Wednesdays Birds: St Martin’s – A second-winter LAUGHING GULL was present at Great Bay and Middle Town Beach. Thursday’s Birds: St Mary’s – 3+ Black Redstarts on Porthloo Beach and Yellow-browed Warbler in Lower Moors Saturday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – Single Yellow-browed Warblers were at Porth Hellick and Holy Read more…
Friday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – 13 Teal, 2 Jack Snipe, 3 Firecrests, 2 Yellow-browed Warblers & a Siberian Chiffchaff were at Porth Hellick and 3 Firecrests & a Yellow-browed Warbler were in Holy Vale. A first-winter drake Scaup, 3 Siberian Chiffchaffs & 4 Firecrests were at Lower Moors and Read more…
Saturday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – A Merlin, a Yellow-browed Warbler, a Siberian Chiffchaff & 4 Firecrests were at Lower Moors and 2 Black Redstarts were on Porthloo Beach. A Northern Willow Warbler, 4 Firecrests & 4 Siskins were at Higher Moors and the female Great Spotted Woodpecker was still Read more…
Thursday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – The Pink-footed Goose and a Whinchat were on Peninnis. St. Agnes – The Water Pipit and 7 Black Redstarts. Friday’s birds were: Tresco – One of last available trips to the island produced a Yellow-browed Warbler, 2 Pink-footed Geese, a Long-tailed Duck, 2 Mediterranean Read more…
St. Mary’s – At Porth Hellick, there were 3 Siberian Chiffchaff , 3 Firecrests, 3 Woodcocks, a Jack Snipe on the Pool and a Merlin flew over(2 of the sibes and 1 of the Firecrests were trapped and ringed). Nearby 2 Yellow-browed Warblers were Porth Hellick Loop and 3 Firecrests, Read more…
St. Mary’s – A Firecrest and a Grasshopper Warbler (Scilly’s first November record) were trapped and ringed at Porth Hellick. A Kingfisher, 2 Yellow-browed Warbler, 4 Firecrests, 2 Reed Buntings and a late Reed Warbler were at Lower Moors. A Yellow-browed Warbler & 3 Firecrests were at Higher Moors and Read more…
St. Mary’s – The Great Spotted Woodpecker was in Holy Vale, 2 Yellow-browed Warblers were at Higher Moors with another at Lower Moors. A Firecrest, 2 Reed Buntings & a Kingfisher were in the Standing Stones Field, Lower Moors and another Kingfisher was trapped and ringed at Porth Hellick. Tresco Read more…
St. Mary’s – The juvenile Osprey was over Porth Hellick Pool in the morning and later at Lower Moors. At the ringing station 40 birds were trapped including 22 Goldcrests , 2 Firecrests, 2 Siskins and a Northern Willow Warbler (Acredula) were trapped. A Yellow-browed Warbler, a Firecrest & a Read more…
St. Mary’s – At Porth Hellick a Cetti’s Warbler (a Scilly rarity), a Siberian Chiffchaff & a Woodcock were trapped and ringed. Nearby were 2 more Woodcocks and the juvenile Osprey was fishing in the pool with limited success. A Serin and a Yellow-browed Warbler were on the Garrison. St. Read more…
Dusky Warbler – 1 still on Barnaby Lane, St. Agnes.
Pallas’s Warbler – 1 still at Troy Town, St. Agnes.
Serin – 2 over Barnaby Lane, St. Agnes.
Hawfinch – Still 1 on Green Lane
Osprey – 1 flew over Lower Moors towards Porth Hellick. (more…)