Sunday (15/09) Common Rosefinch – A juvenile was briefly in the willow by the entrance gate to Lower Moors at the Trench Lane end. Bluethroat – 2 still in Lower Moors. Red-backed Shrike – 1 still near the turning circle on the airfield. Osprey –1 still around St. Mary’s. Merlin – 1 over the Garrison Read more…
Below are the totals from a groundbreaking expedition undertaken by 8 intrepid birders on board the motor yacht Challenger to British waters on the continental shelf 160- 180 nautical miles southwest of Scilly from 9th-15th September 2 Madeiran storm-petrel* (10th & 13th)4 Barolo shearwater (10th(1), 11th(2), & 12th(1))1 Desertas petrel (12th) (photo)192 Read more…
Sunday (08/09) Bluethroat – 1 still in Lower Moors. Osprey – 1 still around St. Mary’s and then flew towards Tresco. Cory’s Shearwater – 4 seen in Scilly waters from the Scillonian III on the morning trip from St Penzance to St. Mary’s. Great Shearwater – 50 seen in Scilly waters from the Scillonian Read more…
Monday (02/09) Scopoli’s Shearwater – 1 on an evening pelagic trip 10 km southeast of St. Mary’s. European Storm-petrel – 25 on the evening pelagic trip, Cory’s Shearwater – 50 on the evening pelagic trip, Great Shearwater – 80 on the evening pelagic trip, Sooty Shearwater – 1 on the evening pelagic trip Pomarine Read more…
Wednesday (28/08) Gull-billed Tern – 1 still in Porth Cressa Bay making a brief visit to Old Town Bay. Pectoral Sandpiper – 1 still at the west end of the Great Pool, Tresco. Cory’s Shearwater – 25 on a mini offshore pelagic and 2 off the airport turning circle. Great Shearwater – 10 on Read more…