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

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

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

Grey Phalarope still in channel between Stert Point and Island but mostly distant towards the island. Little Stint and Curlew Sand with wader flock. 3 Whimbrel with Curlew flock. And first Pintail of the winter. #somersetbirding @birdguides.bsky.social

Porthgwarra (0645-1245) Cory’s Shearwater 67, Great Shearwater 26, Balearic Shearwater 16, Sooty Shearwater 13, Storm Petrel c60, Long-tailed Skua 2 (ad and juv), Sabine’s Gull 1 (juv) #cornwallbirding @cbwps.org.uk @birdguides.bsky.social

Pendeen (0630-1830) combined counts: Cory’s Shear 122, Great Shear 85, Balearic Shear 7, Sooty Shear 24, Wilson’s Petrel 2, Storm Petrel 27, Grey Phalarope 20, Great Skua 3, Arctic Skua 23, Long-tailed Skua 1, Sabine’s Gull 32, Arctic Tern 8, Sandwich Tern 37 @cbwps.org.uk @birdguides.bsky.social

Ace day in Somerset and Avon with @samwalker24.bsky.social. 20 species of wader (inc. Curlew Sands, Little Stints, Spotted Redshanks, Wood Sands). Black and Common Terns. Whinchats, Wheatears and Yellow Wagtails. Topped off with two Hobby, Osprey and brute of a (reintroduced) White-tailed Eagle.

Stack of waders at Stert Point over this mornings high tide - 2 Curlew Sands (ad and juv), 3 Little Stints (all juvs), 34 Sanderling, 47 Knot amongst 100s of Ringed Plover (c1000?) and Dunlin. Also Spoonbill on Fenning #somersetbirding @birdguides.bsky.social

Pendeen 0545-1215 Cory’s Shearwater 58, Great Shearwater 2, Balearic Shearwater 1, Sooty Shearwater 12, Storm Petrel c150, Wilson’s Petrel 13, Whimbrel c180, Arctic Skua 2, Sandwich Tern 2 #cornwallbirding @birdguides.bsky.social @cbwps.org.uk

Porthgwarra 0600-1400: Cory’s Shear 12, Great Shear 5, Balearic Shear 4, Sooty Shear 23, Storm Petrel c175, Wilson’s Petrel 17, Sandwich Tern 1, Puffin 2 #cornwallbirding @birdguides.bsky.social @cbwps.org.uk

1S female Red-footed Falcon hunting over Lowwr Predannack Downs. Viewed from Jolluytown maps.app.goo.gl/pjFwUiowiSwh... #cornwallbirding @birdguides.bsky.social

White Stork circling over Predannack Airfield. Viewed from Kynance Farm but appears to be drifting north possibly north east #cornwallbirding @birdguides.bsky.social

1S male Red-footed Falcon showing c100m west of road about 1km south of Croft Pascoe Pool on the Lizard maps.app.goo.gl/KjTfRrLPPjs1... #cornwallbirding @birdguides.bsky.social

Ashy-headed type wagtail in first sheep fields along track from Steart village to Stert Point. Grabbed a rubbish shot just before flock flew to second sheep field #somersetbirding @birdguides.bsky.social

Purple Heron at Shapwick on Meare Heath in reedbed here viewbale from main path maps.app.goo.gl/TkSBE16nMMeE... #somersetbirding @birdguides.bsky.social

Adult Night Heron just landed on Pulpit Rock at Portland Bill @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

At Steart the pools on the Fenning have been topped up by the recent high tides. Full of waders on this evening hide tide. 58 Barwits (many in summer plumage), 46 Whimbrel, 6 Ruff, 4 Greenshank, 2 Grey Plover and a Knot. Also a Whinchat on the track after the last house #somersetbirding

Lots of birds Steart area this morning: Garganey, Great Crested Grebe (rare here), Merlin, Greenshank, 5 Bar-t. Godwit, 32 Black-t. Godwit, 25 Whimbrel, 3 Cuckoo, 5 Swift, 2 Tree Pipit, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 5 Wheatear, Garden Warbler, 9 Lesser Whitethroat, Grasshopper Warbler #somersetbirding

Off Portland Bill 6am-12pm: 84 Common Scoter, 1 Red-b. Merganser, 7 Red-t. Diver, 1 Black. Diver, 8 Manx Shearwater, 13 Whimbrel, 58 Bar-t. Godwit, 1 Arctic Skua, 3 Sandwich Tern, 21 Arctic Tern, c50 Common/Arctic Tern @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Steart Marshes on Otterhampton, pools closest to the Parrett: male Garganey, 7 Whimbrel, Ruff #somersetbirding

Magic evening up on the Quantocks. 4 Ring Ouzels, a Black Redstart and 4 Wheatears around Bicknoller Post #somersetbirding

Stert Point (1000-1300) 4 DB Brent Geese, 3 Common Scoter, 12 Gannet, 18 Bar-t. Godwit, 19 Sanderling, 4 Arctic Skua, Kittiwake, Med Gull, 8 Little Gull. Plus 100s of hirundines moving, mostly Sand Martins #somersetbirding @birdguides.bsky.social

Steart area today: 7 Gannet off Stert Point at high tide, 2 ad. Little Gulls Otterhampton Marshes (on east pools), imm. Spoonbill on the Fenning. Plus Red Kite, 6 Sand Martin, Swallow, 3 White Wags, 2 Water Pipit, 3 Wheatear #somersetbirding @birdguides.bsky.social

Decoy Lake, Shapwick Heath this am: drake Ring-necked Duck from hide, 3+ Firecrests between main track and hide, plus probable Siberian Chiffchaff c50m north of main track (looked good but didn’t call) @birdguides.bsky.social #somersetbirding

Have setup a feed for #SomersetBirding and a Somerset Birding Starter Pack go.bsky.app/2aVsGeM. If you're a Somerset birder and want adding to the pack let me know by replying to this message.

Have setup a feed for #CornwallBirding and a Cornwall Birding Starter Pack go.bsky.app/VD1NQ9n. If you're a Cornish birder and want adding to the pack let me know by replying to this message.