Around Steart Village / Stert Point this am: Spoonbill (Fenning), first signs of proper wader passage with 21 Barwits and 11 Whimbrel. Single Common Tern. 21 White Wags in ploughed field opposite car park. Grasshopper Warbler reeling Tower Hide field #somersetbirding @birdguides.bsky.social
Quantocks: 2 male Ring Ouzels c250m south of Bicknoller Post and east of main path #somersetbirding @birdguides.bsky.social
Stert Village: 14+ White and 2 Yellow Wagtails in ploughed field opposite car park. And around Stert Point: Little Ringed Plover (over), 2 Whimbrel, Short-eared Owl, Redstart, 2 Wheatear, 4 Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Reed Warbler #somersetbirding @birdguides.bsky.social
Cool to see. Already (over) excited for the 2026 seawatching season.
Good work Oli. Thanks for the shout.
3 Penduline Tits at Shapwick on Meare Heath approximately here maps.app.goo.gl/xGG6wTJnj6Qv... #somersertbirding @birdguides.bsky.social
Shapwick Heath: 2 Whooper Swans, c30 WG Geese, 4 Tundra Bean Geese, drake American Wigeon, drake Ring-necked Duck on Noah’s Lake. 2 drake Ring-necked Ducks on Decoy Lake, plus 2 Firecrest along track #somersetbirding @birdguides.bsky.social
Two of the four Tundra Bean Geese on Curry Moor, Somerset #somersetbirding
A respectable 77 species around Steart Marshes and Stert Point today. Highlights: 7 White-fronted Geese on Otterhampton Marshes. Plus 5 Brent Geese, 2 Little Stint, Med Gull, Short-eared Owl, 3 Water Pipit #somersetbirding
Around the Camel Estuary today:
2 Whooper Swans in fields east
Of Dinham Flats (viewed from Trewornan Farm), 12+ Water Pipits at Chapel Amble from gate east of Maltsters Arms, Slavonian Grebe off Padstow Sailing Club @cbwps.org.uk @birdguides.bsky.social #cornwallbirding
Yellow-browed Warbler still in willows at entrance to Mousehole AFC 13:15
Pacific Diver off Roskilly, plus 5 GN Diver, 2 RT Diver, 1 BT Diver. Dusky Warbler at Boscathnoe Reservoir (north wide of smaller western tank). Ring-billed Gull on the Hayle Estuary first thing @cbwps.org.uk @birdguides.bsky.social #cornwallbirding
A late Curlew Sandpiper on Otterhampton Marshes, Steart Marshes plus 2 Little Stint. Water Pipit on saltmarsh from Mendip Hide. Firecrest at Stert Point first thing, plus Merlin #somersetbirding @birdguides.bsky.social
Pendeen 0745-1045 Common Scoter 22, Red-throated Diver 1, Manx Shearwater 17, Great Skua 2, Pom Skua 1, Sab’s Gull 1 #cornwallbirding @cbwps.org.uk @birdguides.bsky.social
Pendeen (0745-1145) Common Scoter 10, Red-t Diver 1, Great N Diver 1, Great Shearwater 4, Manx Shear c40, Sooty Shear 21, Bar-tailed Godwit 9, Great Skua 4, Arctic Skua 1, Little Gull 3 #cornwallbirding @cbwps.org.uk @birdguides.bsky.social
An enjoyable seawatch but rather chilly! The Little Auks were great. One was inside the rocks, along with both Sab’s, several Little Gulls and a Storm Petrel.
Pendeen 0745-1745 Eider 3, Common Scoter 129, Great Shear 6, Balearic Shear 2, Sooty Shear 199, Storm Petrel 4, Great Skua 7, Arctic Skua 42, Long-t Skua 1, Little Gull 12, Sabine’s Gull 2, Arctic Tern 1, Sandwich Tern 5, Black Tern 1, Puffin 2, Little Auk 7 #cornwallbirding @birdguides.bsky.social
Pendeen area this morning: Woodlark over lighthouse valley + 3 Brambling, Black Redstart. A cold looking Lesser Whitethroat at Geevor Tin Mine scrub + 2 Redpoll and a Woodlark over #cornwallbirding @cbwps.org.uk
Pendeen 0745-1745 Common Scoter 7, Great N. Diver 1, Great Shear 7, Balearic Shear 2, Sooty Shear 47, Leach’s Petrel 5, Arctic Skua 40, Sabine’s Gull 6, Common Tern 1, Arctic Tern 3, Sandwich Tern 22, Puffin 2 #cornwallbirding @cbwps.org.uk @birdguides.bsky.social
Land’s End: 2 Woodlark south over Trinity Cottages at 9.15. YB Warbler still in willows half way between Land’s. End and Trinity Cottages by s-bend #cornwallbirding @cbwps.org.uk @birdguides.bsky.social
Land’s End: 3+ YB Warblers seaward end of Swingates. 2 Black Redstarts around complex. Good numbers of Chaffinches moving inc 4 Brambling #cornwallbirding @cbwps.org.uk @birdguides.bsky.social
Land’s End: YB Warbler in willows next to east end of car park. YB Warbler half way to Trinity Cottages by s-bend. 3 Brambling over. No sign of Rosy Starling in brief look #cornwallbirding @cbwps.org.uk @birdguides.bsky.social
Rose-coloured Starling still at Land’s End complex this morning #cornwallbirding @cbwps.org.uk @birdguides.bsky.social
Pendeen (0715-1200) Common Scoter 48, Red-throated Diver 1, Great Shear 1, Balearic Shear 1, Sooty Shear 9, Storm Petrel 1, Leach’s Petrel 3, Great Skua 8, Arctic Skua 18, Long-tailed Skua 2, Sabine’s Gull 2, Arctic Tern 8, Sandwich Tern 28 #cornwallbirding @cbwps.org.uk @birdguides.bsky.social
Plus Arctic Tern 66, Sandwich Tern 91
Pendeen (0715-1815) Great N Diver 1, Cory’s Shear, 1 Great Shear 266, Balearic Shear 3, Sooty Shear 505, Storm Petrel c300, Leach’s Petrel 9, Grey Phal 27, Great Skua 100, Pomarine Skua 4, Arctic Skua 133, Long-tailed Skua 5, Sabine’s Gull 38 #cornwallbirding @birdguides.bsky.social @cbwps.org.uk
Plus Arctic Tern 66, Sandwich Tern 91
2 Grey Phalaropes and a Manx Shearwater off Stert Point this morning. 7 Curlew Sands with wader flock plus 23 Knot and 2 Sanderling #somersetbirding @birdguides.bsky.social
Pendeen 0700-1500: Common Scoter 9, Great Shearwater 1, Sooty Shearwater 22, Storm Petrel 1, Grey Phalarope 1, Great Skua 10, Arctic Skua 22, Sabine’s Gull 21, Common / Arctic Tern c130, Arctic Tern 18, Sandwich Tern 41, Black Tern 10 #cornwallbirding @birdguides.bsky.social
A nice selection of waders from Stert Point on the falling tide: 24 Grey Plover, 2 Golden Plover, 8 Knot, 4 Sanderling, 2 Curlew Sand, 2 Little Stint, 65 Redshank #somersetbirding
