Bryher – The Short-toed Lark and the juvenile Dotterel were still on Shipman Head Down. At sea – Birders on the evening pelagic trip saw a Cory’s Shearwater a Great Shearwater, 200 European Storm-petrels, 2 Great Skuas, 5 Arctic Terns, 50 Common Dolphins, 3 Blue Sharks and 2 Ocean Sunfish. Read more…
Bryher – The juvenile Dotterel and the Short-toed Lark were still on Shipman Head Down. Also on the island were a Sanderling, a Dunlin and a Hooded Crow. At sea – Seen from an evening pelagic trip were: a Wilson’s Storm-petrel, 100+ European Storm-petrels, a Sooty Shearwater, a Great Shearwater, Read more…
St. Mary’s – 8 Greenshanks were at Porth Hellick and a Green Sandpiper was in Lower Moors. Inter-island waters – A Sooty Shearwater and 600 Manx Shearwaters were in The Roads
St. Mary’s – A Kingfisher & 2 Green Sandpipers were at Porth Hellick Pool and another 2 Green Sandpipers were at Lower Moors. Bryher – The juvenile Dotterel and the Short-toed Lark were still on Shipman Head Down. St. Agnes – A Dunlin
Tresco – A Dunlin, 2 Green Sandpipers, 11 Greenshanks, 2 Redshanks, a Snipe, 3 Teal, 6 Little Egrets and 13 Grey Herons. Bryher – The Short-toed Lark was still on Shipman Head Down, also on the island were 5 Wheatears and a Hooded Crow. At sea – An evening pelagic Read more…
St. Mary’s – A Hobby was over Higher Moors. Bryher – 50 Whimbrels. Inter-island waters – 3 Whimbrels were between Tresco and Samson. 8 Sunfish were seen off Round Island. At sea – The daytime pelagic trip produced a Wilson’s Storm-petrel, 6 Great Shearwaters, a Sooty Shearwater, 20 European Read more…
St. Mary’s – 8 Greenshank & a Kingfisher were at Porth Hellick Pool, a Whimbrel was on Porthloo beach and a Wheatear was on Peninnis. At sea – The birders special daytime trip produced 3 Great, 2 Balearic, 3 Sooty & 800+ Manx Shearwaters, 30+ European Storm-petrels, a second-summer Read more…
Bryher – A Short-toed Lark was on Shipman Head Down, also on the island were 2 early returning Wheatears and a Hooded Crow. At sea – Birders on the evening Pelagic trip were lucky enough to connect with a **FEA’S PETREL** the first in Scillonian waters since 2004. Also on Read more…
St. Martin’s – A Pied Flycatcher and a Spotted Flycatcher, both the first of the autumn. Inter-island waters – A Black-tailed Godwit was in the Roads. At sea – 50 European Storm-petrels, a Sooty Shearwater, 10 Manx Shearwaters and 2 Grey Phalaropes were seen on a short-range pelagic trip. Also Read more…
St. Mary’s – 7 Greenshanks, 2 Green Sandpipers & a Common Sandpiper were at Porth Hellick Pool and 5 Green Sandpipers were in Lower Moors