Sunday March 15th

Outside our area (just) but Adam found 2 Snipe and a Jack Snipe in the water meadows behind Home Bargains in Hayle - you can almost see Home Bargains from The Island ... (you can't see Home Bargains from the Island) - but goes to show that we're missing them in the 20K area.  2 Chough and a couple of Manx past Clodgy and the Island so far today.

Saturday March 14

Liam probably had the Pacific Diver - originally seen a week or so back and off Gwithian during the week - drift past The Island and into the bay this morning - and then rounded his morning off superbly with a 20K tick in the shape of a Coal Tit.  Blackcap singing in Trewyn Gardens for Gareth.

Friday March 13

The Manxies are back!  One Great Skua passed The Island early but the Manx really got going from around 9 onwards with Billy recording 710 Manx and 2 Mediterranean Shearwaters past.  James and Gareth then had c400 Manx in 30 minutes with large numbers of auks.

Thursday March 12

Very little of note - 5 Purple Sandpipers on The Island in tricky conditions.  Gareth had a 20K mega - Moorhen on Bussow Reservoir and a Green Woodpecker calling from nr Porthminster Beach

Wednesday March 11

The Island between 6:45 - 9:00.  Liam had 311+ Manx Shearwater this morning with 20 Fulmar, 2000+ Auks and 3 RTD and a GND.  Also a small flock of waders turned out to be 17 Sanderling and 2 Purple Sandpipers on Bamaluz Point.  Manx really starting to return now

Tuesday March 10

Quiet - Gareth had a Sparrowhawk over the town causing the gulls to kick off, Billy found a dead Great Northern Diver on Porthminster Beach and a Blackcap in the gardens opposite the church is a hanger on from winter rather than a new one

Monday March 9th

James had a long-winged raptor heading east over the cliffs at Zennor at midday.  Liam had a small Tringa (possibly Green Sand) over The Island high west.  Pendeen had a 1W Black Guillemot west this am which would have been a St Ives mega ... 

Sunday March 8th

Pea soup fog off St Ives.  2 Stonechats seen by Gareth  ... but in other news Adam twitched the Forster's Tern in Dorset which means he must be on 278 for the year (or close enough) and "our" Pacific Diver has been relocated over at Gwithian.  Which is nice ... 

Daily Sightings in the St Ives 20k Area

It's here we post information around what's about on a daily-ish basis.  Obviously at peak times (spring and autumn) these updates will be more frequent.  On the other hand if there's "nowt about" you might be deafened by the silence.  

If you are planning a visit to St Ives and you'd like to be added to the St Ives 20K Birders Whatsapp group, send an email to us at birders@stivesbirders.co.uk introducing yourself with the dates that you'll be around and your phone number obviously and we'll add you in. 

 

Warning - the Whatsapp group can be quite "chatty" and we talk about birds mostly .. but not always.