The only report from the island was of 2 Whimbrels and 3 Curlews on St. Agnes. Things were better at sea with a Wilson’s Storm-petrel seen from the Scillonian evening crossing from St. Mary’s to Penzance. It was seen at 17:40hrs and would therefore be within Scillonian waters. Read more…
Samson – A Knot and 2 Bar-tailed Godwits. Tresco – A Black-tailed Godwit, a Whimbrel, 12 Sanderlings and a Common Buzzard.
St. Mary’s – A Lesser Redpoll was in Holy Vale. Tresco – A Black-tailed Godwit and 8 Greenshank. At sea – A Cory’s Shearwater was seen from the evening Scillonian crossing from Hugh Town to Penzance.
St. Mary’s – A Cory’s Shearwater flew past Deep Point, 2 Siskins were at Innisidgen, 2 juvenile Cuckoos were on Porth Hellick Down and a Greenshank & Redshank were on Porth Hellick Pool.
After a wet and windy day the weather improved enough for an evening pelagic trip, on which, 3+ Wilson’s Storm-petrels, 40+ European Storm-petrels, 5+ Great Skuas and the first Cory’s Shearwater (the first of the year) were seen. Also on the trip a Blue Shark was caught tagged and released.
St. Mary’s – 2 Siskins were at Higher Moors, a Lesser Redpoll at Lower Moors and a Greenshank on Porth Hellick Pool. Tresco – 8 Greenshank and 6 Swifts.
St. Mary’s – 2 Cuckoos on Porth Hellick down and a Common Sandpiper below the harbour car park in Hugh Town. Gugh – A Common Sandpiper. Eastern Isles – A Purple Sandpiper
Tresco – A Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Greenshank, 3 Redshank, a Common Buzzard and a Marsh Harrier. At sea – A short-range evening pelagic trip produced a Great Shearwater, 50 European Storm-petrels, a second-summer Pomarine Skua, a Great Skua and an Arctic Tern. Also on the trip 2 Ocean Sunfish were Read more…
Tuesday: An adult Rose-coloured Starling was on St Martin’s and a Whimbrel and 2 Curlews were on St Agnes Wednesday: A Lesser Redpoll was at Maypole. Thursday: At sea – 250 Manx and 3 Balearic Shearwaters on the Scillonian crossing to St. Mary’s.
At sea – A short-range pelagic trip was the best so far this year, birds seen were : 2 Wilson’s Storm Petrels, 50+ European Storm-petrels, 6 Manx Shearwaters, a Great Shearwater, an adult Sabine’s Gull and a first-summer Pomarine Skua.