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Highlights
1 Dusky Warbler
1 Pallas's Warbler
1 Yellow-browed Warbler
1 Dartford Warbler ( a new bird for cornwall)
2 Siberian Chiffchaffs
2 Firecrests
1 Blyth's Pipit
2 Richards Pipit's Pipit
1 Little Bunting
4 Ring Ouzels
1Twite
1 Lapland Bunting
1 Jack Snipe (flushed from the coastal path)
4 Choughs
1 Great Northern Diver (adult over Lands End)
All four Skuas
Comments
At feeding stations - spent at least 45 minutes at 29 and 24 - not a single finch of any type at all. Seemed strange!
Area 29: close to 40 Great Tits feeding off the N two hanging bags.
Area 25: 1 Green Woodpecker in the newly mown area around the wetland, and 2 Gt Spotted Woodpeckers.
1, possibly 2 Little Owls heard calling slightly N of their "normal" roosting area.