Friday (26/09) Scopoli’s Shearwater – 1 on a daytime pelagic trip (photo). Spotted Sandpiper – 1 in St. Warna’s Cove, St. Agnes. Red-backed Shrike – 1 on the hillside at Great Bay, St. Martin’s. Ortolan Bunting – 1 still on the Pitch & Put, Bryher. Woodchat Shrike – 1 still on Back Lane, Tresco. Rose-coloured Read more…
Tuesday (23/09) Melodious Warbler – 1 was again I the pines at the back of the Garrison Tennis Courts. Yellow-browed Warbler –The first 2 of the autumn were both on St. Agnes, 1 on Barnaby Lane and 1 east of the Big Pool. Woodchat Shrike – The juvenile was still on a hedge Read more…
Thursday (18/09) Spotted Sandpiper – 1 on Gugh Bar. Western Bonelli’s Warbler – 1 was still in the pines on Pound Lane, St. Martin’s. Melodious Warbler – 1 was again I the pines at the back of the Garrison Tennis Courts. Dotterel – 2 still on Chapel Down, St. Martin’s and 1 on the Read more…
Saturday (13/09) Spotted Sandpiper – 1 was found at Carn Leh, Old Town (photo). Buff-breasted Sandpiper – 1 on Tresco cricket pitch at Old Grimsby. Wilson’s Storm-petrel – 1 seen in Scilly waters from the Scillonian III on the afternoon crossing from St. Mary’s to Penzance. European Storm-petrel – 2 seen in Scilly waters from Read more…
Monday (08/09) Buff-breasted Sandpiper – 1 still on the Airfield. Glossy Ibis – 2 on the Great Pool, Tresco. Pectoral Sandpiper – 1 still on Porth Hellick Pool and a second at Bathinghouse Porth, Tresco. Cattle Egret – A juvenile on Tresco. Hoopoe – 1 in the field west of Longstone Cottage. Wilson’s Storm-petrel – 5 Read more…
Wednesday (03/09) Glossy Ibis – 3 where seen around the islands. Pectoral Sandpiper – 1 still on Porth Hellick Pool (photo) Cory’s Shearwater – 200+ flew west across Porth Cressa Bay between 06:20 & 07:05. Golden Plover – 2 flew over Giant’s Castle. Ruff – 2 flew high over Porth Hellick Pool in the evening. Read more…
Wednesday (27/08) Subalpine Warbler – Brief views of 1 in the pine belt opposite Bishop’s View on Porthloo Lane. Wilson’s Storm-petrel – 1 on a morning mini-pelagic 7 miles northeast of St. Mary’s. European-storm Petrel – 8 on a morning mini-pelagic 7 miles northeast of St. Mary’s. Cory’s Shearwater – 40 on a morning Read more…