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ssing both coasts other than an adult pectoral sandpiper at walmsley non seabirds have been painfully thin on the ground the stand out highlight on the 1st of the month was the fea s petrel off porthgwarra for its third day porthgwarra is the top uk site for this species with around 25 records many of these birds spend a few days here while they circuit feed the land s end area if you catch the correct conditions its quite feas ible to actually twitch a fea s petrel on the same day a lingering flock of around 4000 cory s shearwaters were in the same area this species has broken all past records for high numbers among the cory s have been several claims of scopoli s shearwater previously the eastern form of cory s but now given its own species status by some authorities i ve managed to see at least two birds and there are a few more other claims as well once you recognise the key features finding one is not so difficult as previously thought indeed bob flood from scilly pelagics has now confirmed this actually calling one from a pelagic prior to photo evidence great shearwaters have been seen alongside the vast flocks of cory s but not in such large numbers just 42 were seen on the 1st along with two pomarine skuas and eight sooty s a wilson s petrel was seen off pendeen a strong westerly wind arrived on the 2nd although porthgwarra scored with the resighting of the fea s petrel 131 great shearwaters and 68 sooty s it was pendeen that stole the limelight two scopoli s were seen at 07 18 and 09 58 the latter seen independently from the lower car park and the main platform seven wilson s petrels 150 storm petrel and 1004 cory s were also logged in the 14 hour session three more wilson s petrels were seen at pendeen on the 3rd with another single off st loy yet another wilson s was seen further east off st agnes head on the 4th and two more together in mounts bay this species continues to break previous county records saturday 5th august saw the first major summer storm hit the county a severe gale force 9 westerly north westerly brought nearly 50 birders to pendeen to witness some special seawatching no one left disappointed a record breaking 11 wilson s petrel 270 storm petrel 280 cory s 39 sooty 86 000 manx adult sabine s gull and a black tern plus some spectacular high seas will remain in the memory bank although not part of this geographical reporting area it has to be mentioned about the incredible record of an immature red footed booby seen well just 20 miles away off scilly the day after the storm 6th no doubt this bird was caught up in this storm one can only imagine the scenes on the sapphire even more remarkable is that this 2nd for britain was refound roosting on the bishop rock lighthouse and remained there until at least 24th it is thought that it feeds at night on squid which rise to the surface it spends virtually all day time with the black backs the 7th was a notable day for wilson s petrel with a total of seven reported four from porthgwarra two from lizard and one in mounts bay photographed by rupert kirkwood from his kyack the 8th saw another 12 reported this time further east at trevose head and from pendennis point falmouth id confidence and superior modern optics certainly aid finding this southern ocean petrel but weather changes surely play a part in the increase in numbers another species which is set to break records at least the 10 year rolling average is sabines gull one was found at the unusual location of penlee point 8th a reward for hours of watching here by pete aley and paul kemp et al a corncrake was found at porth joke on the 11th and was a county tick for the finders its certainly not an easy species to catch up with indeed most reports come from accidental flushing from a path or bracken a second corncrake was found at crugmeer on the 15th a strong southerly wind on saturday 12th was a sure sign to visit porthgwarra the highlight was a barolo shearwater late in the afternoon the supporting cast included c 1600 cory s 300 greats and 70 sooty shearwaters and of course one wilson s petrel important news on the successful breeding of marsh harrier was announced by the cbwps three newly fledged young were seen at cornwall s flagship reserve at walmsley on the 13th although the species is increasing in the uk nothing should detract from the excellent management work here under adrian langdon s dedicated work male marsh harrier walmsley picture courtesy adrian langdon a long tailed skua and wilson s petrel were seen off the lizard on the 14th two more sabine s gulls were recorded at pendeen yet another sabine s was seen next day at porthgwarra the first melodious warbler of the season was trapped at nanjizal on the 17th followed by a nightingale on the 23rd and a wryneck on the 24th another melodious warbler was found at loe pool on the 20th sabine s gulls once again grabbed the headlines on the 20th 14 passed pendeen all of