St. Mary’s – The 3rd winter Iceland Gull was commuting between the dump & Porth Mellon Beach and the Black Redstart was still on Porthloo Beach. The 3 Ring-necked Ducks ( a first-winter drake and 2 first-winter females) had returned from Tresco to Porth Hellick Pool. The 6 Greenland White-fronted Read more…
St. Mary’s – The 3rd winter Iceland Gull was still on Porth Mellon Beach and the Black Redstart was still on Porthloo Beach. Inter-island waters – A Long-tailed Duck was between St. Mary’s and St. Martin’s.
St. Mary’s – A possible second-winter American Herring Gull was off Morning Point on the Garrison. (More photos available on http://scillyspider.blogspot.co.uk/), opinions please! Also on the gull front the 3rd winter Iceland Gull and a 2nd winter Yellow-legged Gull were on Porth Mellon Beach. 15 Redwings were at Carn Friars. Read more…
St. Mary’s – The 6 Greenland White-fronted Geese were still in a field on Carn Friars Farm behind the ringing station St. Martin’s – A Long-tailed Duck was on the sea off Higher Town. Tresco – 2 Ring-necked Ducks ( a male and a female) were on the Great Pool Read more…
St. Mary’s – 4 Dark-bellied Brent Geese were off Bar Point and a Coal Tit was at Trenoweth
St. Mary’s – The 6 Greenland White-fronted Geese were still in a field on Carn Friars Farm behind the ringing station. The first White Wagtails of the year were 2 males at Longstone
St. Mary’s – The adult Iceland Gull was on Porth Mellon and a second-winter Yellow-legged Gull was commuting between Porth Mellon and Porthloo. There were now up to 6 Mediterranean Gulls on beaches around Hugh Town.
St. Mary’s – The adult Iceland Gull and the Black Redstart were at Porthloo. The Lapwing was in a field along the coastal path past Juliet’s Garden and 3 Mediterranean Gulls were in Old Town Bay.
St. Mary’s – A near adult Iceland Gull was commuting between Porth Mellon, Porthloo and the municipal rubbish dump. A winter adult Mediterranean Gull was at Porth Mellon and 2 more were in Old Town Bay. A Lapwing & a Black Redstart were on Porthloo Beach and a Merlin flew Read more…
St. Mary’s – The 6 Greenland White-fronted Geese were still on Carn Friars farm in the field behind the ringing station. Tresco – The 3 Ring-necked Ducks were now on the Great Pool and there was an astounding count of 9 Short-eared Owls around the woodpile