St. Mary’s – Single Lesser Redpolls were seen in lower Moors and in a garden at Holy Vale. St. Martin’s – An Osprey. St. Agnes – 10 Whimbrels. Western Rocks – 20+ Purple Sandpipers. Bishop Rock – The boat trip to the Bishop produced 6 Great Northern Divers
St. Mary’s – A Cuckoo was at Old Town. Tresco – A Common Buzzard and an Eider. St. Agnes – A Grasshopper Warbler was at Troy Town. St. Martin’s – A Short-eared Owl. At sea – 6 Great Northern Divers and 6 Whimbrels were seen from the “Seabird Special” boat Read more…
St. Mary’s – The Pallid Swift was over Watermill Cove at 08:30 a.m. and an unidentified Kite sp. was seen over Pelistry. St. Agnes – The first Spotted Flycatcher of the year, a Siskin and the Pallid Swift continued its wanderings and was seen over Horse Point from 19:30- 20:30. Read more…
St. Mary’s – The Pallid Swift was over the end of Peninnis in the afternoon, a Green Sandpiper was at Old Town and a male Golden Oriole flew over Telegraph Lane into the picnic area at the junction of Telegraph Lane and Porthloo Lane. St. Martin’s – The Pallid Swift Read more…
St. Mary’s – 2 Lesser Redpolls were on Porth Hellick Loop, a Common Whitethroat was at Carn Friars Farm and 2 Common Terns were in St. Mary’s Harbour. Tresco – A Common Buzzard. Bryher – 10 Whimbrels. St. Agnes – 50 Whimbrels. St. Martin’s – A Red-throated Diver off Lower Read more…
St. Mary’s – Both Woodchat Shrikes were seen again, the female on the coastal path near Pelistry Cove and the male in gorse below the Telegraph radio tower and near by a superb summer-plumage male Whinchat was at Bant’s Carn & 8 Whimbrels were on the rocky beach below. There Read more…
St. Mary’s – The Iberian Chiffchaff was still in Lower Moors, the Pallid Swift showed down to a few yards at the end of Peninnis, a Common Sandpiper & a Cuckoo were at Old Town and on the Garrison a Wood Warbler was near Star Castle and a late Redwing Read more…
St. Mary’s – The Iberian Chiffchaff was still in Lower Moors, the Pallid Swift was seen over Porth Hellick and the Western Subalpine Warbler was still at Carn Vean. A Hooded Crow flew over Mount Todden, a Lesser Redpoll was at Higher Moors and the 4 Whimbrels & the summer-plumage Read more…
St. Mary’s – The Iberian Chiffchaff was still in Lower Moors and a Western Subalpine Warbler was along the Track behind Carn Vean Tea Rooms. A cracking summer-plumaged Bar-tailed Godwit and 4 Whimbrels were on Porthloo Beach. The first Lesser Whitethroat of the year was at Higher Moors and a Read more…
St. Mary’s – An Iberian Chiffchaff found at 07:30 in Lower Moors was a welcome addition to the Scillies’ List of most Local birders. It was only the second record for Scilly, the first was in Holy Vale in April 1992. Both Woodchat Shrikes were still present. The female along Read more…