Alan Hannington

St. Mary’s – A singing Marsh Warbler by the Stephen Sussex hide at Porth Hellick also 4 Swifts were over the pool. St. Agnes – 2 Swifts Samson – A Grey Plover.

St. Mary’s – 3 Swifts and a Wheatear on Peninnis. Tresco – A Whimbrel and a Swift At sea – A very quiet pelagic trip produced just 10 European Storm-petrels

St. Mary’s – The Eider was still at Pendrethen, a Spotted Flycatcher was on Peninnis and a Lesser Redpoll was at Lower Moors. St. Agnes – 2 Bar-tailed Godwits. Inter-island waters – 25+ Common Terns in Tresco channel and 3 Sandwich Terns in The Roads.

Still very quiet on the islands. Birds seen on St Mary’s over the last three days were: Thursday – A Swift was over Hugh Town and the Eider was still at Pendrethen Friday –  2 Lesser Redpolls at Higher Moors, a Swift over Old Town and one over Porth Hellick. Read more…

  St. Mary’s – A Lesser Redpoll at Higher Moors and a Whimbrel on Newman’s Island. At sea – Birders joining a fishing trip in the afternoon saw 5 European Storm-petrels and the first Wilson’s Storm-petrel of the year. An evening shark fishing trip produced 10 European Storm-petrels, 3 Arctic Read more…

St. Mary’s – A Quail at Porth Hellick and a Cuckoo at Lower Moors

    Tresco – A ring-tail Harrier probably Montagu’s and a Common Buzzard. At sea – A quiet short-range pelagic trip logged only a Sooty Shearwater, 10 European Storm-petrels and an Ocean Sunfish

St. Mary’s – The Eider was still at Pendrethen and a Grasshopper Warbler was reeling near Carn Vean tea rooms. At sea – A fishing trip to Poll Bank produced 2 Great Skuas, 20 European Storm-petrels, 10 Manx Shearwaters and a probable “Baltic Gull“.

    St. Mary’s – A male Red-backed Shrike was trapped and ringed at Porth Hellick. A Hobby flew over Star Castle, the Eider was still at Pendrethen and a Lesser Redpoll was near the pumping station at Higher Moors.

St. Mary’s – The Eider was still at Pendrethen. Tresco – A Golden Oriole