Cornwall!

A family holiday to the Sennen/Lands end Area provided me with the ample opportunity to do some birdwatching and here is what I saw.

Day 1

The ten hour plus drive yielded a surprise Osprey just outside Wellingboro and a Common Tern somewhere in Cambridgeshire. Five Common Buzzards, a Barn Owl, three Kestrels and a Sparrowhawk made the tedious journey slightly easier. On arrival at Sennen two more Common Buzzards appeared as did a Mediterranean Gull. A Perergrine was a surprise above Sennen Village.

Day 2

On my first full day in Cornwall a walk around the Cove provided four Mediterranean Gulls, a Kestrel, two Common Sandpipers, a Kittiwake and a second calendar year Yellow Legged Gull.

Day 3

An early morning seawatch at Porthgwarra provided seventeen Manx Shearwaters, four Balearic Shearwaters, one Sooty Shearwater and a European Storm Petrel. Later a very brief trip to Marizon Marsh RSPB provided Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Grey Heron and Common Buzzard.

Day 4

The trip back from the Isles of Scilly by boat provided Puffin, six Manx Shearwaters and a European Storm Petrel.

Day 5

Another early morning seawatch provided a Cory's Shearwater, one Balearic Shearwater, one Sooty Shearwater and fifty Manx Shearwaters.

An afternoon visit to Drift Reservoir provided Little Egret, Grey Heron, Willow Warbler, Whitehroat, Kestrel and Teal.

Day 6

Yet again I'm up early morning but this time I'm at Pendeen Watch. An incredible sea-bird movement took place with ninety Manx Shearwaters, eighty-one Cory's Shearwaters , fifteen Storm Petrels, eight Sooty Shearwaters, two Great Shearwaters, one Balearic Shearwater, one Great Skua and one Arctic Skua. Wow!

Week two

For the second week we moved to a farm in north Cornwall. The highlights over the week were as follows: Grey Wagtail, Grey Heron, Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Hobby, Common Buzzard, Kingfisher and Yellowhammer. It had been a fabulous holiday!