Saturday (24/04) Despite the cold wind a lovely sunny day with several Mediterranean species seen on the islands. Bee-eater – After its visit to Tresco yesterday, it was back between Carn Friars and Normandy House Purple Heron – 1 flew over St. Agnes Cricket Pitch and then towards Annet Little Bunting – 1 on Read more…
Thursday (22/04) Bee-eater – 1 still in the Carn Friars/Normandy area Cattle Egret – 3+ still on Tresco Greylag Goose – 1 in a field on Peninnis that also visited Lower Moors Pool Shoveler – 1 Porth Hellick Pool Swift – 1 over Old Town was the first of the year Black-throated Diver – 1 in Bull’s Read more…
Tuesday (20/04) Bee-eater – 1 flew east over Longstone and later in the Normandy/ Carn Friars area Cattle Egret – 4 still on Tresco in the fields above the cricket pitch at Old Grimsby and then by Pool Road, Tresco Wood Warbler – 1 calling at Longstone moving towards Carreg Dhu Gardens Shoveler – Read more…
Reviewing the whales around Scilly in winter 2020-21, by Will Wagstaff Over the years, whale sightings in Scillonian waters have been few and far between. The Minke Whale has been the most regularly noted but even then a rare sight. Long-finned Pilot Whales were seen occasionally but have become even Read more…
Sunday (18/04) Bee-eater – 1 still around Carn Friars Hoopoe – 1 at the Garrison Campsite (photo), there is conjecture that there have been between 5 and 7 birds this spring Dotterel – 1 flew northeast over the Garrison Shoveler – A pair on the Abbey Pool, Tresco Pintail – A drake on the Great Read more…
Friday (16/04) Tawny Pipit – 1 flew north over Popplestone, Bryher Bee-eater – 1 heard at Lower Moors/Old Town seen in the afternoon in trees along Old Town Lane and in flight over the chicken field at Parting Carn Hoopoe – 1 at the Vineyard, St. Martin’s flew towards Little Arthur Farm, 1 Read more…
Wednesday (14/04) Citrine Wagtail – A male at Stinky Porth and then the big Pool Bryher Bee-eater – 1 at Porth Hellick (photo) Great White Egret – 1 still on Bryher (photo) Hoopoe – 1 flew over Higher Moors pumping station towards Carn Friars Blue-headed Wagtail – 1 Porth Hellick Black-throated Diver – A winter-plumage Read more…
Monday (12/04) Great White Egret – 1 on Bryher, present since at least Friday (photo) Cattle Egret – 4 on Tresco Coal Tit – 1 on Pool Road, Tresco. This is a scarce bird on Scilly (photo) Hoopoe – 1 by Buzza Tower flew towards gardens on Church Road Blue-headed Wagtail – 1 still in the Read more…
Monday (05/04) Hoopoe – 1 in a garden behind Star Castle (photo) Iceland Gull – 1 Porthloo, 1 in a ploughed field by Longstone Cottage Great Spotted Woodpecker – 1 in the horse paddocks at Content Ring Ouzel – 1 Carn Friars Pied Flycatcher – A male in the horse paddocks at Content Tree Pipit – Read more…
Monday (29/03) Hoopoe – 1 Bread and Cheese Cove, St. Martin’s Cattle Egret – 4 High Lanes Shoveler – 4 on Porth Hellick Pool Great Northern Diver – 1 Porth Cressa, 1 off St.Martin’s Little Egret – 1 Porthloo Golden Plover – 3 on the airfield Iceland Gull – 1 Perseil, St. Martin’s Sandwich Tern – 1 in the Read more…