Birds in Cornwall 2006 Ydhyn yn Kernow Cornwall Bird-watching and Preservation Society CORNWALL BIRD-WATCHING & PRESERVATION SOCIETY SEVENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT 2006 Edited by Derek I Julian HONORARY OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE President Steve Madge, Seawinds, Lower Trerieve, Downderry, Torpoint, PL15 3LZ Chairman Peter Crispin, 5 Church Lea, Launceston, PL15 8QZ Vice-Chairman Graham Sutton, Harcombe, West Park Road, Bude, EX23 8PB [email protected] General Secretary and County Recorder Tony Bertenshaw, Hantergantich, St Breward, PL30 4NH [email protected] Treasurer Gary Lewis, Manager ERCCISS, Cornwall Wildlife Trust Membership Secretary Sara McMahon, 72 Underwood Road, Plympton, PL7 1SZ [email protected] Conservation Officer Tony Blunden [email protected] Newsletter Editor Simon Marquis, St Breock Place, Wadebridge, PL27 7JS Field Meetings Officer Colin Selway, 2 Two Trees, Wadebridge PL27 Public Relations Officer Vacant Honorary Solicitor Greg Adams, 2 Wendron Street, Helston, TR13 8PS Committee Members: Rosemary Parslow, Bruce Taggart. ******** The Society is a Charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales Number 255899 The Trustees are the Honorary Officers and other Members of the Executive Committee shown above ******* Birds in Cornwall 2 County Recorder Darrell Clegg, 55 Lower Fore Street, Saltash, PL12 6JQ [email protected] Editor “Birds in Cornwall” Derek Julian, 12 Dunveth Road, Wadebridge, PL27 7XD. [email protected] (01208816779) Section Writers Sara Mcmahon – Games Birds, Birds of Prey to Bustards, Waders and Pigeons to Woodpeckers Darrell Clegg – Waders and Larks to Dipper Bruce Taggart – Skuas to Terns Paul McCartney – Wrens to Bunting Andy Pay – Wildfowl Derek Julian – Divers to Herons, Oystercatcher to Plovers and Auks Records Committee: Mashuq Ahmad, Greg Conway, Pete Fraser, Steve Madge, Keith Pellow, Graham Sutton & Laurie Williams Front cover photograph; Purple Heron, College Res., May 2006 – Darrell Clegg Birds in Cornwall 3 Review of the Year. January 2006 Birds remaining from 2005 included Black Guillemot – Newlyn. Long-tailed Duck, Sandwich Tern – St Johns Lake. American Wigeon: Long-billed Dowitcher; Green Winged Teal; Ring-billed Gull – Hayle; Lesser Scaup - Drift 1st Little Bunting - Lelant – to 20th 12 Wood Lark – Lizard 2nd Yellow-browed Warbler – Newlyn – to 14th Ring-necked Duck – Loe Pool – to Mar 27th Siberian Chiffchaff – Amble Marshes 3rd Hawfinch – Tresemple Pool – to 5th Iceland Gull – Camel Estuary – to Apr 22nd 6th Ring-necked Duck – Porth Reservoir – to Feb 3rd 7th Glaucous Gull – Hayle 1-2 birds to Apr 30th Common Starling minimum 100,000 Davidstow roost 8th Cirl Bunting – 8 Rame Head Chaffinch - c500 Churchtown Farm Saltash Eurasian Spoonbill – 4 River Lynher – to Feb 20th (with 3 to May 18th) 9th Sandwich Tern- 2 Mount‟s Bay 10th Iceland Gull – Sennen Cove - to 17th 12th Bittern – Relubbus 15th Purple Sandpiper – 34 Jubilee Pool (highest count of 2006) 17th Iceland Gull - Sennen Cove Ring-billed Gull – 2 Sennen Cove 18th Long-eared Owl – Marazion Spotted Redshank – 5 Tresillian River (highest count of 2006) 20th Black-legged Kittiwake – 4068 Trevose Head 21st European Golden Plover -11000 Camel Estuary (highest count of 2006) 25th Corn Bunting – 112 Trevose Head 29th Yellow-browed Warbler – Grogley Halt February 2006 4th Iceland Gull – Par Beach 5th Brambling – 150 Notter Bridge Bar-tailed Godwit - 35 St john‟s Lake(highest count of 2006) 7th Ring-billed Gull – Hayle Estuary. Adult joined the 2nd winter – to 8th February 7th Iceland Gull – Polgigga – to 18th April 9th Iceland Gull – Hayle Estuary – to 19th Feb 11th Iceland gull – Sennen Cove 13th Iceland Gull – Camel Estuary – to 15th February (2nd bird) 14th Pied Avocet – 263 Kingsmill Lake (highest count of 2006) 15th Glaucous Gull – 2 Hannafore, with 1 to 18th Feb 25th Yellow-browed Warbler – Lower Nansloe Lesser Scaup – College Reservoir – to 10th April 26th Ring-necked Duck – College Reservoir – to 12th March March 2006 1st Laughing Gull – Hayle Estuary 6th Iceland Gull – Arden-Sawah 7th Ring-billed Gull – Stithians – to 17th April 15th Black-crowned Night Heron – Polperro – found dead Black-crowned Night Heron - Porthgwarra – till 17th Birds in Cornwall 4 Black-crowned Night Heron - Lelant 16th Eurasian Spoonbill – Camel Estuary/Walmsley Sanctuary – to 27th March 18th Black-crowned Night Heron – Plain-an-Gwarry 19th Osprey – Camel Estuary Ruff – 4 Camel Estuary/Walmsley Sanctuary – to 21st (highest count of 2006) 21st Black-crowned Night Heron – near Liskeard 28th Green-winged Teal – Walmsley Estuary – to 1st April 30th Alpine Swift - Falmouth 31st Hoopoe - Polgigga April 2006 1st Hoopoe – Tregeseal Iceland Gull – Loe Pool – to 3rd April 2nd Red-rumped Swallow – Kenidjack – to 7th April 3rd Black-crowned Night Heron – Hayle river nr St Erth 4th Black-crowned Night Heron – Ruan Lanihorne 5th Ring-billed Gull – Camel Estuary Osprey – 2 Camel Estuary 6th Black-crowned Night Heron – Boscathnoe Reservoir – till 22nd April (2 birds on 7th& 8th April) 7th Hoopoe – Redmoor Red-rumped Swallow - Nanquidno 8th Black-crowned Night Heron – St Levan Hoopoe – Lostwithiel 11th Hoopoe – St Just 15th Ring-billed Gull – Sennen Cove Common Nightingale – Trevose Head 16th Alpine Swift – Talland Bay Black-winged Stilt – Windmill Farm – to 17th April 17th Hoopoe – Looe 18th Iceland Gull – Nanjizal 19th Ring-necked Duck – College Lake Kentish Plover – 2 Marazion Beach 21st Laughing Gull – Restonguet Creek/Devoran – to 29th April 22nd Woodchat Shrike – Porthgwarra – to 28th April European Bee-eater - Porthgwarra 23rd Common Quail - Nanjizal 26th Iceland Gull – St Levan 27th Whimbrel – 105 Camel Estuary (highest count of 2006) Richard‟s Pipit - Porthgwarra 30th Laughing Gull – Newlyn Ring-necked Duck – Stithians Reservoir – to 8th May May 2006 4th Red-backed Shrike – Land‟s End 5th Tawny Pipit – Porthgwarra Kentish Plover – Marazion beach 7th Laughing Gull – Marazion Woodchat Shrike – Porthgwarra - to 11th May(possible badius) European Bee-eater – Porthgwarra 11th European Bee-eater - Polgigga 12th Osprey – Trevissom 14th Montagu‟s Harrier – Goonhilly Downs/Croft Pascoe – to 21st May Kentish Plover – Marazion Beach – to 15th May Birds in Cornwall 5 19th Surf Scoter - Porthpean 20th Purple Heron – College Reservoir – till 15th June (2 birds reported 