Greenland Whitefront in the morning at Hayle. Swift (sp) in the afternoon at the Tate in St Ives. Thanks to James M for finding it. Seen heading east over the Island at dusk but it might roost on the church as an Alpine did a couple of years back. Will look for it tomorrow #cornwallbirding

Caught up with the shrike today which performed well. As did the now 2 Lesser Scaup. The chilled out male from yesterday now not so chilled out as he fussed around the newly arrived female #cornwallbirding

After having a shocker yesterday and getting bent out of shape with a certain gull - I needed to play a blinder today - and, BACK OF THE NET!, this Lesser Scaup popped up whilst looking for the RN Duck. As bird finds go - it’s a tap in from inside the 6 yard box - but I’ll take it. #cornwallbirding

@cbwps.org.uk #rarebirdsuk Helston Boating lake - Lesser Scaup. #cornwallbirding

St Ives Island. An ‘all-dayer’. 13 Leach’s Petrel, 2 Cory’s, 3 ESP, 2 Pomarine Skua, 1 Little Auk, 2 Puffin, 3 Little Gull, 8 Sootys & a Snow Bunting with 000’s Kitts, Auks etc. But the highlight was the Loggerhead Turtle off the NCI gully for a few mins. #cornwallbirding Pic thanks to Adam H

Riverside NR was like Slimbridge this am. Record count (for me) of 57 Tufted Duck & 91 (!) Teal. Never had double figures of Teal before. Firecrest, Siskin & 7 Chiffchaff one of which briefly looked pale & interesting. Of such things is #patchbirding made … 🙄

A couple of days around Pewley. Redpoll seem to be doing well this year. Loads of Song Thrush/Blackbird but just a few Redwing. Our 2nd (poss 3rd) Dartford Warbler of the year today courtesy of @mereccl.bsky.social, a Brambling over, Firecrest knocking about … is that Autumn done? #patchbirding

St Ives Island. Strong WNW today. 5 obs from 8am to 5:30pm. 3 Sabine’s (all juvs), 5 Leach’s Petrel, 3 Great Shearwater, 1 Little Tern early, 1 Little Gull, 27 Sooty S, 25+ Arctic Skua, 5 Bonxie, Arctic, Sandwich Tern, c500 Manx & a single Puffin w/ 000’s auks, kitts, gannets. #cornwallbirding

Decent day out. Black Redstart & Ring Ouzel at Clodgy Point am. 3 Wheatear between Marazion & Long Rock. Then a blast over to Hayle for the White-rumped Sand & bonus Spoonbill & DB Brent Goose. #cornwallbirding

Yesterday’s unAmerican Wigeon at Hayle Estuary. #cornwallbirding

Good day out with Billy N. Clodgy Point - 2 skuas past - a 2/3 CY Pom and an Arctic/LTS candidate at 9am. A Turtle Dove, Spotted Fly, Merlin & at least 5 Firecrest in Foage Valley. A flock of 32 Chough over. Another Merlin (or 2) seen at Portheras & then Pendeen #cornwallbirding

Male Pintail at Riverside was #patchgold tick today with a 28 strong flock of Tufted Duck. The recent fem/imm Redstart hanging on at Pewley means 25 ‘Redstart days’ for the site since late August. Pewley has had a great autumn. #patchbirding … now for some real rares … #cornwall … 🤞

Pewley Down. Thought the Redstart days were over once the male departed 2 days ago. But no! At least 1 fem appeared today with huge count (for here) of 100+ Chiffchaff. Plus juv Whitethroat, several Blackcap, Firecrest & other bits. #patchbirding

Pewley Down. Redstart still present yesterday evening. Yellow Wagtail over this morning plus plenty Mipits, Skylark, 14 House Martin, 5 Blackcap - lots of movement. Merlin picked up a Hawfinch call in the melee … which may be correct .. but I’m not convinced. #patchbirding

Pewley Down. Lesser Whitethroat this morning was not expected. Our semi-resident Redstart was. But can’t be long now for departure. Since mid-August we’ve had at least 20 Redstart ‘bird days’. #patchbirding

