Spit Beach

Report and photograph. Andy Cross


I am pretty sure that this is a chiff chaff but please correct me if i am wrong. Is this a early visitor or a resident i photographed it at Spit beach .Spent a couple of hours on the beach on friday what a brill afternoon . Took some nice photos of the Black redstarts also a Goldcrest  and watched a flock of 30 plus Curlews come in on the foreshore stunning also a Bullfinch on a branch coming up the path  


Well done Andy. Looks like you had a really good day .

Black Redstarts

Report and photographs. Nigel Climpson

Good views of Redstarts at Spit Beach today, especially the male which seemed much shyer than the three females.

Nice photographs again Nigel

Reportfrom Spit Beach

Report. Marilyn Edyvean. 28th December 2010

Hello Trevor

Have been to Spit today 12.30 until 14.00.
Saw 40 species of birds altogether, highlights were:

2 Great Northern Diver
5 Great Crested Grebe
2 Little Grebe
1 Shelduck
1f Greater Scaup
2m + 6f Eider
11 Grey Plover
8 Bar-tailed Godwit
2 Curlew11 Knot
13 Ringed Plover
1 Redshank31 Dunlin
1 Purple Sandpiper
3 Brent Geese - scoped from Harbour wall on Polkerris side of Par Beach
Little Egret
2 Grey Heron
20+ Redwing

Thank you for an excellent report from Spit Beach ..Marilyn
You most certainly have had a good day.

Grey Plover at Spit Beach

I had an email from Nigel Climpson yesterday (sorry about the delay). He notified me of a sighting of a Grey Plover at Spit Beach which he duly photographed.. Two Great Northern Divers were also in the harbour. "One appeared to have a 'crossbill' but is obviously surviving."

Thanks for the report Nigel.
The Grey Plover will be added to the Latest Patch Sightings list.

Mark Whittaker Reports.

Mark had a three hour session at Spit Beach and sent me this list.

Herring Gull (Numerous)
Black Headed Gull (Numerous)
Greater Black Backed Gull (8)
Bar Tailed Godwit (2)
Turnstone (10)
Oystercatcher (20+)
Ringed Plover (2)
Cormorant (2)
Carrion Crow(3)
Robin(3)
Long Tailed Tit (3)
Rock Pipit (4)
Blackbird (1)
Curlew(1)
Little Egret (1)

Thanks for the report Mark and welcome to the Baywatch Blog.

Waders.

The Pool looked quite full yesterday with a few more Canada Geese arrivals swelling up the resident wildfowl and gull stocks.
Nothing unusual was spotted so we drove to the top car park .
The tide was way out exposing a whole line of rocks ...I had high hopes of some waders picking around the shoreline.
A lone Oystercatcher was seen in the distance but flew off towards Spit Beach.
Sinking half a foot a stride in the gooey mess with only a lone Rock Pipit and a sprinting Dunlin to reward our endeavours we decided to try Spit Beach.
To reach the beach entails a long walk alongside the Imery's Harbour Works past a golf course to the right before reaching the beach which is rather secluded and probably only used by the locals and odd birdwatcher in the know.
Scanning the sea and shoreline we saw up to thirty Oystercatchers, Sandwich Terns, Cormorant, Shag and the common Gulls but all really a little too far away for good photographs but we did manage to get some record shots .