them adults another eight were seen next day here 21st along with a roseate tern and a fea s petrel the largest single flock of 11 sabine s passed pendeen with a total of 18 on the 22nd the annual rolling to complete a stunning few days at pendeen an adult sooty tern flew past at mid distance 22nd frustratingly the finder s wingman couldn t find it in line with high numbers of black tern further north a sizable flock of 30 was seen and photo d off porthgwarra 21st a bee eater was heard several times calling over drift reservoir on the 21st but sadly wasn t re located further west wader passage came to life on the 20th with three wood sandpipers at nanquidno and three curlew sandpipers at hayle stithians also hosted a little ringed plover and a wood sandpiper a sizable flock of 138 ringed plovers was counted on marazion beach passerines were on the move on the 24th the standout rarity being a citrine wagtail at nanjizal a wryneck was found in a private garden at st erth praze and good numbers of tree pipit and yellow wagtail were found at porthgwarra the wind veered to the west on the 25th with just enough strength to produce a fly by fea s petrel and a flock of six stunning adult pomarine skuas a sizable group of 400 plus great shearwaters could be an indication of a repeat show from 2022 numbers of cory s seem to be waining after the heady heights of july but 200 plus were also logged off pendeen 25th fea s petrel video by mike mckee the presumed same fea s petrel passed pendeen again on sunday 27th along with an impressive 500 cory s and three fairly close pomarine skuas a decent haul of 143 arctic terns was the largest count in recent times two black terns and two common terns added some variety posted by swopticsphoto at 16 38 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday 20 july 2023 birding highlights in cornwall july 2023 july started with some notable seawatching off pendeen watch the 1st and 2nd saw a front move in from the west creating perfect conditions for pendeen highlights included high numbers of petrels including 144 storm petrel on the 1st and another 24 on the 2nd at least three wilson s petrels were found the first one was found at 06 23 and another at 09 20 incredibly another was found at exactly 06 23 on the following day 2nd this could easily be the same bird circuit feeding though difficult to prove either way sooty shearwater numbers maxed out at 13 itself quite a high number for the time of year two great shearwaters were also seen plus an early fea s type petrel from the lower slope a small influx of cory s shearwaters appeared on the 3rd with four off porthgwarra and a single off lizard point wilson s petrel pendeen just beyond left rock footage courtesy mike mckee the first summer night heron continued to show occasionally at marazion marsh the elusive immature bird showed well on the 2nd at 06 00 the warm seas around cornwall and scilly are clearly attractive to seabirds on the 3rd 18 wilson s petrels two great shearwaters 4 sabines gulls were seen off the scilly sapphire pelagic trip not to be outdone the following day six wilson s were seen off porthgwarra plus two cory s one bonxie and five arctic skuas six wilson s from a single location matches the record set in 2022 when six were also seen from porthgwarra given the warm sea temperatures most likely the record will be broken again soon on saturday 8th an interesting large shearwater showed strong characteristics of scopoli s shearwater it spent three hours in the wider runnelstone area showing at least seven times and once reasonably close some video footage was taken by mike mckee and some still grabs were enhanced by nigel rogers see two pictures below the extensive white underwing with narrow black border white base to primaries smallish bill straight and relatively narrow wings held more like a great shearwater and with a distinctive flight completely unlike a feeding cory s hint of a w across the upperwing and generally smaller size could be seen well following a lot of analysis and discussion of the video footage combined with strong suspicions and more than a whiff of scopoli s on the day the video file will be shown to more experienced seawatchers ultimately for onward submission scopoli s shearwater by mike mckee scopoli s shearwater porthgwarra video grab by mike mckee enhanced by n rogers cory s shearwaters arrived in numbers on the 10th when nine were seen off porthgwarra along with one great and one sooty perfect timing on the 13th paid dividends when 27 cory s were seen in the evening at porthgwarra along with the first long tailed skua of the year presumably the same first summer bird was seen later off scilly on one of the sapphire pelagic trips a strong south to south west wind on the 14th was the start of some really special seawatching off porthgwarra the highlight was a wilson s petrel 2 pomarine skua s 58 euro stormy one great shearwater and 14 sooty s the following day an absolute gem