BIRD REPORTS

St Mary’s – Yellow-legged Gull (3w) flew from Porthloo to Newfort Island, Porthloo. Also Black redstart on beach below the quay car park.

St Mary’s – Mistle Thrush (2) in field below Porth Hellick House.

St Martin’s – Brent Goose (6) on the sea

St Mary’s - Mistle Thrush(3), Wigeon (2), Teal (6), Curlew (9), Lapwing (7), Greenshank (4), Redshank and Snipe (4) in Porth Hellick/Higher Moors area this afternoon. Long-Eared Owl (2) still in the Salakee/Poth Hellick area.

Tresco - 3 Pink-footed Geese between the heliport and Simpson’s Field.

Tresco – 3 Pink-footed Geese & 5 Long-tailed Tits on Tresco.

Sunday – A Great Spotted Woodpecker near Newford Duck Pond, St . Mary’s.

Monday - A Spoonbill and first-winter drake Eider near Samson.

St. Mary’s – 3 Slavonian Grebes and 4 Great Northern Divers on the sea off the Garrison, viewed from Star Castle.

Samson – 2 Spoonbills and a first winter drake Eider.

St. Mary’s – A Black Redstart at Little Porth and a Firecrest & Long-eared Owl at Porth Hellick.

Samson – A Spoonbill, Eider and Red-breasted Merganser.

St. Mary’s – 2 Whimbrel at Pendrethen and 2 Long-eared Owls and a drake Pintail at Porth Hellick.

Samson – A first-winter drake Eider and a Spoonbill.

St. Martin’s – A Whimbrel, a Common Buzzard, 3 Slavonian Grebes a Black-necked Grebe and a Black-throated Diver.

Tresco - Long-tailed Duck still in Pentle Bay

St. Mary’s – 3 Whimbrel at Pendrethen and a Black Redstart on the beach below the Hugh Town quay car park.

Tresco – A Long-tailed Duck in Pentle Bay.

Samson – A Spoonbill and an Eider