St. Mary’s – The Lapland Bunting was still on Peninnis and a Little Stint was at Lower Moors briefly in the evening. St. Agnes – The juvenile Rose-coloured Starling, a Pectoral Sandpiper, a Yellow-legged Gull, a Yellow Wagtail and a Whinchat. St. Martin’s – 2 Spotted Flycatchers and a Whinchat. Read more…
The 2012 review is now available!! If you are visiting Scilly, please pick up your copy from the October log commencing Sat 5th, or contact a resident ISBG member if you are on the Islands before that date. Otherwise copies will be posted out in due course. The review is Read more…
The bird log will again be held in the Scillonian Club from Saturday 5th October to Friday 1st November 2013. The usual temporary trails will be open in October these are: Peninnis Farm Trail which runs from half way down King Edwards Road (the central track along Peninnis) through the fields Read more…
St. Mary’s – The Buff-breasted Sandpiper & Dotterel were still on the airfield and the Lapland Bunting & a Whinchat were still on Peninnis. An Icterine Warbler & a Wryneck were on the Garrison and another Wryneck was on the path by the Peninnis allotments. Tresco – A Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Read more…
St. Mary’s – Both the Buff-breasted Sandpiper & the Dotterel were still on the airfield and the Lapland Bunting & a Whinchat were on Peninnis. St. Agnes – A juvenile Rose-coloured Starling, a Wryneck and a Pied Flycatcher. At sea – A Sooty Shearwater was seen from the Scillonian on Read more…
St. Mary’s – The first-winter Bonaparte’s Gull was again in Porthcressa Bay briefly and an American Golden Plover and 2 Whimbrels flew over Hugh Town. The Buff-breasted Sandpiper was still on the airfield and was joined by a juvenile Dotterel. The Lapland Bunting was still on Peninnis and a Wryneck Read more…
St. Mary’s – The Buff-breasted Sandpiper was still on the airfield, the Icterine Warbler was still on The Garrison and the Lapland Bunting was still on Peninnis. A Common Sandpiper and a Grey Plover were at Carn Leah. At sea – An evening pelagic trip produced 12 Great & 25 Read more…
St. Mary’s – A Buff-breasted Sandpiper was on the airfield, the 9 Greenshanks were still at Porth Hellick Pool, a Green Sandpiper & a Whinchat were in Lower Moors, the Lapland Bunting was still on Peninnis Head and a Wryneck was on the lawn of the Star Castle Hotel on Read more…
St. Mary’s – 9 Greenshanks, a Redshank & 2 Snipe were at Porth Hellick Pool, a Spotted Flycatcher was at Carn Friars and a Lapland Bunting was on Peninnis Head. Tresco – 4 Snipe, a Whinchat and a Spotted Flycatcher.
St. Mary’s – An Icterine Warbler & a Whinchat were on the Garrison, a Merlin was at Porth Mellon and a Pied Flycatcher & a Spotted Flycatcher were at Watermill. Tresco – 3 Black-tailed Godwits, 27 Greenshanks, 5 Redshanks, 3 Wigeons and a Whinchat. St. Agnes – A Common Redstart Read more…