Monday (16/02) Great White Egret – 1 still on Porth Hellick Pool. Jack Snipe – 3 flushed at Porth Hellick. Woodcock – 1 Cove Vean, St. Agnes. Tuesday (17/02) Fin whale – 1 Peninnis. Wednesday (18/02) Great White – 1 flew north over Porth Hellick pumping station. Shoveler – A female on St. Agnes Pooll. Grey Read more…
Sunday (08/02) to Sunday (15/02) Apart from a Reed Bunting at Porth Hellick Bank om Sunday (08/02), 2 Firecrest on St. Mary’s on Friday (13/02 and a Great White Egret& a Little Grebe on and throughout the week at Porth Hellick, the only other sightings of note were 2 Fin Whale seen from various headlands in the week. On a Read more…
Sunday (01/02) Merlin – 1 flew past Jackson’s Hill towards Lower Moors Firecrest – 1 at the junction of Porthloo Lane and Rocky Hill. Fin whale – 2 off Deep Point. Monday (02/02) No reports. Tuesday (03/02) No reports. Wednesday (04/02) Whimbrel – 1 flew north past Shark’s Pit. Grey Wagtail – 1 on Old Read more…
Few reports from a wet and windy week , with some areas still inaccessible due to floods and fallen trees etc. Sunday (25/01) Cattle Egret – 1 in the field opposite Longstone Café. Great White Egret – 1 in Little Porth flew off over Hugh Town. Fin whale – 2 off Deep Point. Read more…
Sunday (18/01) Slavonian Grebe – 1 seen from Innisidgen, looking towards St. Martin’s. Great Northern Diver – 5 off the Eastern Isles. Common Scoter – 5 off the Eastern Isles. Firecrest – 1 at Longstone. Fin whale – 1 off Deep Point. Humpback Whale – 1, identified as Pi, was northeast of Tearing Ledge, Read more…
Saturday (10/01) Little Grebe – 1 still on Porth Hellick Pool. Great White Egret – 1 in Porth Hellick Bay. Cattle Egret – 1 flew west over the Riding Stables and presumably the same bird was later seen in the field opposite Longstone Café. Little Egret – 1 in Porth Hellick Bay. Common Read more…
Sunday (07/11) Little Grebe – 1 still on Porth Hellick Pool. Monday (08/12) Woodcock – 2 flushed in Holy Vale and 1 flew east over Pump Lane. Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 in sallows by the road at Higher Moors Pumping Station. Siberian Chiffchaff– 1 in sallows by the road at Higher Moors Pumping Read more…
Sunday (30/11) Water Pipit – 1 still on Porthloo Beach. Cattle Egret – 2 at Telegraph. Little Grebe – 1 still in Porth Hellick Bay. Great Northern Diver – 3 between the Garrison and Gugh. Woodcock – 1 flew over Holy Vale. Scandinavian Herring Gull– 1 off Morning Point. Kittiwake – 200 between the Garrison and Gugh. Read more…
Sunday (23/11) Dusky Warbler – 1 still at Newford Duck Pond. Water Pipit – 1 still on Porthloo Beach. Cattle Egret – 2 at Longstone. Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 still in Sally Port back gardens. 1 by the road at Higher Moors and 1 in Porth Hellick Loop. Siberian Chiffchaff – 1 at Rosehill and Read more…
Sunday (16/11) Dusky Warbler – 1 in roadside hedge on Porthloo Lane, between Rocky Hill and the duck pond. Glossy Ibis – 1 flew east over Longstone and was then seen in Lower Moors. Water Pipit – 1 on Porthloo Beach. Great White Egret – 1 flew over Holy Vale. Spoonbill – 1 on Puffin Read more…