A selection from Sunday’s log call:
Cedar Waxwing – 1 still on St. Agnes.
Isabelline Wheatear – 1 still on St. Mary’s Airfield.
American Golden Plover – 1 still on Porth Hellick Beach.
Rose-coloured Starling – A juvenile on Buzza Hill.
Common Rosefinch – 1 still on Gugh.
Spotted Crake – 1 still in Lower Moors.
Spoonbill – 1 on Green Island, Samson. (more…)
A selection from Saturday’s log call:
Cedar Waxwing – 1 still on St. Agnes.
Isabelline Wheatear – 1 still on St. Mary’s Airfield.
Bee-eater – 3 on St. Martin’s.
American Golden Plover – 1 still on Porth Hellick Beach.
Common Rosefinch – 1 Gugh.
Spotted Crake – 1 still in Lower Moors and 1 on St. Agnes.
Spoonbill – 1 on Samson. (more…)
Vagrant Emperor Dragonfly, St. Mary’s, (M. Goodey)
A selection from Friday’s log call:
A Vagrant Emperor Dragonfly was seen in Sunnyside Farm fields opposite the entrance to Trewince in the morning and another was on Tresco in the afternoon.
Cedar Waxwing – 1 still on St. Agnes.
Cliff Swallow – 1 still on St. Mary’s, around the airfield and Lower Moors, seen flying towards Porth Hellick early evening.
Isabelline Wheatear – 1 still on St. Mary’s Airfield.
Bee-eater – 3 on Tresco, then flew to St. Martin’s.
American Golden Plover – 1 still on Porth Hellick Beach.
Purple Heron – 1 flew along the coast past Juliet’s Garden Café and headed for Tresco.
Spotted Crake – 1 still in Lower Moors. (more…)
A selection from Wednesday’s log call:
Cedar Waxwing – 1 still on St. Agnes.
Cliff Swallow – 1 still on St. Mary’s, showing well around the airport terminal building.
Isabelline Wheatear – 1 still on St. Mary’s Airfield.
Bee-eater – 1 still on Tresco.
American Golden Plover – 1 still on Porth Hellick Beach.
Common Rosefinch – 1 in a field opposite the entrance to Trewince
Spotted Crake – 1 still in Lower Moors.
Hawfinch – 1 Borough Farm, St. Mary’s and 1 on Gugh.
Lapland Bunting – 1 still on Wingletang Down, St. Agnes. (more…)
A selection from Wednesday’s log call:
Cedar Waxwing – 1 still on St. Agnes.
Cliff Swallow – 1 still on St. Mary’s, seen at several locations
Isabelline Wheatear – 1 still on St. Mary’s Airfield.
Bee-eater – 3 still on Tresco moving to St. Martin’s and then back to Tresco in the evening.
American Golden Plover – 1 still on Porth Hellick Beach.
Rose-coloured Starling – A juvenile at Telegraph.
Spotted Crake – 1 in Lower Moors. (more…)
A selection from Tuesday’s log call:
Cedar Waxwing – 1 on St. Agnes in Browarth Fields’ hedges late morning seen mid-afternoon briefly in flight, before finally been pinned down for the assembled throng in a sycamore opposite Coastguard Cottages.
Cliff Swallow – 1 still on Tresco and then it or another flew over Deep Point towards Carn Friars. Early evening it was seen over Peninnis and then in Lower Moors where it seemed to go to roost.
Isabelline Wheatear – 1 on St. Mary’s Airfield.
Bee-eater – 3 still on Tresco.
American Golden Plover – 1 still on Porth Hellick Beach.
Pectoral Sandpiper – 1 on Porth Hellick Pool. (more…)
A selection from Monday’s log call:
Cliff Swallow – 1 Over the Great Pool and then on the Abbey.
Isabelline Wheatear – 1 on St. Mary’s Airfield.
Bee-eater – 3 in the Abbey Gardens, Tresco.
American Golden Plover – 1 still on Airfield/Porth Hellick Beach.
Pectoral Sandpiper – 1 on Porth Hellick Pool.
Lapland Bunting – 1 on Wingletang, St. Agnes.
Wryneck – 1 on Peninnis and 1 at the junction of Pungies Lane and MacFarland’s Down.
Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 at Maypole, 1 at Trenoweth and 1 on Bryher. (more…)
Shaping up to be a classic Scilly Season! Cedar Waxwing and Cliff Swallow still currently on the islands. What else does the month hold? St Agnes… 💥💥💥💥@ISBG2014 WHAT A CRAZY DAY… #silly #scilly pic.twitter.com/wMfVNK7ZRK — Beachy Head Birder (@BEACHYBIRDER) October 3, 2017
The bridge to StephenSussex Hide, #HigherMoors, #Scilly is complete! It's not just functional it's aesthetically quite nice too! #JobDone! pic.twitter.com/Avorm0DLE4 — IoS Wildlife Trust (@ScillyWildlife) October 3, 2017