of a bird was found just three birders found a little barolo shearwater late in the afternoon this is approximately cornwall s 10th record and is a real prize find amazingly it was found again late in the day on the 16th and 17th extreme crops of barolo shearwater porthgwarra july 2023 pics by nigel rogers the wind changed to west on the 16th the highest count of cory s shearwaters so far this year came on the 16th when 35 were counted passing pendeen some were passing close just beyond the rocks the first proper summer storm arrived on saturday 22nd as always a south to south west wind is accompanied by rain a lot of it although uncomfortable to watch in rain normally brings seabirds and saturday didn t disappoint nine cory s shearwaters and one great passed porthgwarra the former very close to the headland the first serious numbers of cory s shearwater were recorded on the 26th july when 152 passed porthgwarra a strong west to south westerly airflow directly from biscay and the approaches clearly brought with it some high numbers also included with this summer storm were 14 great shearwaters and a wilson s petrel in falmouth bay weather chart for 26th july 2023 showing strong westerly airflow a further 232 cory s passed porthgwarra on the 27th plus five great shearwater 17 sooty and a sub adult long tailed skua not a bad haul summer storms are firmly on the birding calendar the 30th july 2023 change the record books for cory s shearwater at least a massive flock of some 6500 birds minimum moved west past porthgwarra many stayed for a few hours to feed a mile or so off the coast before moving on again around 4pm i stress this is the absolute minimum as many more tiny silhouettes could be seen distantly but uncountable an astonishing 16000 were also apparently logged from scilly the reason for this irruption is the unprecedented heatwave in the mediterranean the traditional feeding areas have lacked the rich nutrients flowing from spain and france in to the med shearwaters in particular will search out new feeding areas to add to the scene a fea s petrel appeared late in the day along with 150 great shearwaters and two wilson s petrels posted by swopticsphoto at 09 33 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels scopoli s shearwater wilson s petrel tuesday 4 july 2023 band rumped petrel at porthgwarra cornwall 22nd october 2022 band rumped petrel at porthgwarra cornwall 22nd october 2022 the notes below are a copy of those sent to bbrc the record has since been accepted and is the 4th for cornwall and 5th for britain the first was found off scilly on a sapphire pelagic notes the seawatching season has been noticeably protracted this year warmer sea temperature in the approaches has seen above average numbers of blue fin tuna chasing bait fish and in turn attracting high numbers of seabirds berry head and lizard seawatchers have been setting county records this autumn with four figure counts of great shearwater on the 21st mark darlaston reported a decent seawatch from berry head devon i forwarded the details to my whattsapp group and decided porthgwarra next day was worth a punt assembled birders at porthgwarra included just graham lawlor and myself as normal it was slow start from first light a few arctic skuas a juv common tern a teal a puffin then a juv long tailed skua flew past at 08 37 perhaps this was the same bird from berry head things were looking up a pulse of 24 great shearwaters way past the runnelstone went by and that s where it ended we decided to call it a day somewhat disappointed i went home for the lunchtime game thinking the seawatch was over no chance an expletive filled message from john foster advised birders to get out seawatching as huge numbers of great shearwater were moving past the lizard in fact the day count there ended with a record breaking 10 235 a return to gwennap head mid afternoon caught the tail end of great shearwaters moving through the porthgwarra day total ended at an impressive 864 birds itself a high count with a lull in great shearwaters passing i concentrated on the bay area between left rock and the pinnacle i picked up an obvious large storm petrel about a third of the way out based on runnelstone position in a split second i knew it looked different it wasn t the normal pondering loafing and quick darting flight of a leach s instead it was energetic continuous regular fast similar to the quick flight of bulwer s petrel i d seen band rumped petrel off madeira in june and i immediately shouted the words madeiran petrel to the six other birders description after a minute or so of panic everyone connected and enjoyed some four minutes of views leach s was the benchmark species but nothing pointed in that direction as previously mentioned the flight was so different the fast movement regular high banking and shearing up to 2 or 3m on straight wings shown well in martin s sketch and in one photo similar to a great shearwater on the move was always...