22nd-29th May& 15th June) 24th Red-rumped Swallow – Maenporth – to 28th May 25th Spotted Sandpiper – Newlyn – to 28th May June 2006 1st Osprey – Rosemullion Head 4th European Bee-eater – 2 Sancreed 5th Black Duck – Colliford Reservoir – to 9th June 6th Black Kite – Stepper Point 8th Common Rosefinch – Nanjizal 11th European Honey-buzzard – Kit Hill 20th Common Quail - Porthgwarra July 2006 1st Gull-billed Tern – Walmsley Sanctuary/Camel Estuary to 4th July 5th Great Bustard - Lizard 7th Alpine Swift – Wheal Rose 30th Black-crowned Night Heron - Wadebridge August 2006 1st Common Quail – 2 Windmill Farm 15th Eurasian Spoonbill – Stithians Reservoir 20th Osprey – Colliford Lake – to 27th August 23rd Osprey – Saltash 24th Pectoral Sandpiper – Siblyback Lake 27th Black Stork – Church Cove Lizard 28th Osprey – Ruan Lanihorne September 2006 5th Melodious Warbler – Nanjizal 6th Buff-breasted Sandpiper – Sennen Buff-breasted Sandpiper – Trevorian Pool 8th Baird‟s Sandpiper – Hayle Estuary – to 13th September 9th Osprey – Drift Reservoir – to 16th September Osprey – Malpass 10th Melodious Warbler – Land‟s End Woodchat Shrike – Sennen – to 11th September 12th Pectoral Sandpiper – Upper Tamar Lake – to 13th September Buff-breasted Sandpiper – Colliford Reservoir 13th Wilson‟s Phalarope – Walmsley Sanctuary – to 16th September Pectoral Sandpiper – Camel Estuary/Camel Estuary – to 14th September Buff-breasted Sandpiper – Crowdy Reservoir – to 15th September Tawny Pipit – Windmill Farm 15th Osprey – Colliford Reservoir 17th Ortolan Bunting – Rame Head – to 23rd September Least Sandpiper – Hayle Estuary – to 25th October Wilson‟s Phalarope – Stithian‟s Reservoir – to 25th September Bluethroat – Amble Marshes Buff-breasted Sandpiper - Sennen 18th Pectoral Sandpiper – Hayle Estuary 19th Pectoral Sandpiper – Stithians Reservoir – with up to 3 birds to 6th October 20th Baird‟s Sandpiper – St John‟s Lake Birds in Cornwall 6 22nd Hoopoe - St Michael‟s Mount Ortolan Bunting – Land‟s End Melodious Warbler – Porthgwarra – with birds to 26th October 23rd Common Quail – Windmill Farm Woodchat Shrike –Trevose Head 24th Yellow-browed Warbler – Porthgwarra – with birds to 4th November Melodious Warbler - Nanjizal 24th Osprey – Sennen Cove 25th Osprey – Portscatho Richard‟s Pipit – Land‟s End – to 28th September 28th Grey Phalarope – Trevose Head 29th Red-breasted Flycatcher – Sennen Cove 30th Buff-breasted Sandpiper – 2 Predannack October 2006 Unknown Date Great Bustard - Torpoint 1st Osprey – Camel Estuary – To 3rd October Grey Phalarope – 2 Pendeen Melodious Warbler – Nanquidno Pectoral Sandpiper – Hayle Estuary – to 11th October 2nd Grey Phalarope – Pendeen Red-eyed Vireo – Nanquidno – to 4th October 6th Spotted Sandpiper – Hayle Estuary – to Year end 8th Tawny Pipit – Nanjizal 8th Spotted Sandpiper – Upper Tamar Lake – to 22nd November 9th Long-billed Dowitcher – Upper Tamar Lake – to 14th November Red-backed Shrike – Kynance - to 10th October 10th Yellow-browed Warbler – Nanjizal – with birds to 1st November Surf Scoter – Swanpool Bay area – to 15th October 12th Yellow –browed Warbler – Sennen Cove – with birds to 28th October 14th Yellow-browed Warbler – Cot Valley – to 20th