Cornwall - Fri 14 Oct to Fri 21 Oct

A week away in Cornwall with the family was relaxing and enjoyable but was somewhat lacking in the birds...not that I was looking for any of course! On our first evening I counted over two hundred Mediterranean Gulls off Porthkernick, and there were Mediterranean Gulls present daily during our week away.
The first full day of our holiday saw us stay local to Portscatho but just up the road we stopped to take a look at a flock of small birds that consisted mainly of Linnets but also a few Skylarks and Meadow Pipits but the highlight was a pair of Cirl Buntings.
A trip to St Just in Roseland produced a Whimbrel, but surprisingly few birds in the churchyard.

Along the coastline Turnstones and Oystercatchers were both pretty abundant.

A trip to Ruan Lanithornes was quite profitable with a couple of Firecrests present and a Common Sandpiper. A look over Gowens Bay turned up to Great Northern Divers and five Common Scoters were seen in flight.

All in all a wonderful week away and really good to recharge the batteries.