Alan Hannington

St. Mary’s – 2 Cuckoos on Porth Hellick down and a Common Sandpiper below the harbour car park in Hugh Town. Gugh – A Common Sandpiper. Eastern Isles – A Purple Sandpiper

Tresco – A Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Greenshank, 3 Redshank, a Common Buzzard and a Marsh Harrier. At sea – A short-range evening pelagic trip produced a Great Shearwater, 50 European Storm-petrels, a second-summer Pomarine Skua, a Great Skua and an Arctic Tern. Also on the trip 2 Ocean Sunfish were Read more…

Tuesday:  An adult Rose-coloured Starling was on St Martin’s and a Whimbrel and 2 Curlews were on St Agnes Wednesday: A Lesser Redpoll was at Maypole. Thursday: At sea – 250 Manx and 3 Balearic Shearwaters on the Scillonian crossing to St. Mary’s.

At sea – A short-range pelagic trip was the best so far this year, birds seen were : 2 Wilson’s Storm Petrels, 50+ European Storm-petrels, 6 Manx Shearwaters, a Great Shearwater, an adult Sabine’s Gull and a first-summer Pomarine Skua.

Friday’s birds: Just 2 Siskins on Bryher Saturday’s birds: A Lesser Redpoll at Higher Moors, a Raven at Porth Hellick and 3 Siskins at Innisidgen. Sunday’s birds: – A Grey Plover and 3 Whimbrel on Samson, a Whimbrel on Teän and 4 Greenshanks, 18 Turnstones and 2 Swifts on Tresco.

Tuesday – 3 drake Tufted ducks, 2 Swifts and a Lesser Redpoll on Tresco Wednesday – The only report of note was of a very young Cuckoo being fed by Rock Pipits on Porth Hellick Down, St Mary’s. Thursday – A singing Firecrest was in Lower Moors, St Mary’s and a Golden Read more…

Tresco – A Black-tailed Godwit and 3 Swifts. At sea – Another quiet pelagic trip produced just 6 European Storm-petrels and a Great Skua.

St. Mary’s – A Cuckoo at Porth Hellick. Bryher – A Hooded Crow. St. Martin’s – A Sooty Shearwater flew past the Daymark.

St. Mary’s – 2 Sandwich Terns were in Porthcressa Bay. Bryher – 4 Golden Plover. Tresco – 4 Sanderling

Bryher – A Hobby, a Dunlin and a Lesser Redpoll. Eastern Isles – Peregrines bred successfully. A family party of 5 birds was seen. At sea – Birders on a shark fishing trip saw just 10 European Storm-petrels and 6 Manx Shearwaters.