Flats, 14 Mediterranean Gulls ( 3. 1st Summer. 5. 2nd Summer. and 6 adult including 2 colour ringed )

One of 2 the colour ringed birds above was first ringed in Belgium on 21-05-2005.
A Hobby was seen over Trewornan Bridge at 12:00 today.

 

[camelbirder]

High Colin and all,

Just looked at the Kingfisher photo from 14/7/8, this a juvenile bird, (because its not in moult, adult undergo a complete post nuptial moult), is unusual usually they stay on their natal rivers until the autumn, so is this a locally bred bird?

What does everyone else think?

 

[Qingcol]

High Colin and all,

Just looked at the Kingfisher photo from 14/7/8, this a juvenile bird, (because its not in moult, adult undergo a complete post nuptial moult), is unusual usually they stay on their natal rivers until the autumn, so is this a locally bred bird?

What does everyone else think?

Could be a juvenile, no sign of any moult, legs brownish grey not bright, a silent bird and it made a mess of its catch, a Stickleback, but the rump and upper-tail was a very bright blue.