Sunday (29/12) Velvet Scoter – 1 still at New Grimsby, Tresco. Common Scoter – 2 between the Garrison & Tresco/Samson. Black-throated Diver – 1 close offshore drifting south between Toll’s Hill and Little Ganick. Great Northern Diver – 25 in the same area as the Black-throated Diver and 10+ between the Garrison & Tresco/Samson Read more…
Sunday (22/12) Black-throated Diver – 1 flew west past Bants Carn towards Samson. Cattle Egret – 1 with cows opposite Longstone Lodge. Great White Egret – 1 still in Old Town Bay. Pink=footed Goose – 8 in a field west of L:ongstone cottage. Hen Harrier – The female was seen over Longstone Lodge, Tremelethen Farm, Read more…
Sunday (15/12) Hen Harrier – A ringtail flew over Porth Hellick Pool and was later seen over Sunnyside Fields. Great White Egret – 1 Porth Hellick Bay. Woodcock – 10 over Pump Lane at dusk. Bar-tailed Godwit – 1 on Porthloo Beach. Monday (16/12) Barn Owl– 1 over Helvear at 07:35. Cattle Egret – 1 Read more…
Sunday (08/12) Iceland Gull – A juvenile was on rocks in Porth Cressa and then flew towards Morning Point. Great Northern Diver – 1 in Porth Cressa Bay. Great White Egret – 1 on Porth Hellick Pool. Pink=footed Goose – 8 still in fields at Pelistry. Wigeon – 1 on Porth Hellick Pool. Fieldfare –2 Pump Read more…
Sunday (01/12) Dusky Warbler – 1 still in bushes halfway along the path from the road to the Stephen Sussex hide. Barn Owl – 1 again hunting around the Parting Carn Fields at dusk. Great Northern Diver – 1 near Toll’s Island. Green Sandpiper – 1 flew over the Standing Stones Field. Swallow – 1 Read more…
Sunday (24/11) Dusky Warbler – 1 still in bushes halfway along the path from the road to the Stephen Sussex hide. Little Bunting – 1 in a field at Content Farm. Great White Egret – 1 Shooters’ Pool. D Merlin – A male over Bant’s Carn Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 in the bushes by the screen Read more…
Sunday (17/11) Dusky Warbler – 1 seen in Higher Moors in bushes before the Holy Vale end, was probably the bird that was trapped yesterday, Serin – Still 2 in the weed patches in the Tremelethen chicken field. Hen Harrier – A ringtail over Higher Moors and Porth Hellick Pool. Barn Owl – 1 Read more…
Sunday (10/11) Lapland Bunting – 1 at Churchtown Farm, St. Martin’s. Red-breasted Flycatcher – 1 still by the ringing shed at Porth Hellick Wigeon – 10+ on shooters’ Pool. Shoveler – 2 on Porth Hellick Pool. Common Scoter – 1 between Annet and Bryher. Great Northern Diver – 11 between Annet and Bryher. Jack Snipe – Read more…
Wednesday (06/11) Wilson’s Snipe – The bird thought to be this species was still on Lower Moors Pool. Red-breasted Flycatcher – 1 was by the hut at Porth Hellick Ringing Station (photo). Little Bunting – 2 still on the Sunnyside Farm Trail. Hoopoe – 1 still on the sandy track behind Popplestone Bay, Bryher. Read more…
Sunday (03/11) Little Bunting – 2 still on the Sunnyside Farm Trail. Lesser Yellowlegs – 1 still on Simpson’s Field, Tresco. Hawfinch – 1 flew over the Sunnyside Farm Trai and 1 on Tresco. Cattle Egret – 2 still in the cow field behind Sage House. Spoonbill – 3 on Green Island near Samson. Cory’s Read more…