Pewley Down. Was expecting more Redwing than Redstart today … but yet another of the latter for the year. A late male. Seemed to be a lot of movement of pipits and hirundines today. Still time for the big one … #patchbirding

Not really a birding trip but ST Eagle, 2/3 Goshawks, several calling Wryneck, 1 RB Shrike plus Crag Martin, Spotless Starling, Spanish Sparrow & tonnes of Pied/Spot Flys were the highlights #portugal #birding

Nothing says autumn like a coastal Wheatear - or a shy Pied Flycatcher in a Cornish valley. Walked around the area twice before it gave brief views in Cot Valley. Also a juv Marsh Harrier briefly over Marazion before it headed low west. #cornwallbirding

@cbwps.org.uk St Ives Island. More Sabs than Kittiwakes. c30 up to 1pm by the crew. 2 Leach’s, 25 Cory’s, over 20 Arctic Skua, 3 Bonxies, 3 Black Tern, juv Little Gull, c10 Sootys, c10 Balearics, at least 2 Grey Phal and well over 50 ESP. With big tern passage - 1000+ of various #cornwallbirding

@cbwps.org.uk Wryneck - Zennor. On footpath (not the road) up to Foage valley. Think it might be the same one James M found yesterday. #cornwallbirding

@cbwps.org.uk St Ives Island -in last 30 minutes! - 130 Cory’s, 20 Greats, Sooty, Balearic, 10 ESP … bonkers half hour … #cornwallbirding

St Ives Island. 7-10am until the wind turned too South. At least 20k Manx. No ‘large’ shears but 3 Sooty, 4 Balearics, 2 Sabine’s (ad & juv) settled offshore, 4 Grey Phal on sea, 1 Arctic Skua. Highlight tho was 200+ ESP feeding, passing constantly. And after I went to see a Pec… #cornwallbirding

St Ives. Wind swung round west at 16:00 after strong southerly 2 Pomarine Skua at 18:30 2 Sabine’s Gull - at 16:45 & 17:40 5 Arctic Skua 1 Grey Phal 5 Little Tern 1 Sooty, 4 Balearic 8 Euro Stormies 58 Arctic, 44 Common/Comic, 165 Sandwich Terns BoC shots - Adam #cornwallbirding

St Ives Island. What a day! 7am to 6pm. 1 adult Long-tailed Skua 1 Great Shearwater 4 Sabine’s - 2 ad 2 juv. One juv settled on sea in front of NCI 100+ Cory’s 8 Grey Phalarope 2 Black Tern 60+ Euro Storm Petrels 5 Balearic S 6 Sooty S 150k Manx plus 200+ A/C/S Terns #cornwallbirding

Pewley Down. Quick bash - 3 Redstart (2m & 1f), 2 Whinchat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat & 7 Swift over in 3 small groups amongst the usual residents. I bow to no one in my appreciation of a Redstart but a Pied Fly would be nice soon … #patchbirding

Pewley Down. 2 Redstart (m & f), the 4th Tree Pipit of the autumn but the absolute mega rare, patch first of a whistling Whimbrel over, heading SW, at 7am will take some beating … #patchbirding … unless a Red-backed Shrike pitches up …

Pewley Down finally joins the flycatcher party. Spotted Fly #patchgold late afternoon with Lesser Whitethroat, another Redstart & another Whinchat. #patchbirding

Pewley Down. Tree Pipit over, mobile Redstart & Firecrest. Still no flycatchers … redstart pic from yesterday. #patchbirding

Tree Pipit over, Redstart and another Lesser Whitethroat #patchbirding

Pewley Down just keeps giving at the moment. Wheatear (1st of the autumn), a new Whinchat, Lesser Whitethroat, Dartford Warbler plus lots of usuals & the first Skylark & Chaffinch for ages. Worth another bash later. #patchbirding

Pewley Down just keeps giving at the moment. Wheatear (1st of the autumn), a new Whinchat, Lesser Whitethroat, Dartford Warbler plus lots of usuals & the first Skylark & Chaffinch for ages. Worth another bash later. #patchbirding

Pewley Down. Male redstart still present. Joined by 2 spanking adult Lesser Whitethroat early afternoon. We’ve had 5 Redstart and 5 LWT this autumn already. No Pied/Spot Flys yet tho … #patchbirding

Pewley Down. Whinchat still present in west field and joined by 1, probably 2, Redstarts this evening in paddock. In between - a quick bash over to Frensham to see the Black Tern #patchbirding That’s 4 Redstarts this autumn. Don’t think we got one last year.

