Matt Doyle: Cornwall Mainland Year List 2019 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 219 of 219 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/02/2019 Hayle Estuary 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 6 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 26/01/2019 Camel Trail 7 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 8 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 9 Garganey Spatula querquedula 12/01/2019 Hayle 10 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 12 Wigeon Mareca penelope 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 14 Teal Anas crecca 15 Pochard Aythya ferina 16 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 17 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 18 Scaup Aythya marila 19 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 20 Eider Somateria mollissima 21 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 22 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 23 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 24 Goosander Mergus merganser 25 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 26 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 27 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 28 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 16/05/2019 Croft Pascoe 29 Swift Apus apus 02/05/2019 St Just 30 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 31 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 32 Stock Dove Columba oenas 33 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 34 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 18/05/2019 Ardensawah Farm 35 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 36 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 37 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 38 Coot Fulica atra 39 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 40 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 41 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 42 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 43 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 44 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 45 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 46 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 47 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 48 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 49 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 50 Curlew Numenius arquata 51 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 52 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 53 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 54 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 55 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 56 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 57 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 26/01/2019 Camel Trail 58 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 59 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 17/09/2019 Stithians 60 Redshank Tringa totanus 61 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 62 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 63 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 64 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 65 Knot Calidris canutus 66 Ruff Calidris pugnax 67 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 17/09/2019 Davidstow Airfield 68 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 12/01/2019 Chapel Amble Marshes 69 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 17/09/2019 Davidstow Airfield 70 Sanderling Calidris alba 71 Dunlin Calidris alpina 72 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 73 Little Stint Calidris minuta 74 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 22/09/2019 Davidstow Airfield 75 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 76 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 15/06/2019 Lizard Point 77 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 78 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 03/06/2019 Carbis Bay 79 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 80 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 29/09/2019 Pendeen 81 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 82 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 83 Common Gull Larus canus 84 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 15/02/2019 Helston Boating Lake 85 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 20/01/2019 Hayle 86 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 87 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 88 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 89 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 90 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 19/01/2019 Cot Beach 91 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 29/09/2019 Pendeen 92 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 29/05/2019 Falmouth Pelagic 93 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 08/02/2019 Lizard Point 94 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 95 Puffin Fratercula arctica 03/03/2019 Lizard Point 96 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 10/01/2019 Swanpool 97 Razorbill Alca torda 98 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 99 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 100 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 101 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 23/11/2019 Penzance 102 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 103 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 08/02/2019 Lizard Point Co-found with Toby Phelps (he saw it first). Absolute beaut of a bird 104 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 29/05/2019 Falmouth Pelagic 105 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 29/09/2019 Pendeen 106 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 107 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 03/03/2019 Lizard Point 108 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 27/01/2019 St Ives 109 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 08/06/2019 Lizard Point 110 Gannet Morus bassanus 111 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 112 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 113 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 10/01/2019 Grade Marshes, The Lizard 114 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 13/01/2019 Hayle 115 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 03/12/2019 Marazion Marshes 116 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 117 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 118 Great White Egret Ardea alba 30/04/2019 Polgigga 119 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 120 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 121 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 122 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 123 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 12/01/2019 Men-an-Tol 124 Red Kite Milvus milvus 31/03/2019 Buttermilk Hill 125 Buzzard Buteo buteo 126 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 11/02/2019 East Pentire, Cornwall 127 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 128 Hoopoe Upupa epops 02/05/2019 Kenidjack Valley 129 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 130 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 23/03/2019 Caerthillian 131 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 132 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 133 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 134 Merlin Falco columbarius 01/04/2019 Windmill Farm 135 Hobby Falco subbuteo 19/09/2019 Penryn Campus 136 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 137 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 02/10/2019 Church Cove 138 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 02/05/2019 Carn Gloose 139 Jay Garrulus glandarius 140 Magpie Pica pica 141 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 142 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 143 Rook Corvus frugilegus 144 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 145 Raven Corvus corax 146 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 06/01/2019 Truro 147 Coal Tit Periparus ater 148 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 149 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 150 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 151 Great Tit Parus major 152 Woodlark Lullula arborea ********** ********** 153 Skylark Alauda arvensis 154 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 13/03/2019 College Reservoir 155 Swallow Hirundo rustica 29/03/2019 The Lizard 156 House Martin Delichon urbicum 31/03/2019 Buttermilk Hill 157 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 24/03/2019 Marazion Marshes 158 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 24/03/2019 Marazion Marshes 159 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 160 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 161 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 24/01/2019 Coverack Sewage works 162 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 19/05/2019 Bass Point, Lizard 163 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 23/03/2019 The Caerthillian 164 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 165 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 09/06/2019 Porth Joke 166 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 30/04/2019 Polgigga 167 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 29/04/2019 Swanpool 168 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 20/06/2019 Lloyds Lane 169 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 30/04/2019 Stithians Reservoir 170 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 171 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 15/05/2019 Treliever Farm 172 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 30/04/2019 Polgigga 173 Whitethroat Curruca communis 30/04/2019 Polgigga 174 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 175 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 176 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 177 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 178 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 179 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 19/09/2019 Lizard 180 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 181 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 182 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 183 Redwing Turdus iliacus 184 Blackbird Turdus merula 185 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 186 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 27/10/2019 Porthgwara 187 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 15/05/2019 Croft Pascoe 188 Robin Erithacus rubecula 189 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 28/10/2019 Land's End 190 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 191 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 192 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 193 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 23/03/2019 Old Lizard Head 194 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 195 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 196 Dunnock Prunella modularis 197 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 05/05/2019 The Lizard 198 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 199 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 200 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 22/10/2019 Old Lizard Head 201 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 202 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 203 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 07/11/2019 Sennen Took 4 bloody attempts 204 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 12/01/2019 Chapel Amble Marshes 205 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 206 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 207 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 27/10/2019 Porthgwara 208 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 209 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 210 Linnet Linaria cannabina 211 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 212 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 213 Serin Serinus serinus Gulval 214 Siskin Spinus spinus 215 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 216 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 27/10/2019 Porthgwara 217 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 10/01/2019 The Lizard 218 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 219 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus