Achieved another 'lifer' tick during the holiday, when I saw Gannets diving for food in St Ives / Carbis Bay! Also....
Fulmars, Cormorants and Shags between Godrevy Point and Navax Point
Wheatear seen near Navax Point
Very confiding Juvenile Kestrel at the same location
6 Buzzards on the same thermal by A30 near Camborne
Another Buzzard near St Just
Sparrowhawk near Hayle
Herring Gulls by the bucketload everywhere... can I admit a creeping affection for them? (
) Little Egret at Hayle Estuary RSPB
5 Curlew at Ryan's Field, Hayle Estuary
Grey Heron at same location
Oystercatchers at Sennen Cove, Coverack, Carbis Bay and St Ives Harbour
Robin at Trengwainton Gardens
Rooks near Goonhilly Downs
Lesser and Greater Black-Backed Gulls nearly everywhere
Large Starling flock in St Ives Harbour
Possible Siskin at Lelant Saltings
Smattering of Black-headed Gulls at Porthminster Beach
Swallows gathering for migration, Coverack
All in all, a satisfying week's birdwatching! Pleased as punch with the Gannets; their diving 'sortie' lasted well over an hour!