Pewley Down. New Whinchat found by @mereccl.bsky.social the only bird of note today. Different to that a couple of days ago. #patchbirding

Some day soon Pewley Down will regress to the mean with nothing but Woodpigeons. But NOT THIS DAY … male Redstart. Firecrest also. #patchbirding

Pewley Down has been on fire this week. 2/3 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Firecrest, Tree Pipit, Dartford W, Osprey, Polecat, Stoat and today a Whinchat #patchbirding #autumn

Pewley Down. Tree Pipit in the early light this morning with @mereccl.bsky.social Strong bill, short hind claw, thin flank streaks, ‘strong’ facial expression

Pewley Down. An Osprey headed high SW over the down at around 2pm only paused to be harassed by a Red Kite. A Polecat ‘loloping’ into main field goes with the Stoat found 2 days ago. I think Polecat is rare in Surrey? #patchbirding

Pewley Down. It’s been a great couple of days - 2 prob 3 LWT, 3 Firecrest, singing Willow Warbler and a young Dartford Warbler this am. #patchgold #almostspurn

In the hope of a Pied Fly a second bash around Pewley - and then out popped #patchgold in the shape of a Lesser Whitethroat. Patch tick!

Across the Holy Trinity of St Ives-Marazion-Hayle - around 250 ESP with 2 ‘95% Wilson’s’ & Arctic Skua between 6-10 am with @liamlangley1.bsky.social then the Wood sand & 15 Sanderling and finally a Yellow-legged Gull & 100 +/- Dunlin on estuary. #cornwallbirding

#cornwallbirding @cbwps.org.uk st Ives 05:45 to 9:45 - minimum 200 ESP passing west and/or feeding offshore 1km offshore. Loads of them. No clear cut Wilson’s tho.

#cornwallbirding @cbwps.org.uk Total count at St Ives. 05:45 -15:30. 4 Wilson’s one of which fed 300m offshore for several minutes. 250+ Euro Stormies, 13 Cory’s, 1 Sooty, 1 Balearic & 1 adult Sabine’s Gull west. 150 Whimbrel heading west in several flocks.

@cbwps.org.uk @runnelstone.bsky.social @liamlangley1.bsky.social Sabine’s Gull past St Ives at 10:40am - adult. Distant. #cornwallbirding. Pale phase Arctic skua also - harassing Kits.

St Ives 6-8:45pm. 1 Wilson’s close in, 1 Cory’s, 1 Sooty, 2 Balearic, Arctic Skua & at least 100 ESP all west with the crew. Tomorrow may be worth an early alarm …. #cornwallbirding

#patchgold Felt a bit autumn-y this morning. Redstart on Pewley Down proves it! Probably other bits out there between the rain showers - will go again.

Motherfucking wind farms…

#scotlandbirding ran the gauntlet of Trump’s vast police cordon with a high-powered scope to get the Western Sandpiper this morning which showed well after an hour’s wait in the cold. 2 American visitors to the Ayrshire coast … there’s a joke in here somewhere….

#scotlandbirding Musselburgh Surfie took 2 goes & a very kind French birder who told me in the lagoon hide that he’d found it after I’d spent 2 hours not finding it. Merci!! The ‘wader fest’ lagoons also turned up 1 Wood Sand, 1 Ruff, 2 Sanderling, 3 Dunlin, 1 Greenshank + 8 Little Gull

Tree Sparrow Klaxon!!! Don’t see many of these in a year. 3 in total And feeding young. Dingwall. Osprey on the estuary too