Tuesday A Cetti’s Warbler caught at Porth Hellick Ringing Station was a male in complete juvenile plumage. This may be an indication of local breeding. A juvenile Cuckoo was on Porth Hellick Down. An evening boat trip saw 250+ Manx Shearwater, a Sooty Shearwater and an Arctic Tern all between Annet and Samson. Wednesday A Hobby was over Watermill and a Balearic Read more…
Tuesday A Green Sandpiper and a Cetti’s Warbler were at Shooters’ Pool Wednesday 12 Sandwich Tern, 3 Mediterranean Gull ,7 Black-headed Gull and a Common Sandpiper were at Porthcressa. 5 Crossbill were at Longstone and flew off towards Sandy Lane. Thursday A Sooty Shearwater was in a flock of Manx Shearwater west of Mincarlo, Wester Isles. A Yellow-legged Gull & 2 Mediterranean Gull were in Hugh Town Harbour, another Yellow-legged Gull & Read more…
Friday 25 Swift were over Longstone. Saturday 2 Mediterranean Gull were in Porthcressa Bay, 2 were in Tresco Channel and 6 were hawking flying ants over Tresco, 20 Swift were also over Tresco and a Little Egret was in Tresco Channel. There were 2 Sanderling and 12 Sandwich Tern on St. Martin’s Sunday 3 Mediterranean Gull flew over Church Road, Hugh Town, 2 were Read more…
Monday No reports Tuesday The first short-range evening pelagic trip produced the first Wilson’s Storm-petrel of the season and 40 European Storm-petrel. A Dunlin & a Common Sandpiper flew over McFarland’s Down late evening and 5 Swift flew south over Hugh Town Wednesday A Whimbrel flew over the Garrison and the first 2 returning Sandwich Tern were at Porthcressa Thursday Another short-range evening Read more…
Dear Friends of ISBG, Due to COVID-19, we expect that fewer birders will be coming to Scilly this October and the log (if it goes ahead) is going to be a very different affair from previous years. Our printers, Swallowtail, have offered to post out the Review directly after printing Read more…
Wednesday The only report was of a Hobby over Normandy. Thursday The Cetti’s Warbler was still near the Dump Clump and a brief visit to Tresco produced a Tufted Duck, a Black-tailed Godwit, a Golden Plover and 3 Mediterranean Gull. Friday A large shearwater seen off Morning Point was thought to be a Cory’s Shearwater. 200+ Manx Shearwater, a Kittiwake and 300+ Lesser Black-backed Read more…
Thursday A Great White Egret was flushed from Teän and flew towards St. Martin’s also on Teän were 15 -20 Curlew and 2 newly fledged Ringed Plovers. A Green Sandpiper was at Porth Hellick and Lower Moors and 3 Crossbill were at Longstone. Friday An adult Mediterranean Gull was near the Daymark, St Martin’s, a Greenshank flew over Hugh town and a Siskin was at Read more…
Firstly news from 2019, the BBRC have accepted the Hume’s Warbler at Newford Duck Pond last November. Saturday The Red-rumped Swallow was still at Porth Hellick. 8 Swift were over Kittydown, 6 were over Longstone and 6 were over the Garrison. A sea-watch from Deep Point yielded 2 Sooty Shearwater, 70 Manx Shearwater, a European Storm-petrel, 4 Fulmar, Read more…
Firstly late news from Saturday (13/06) 2 Rose-coloured Starling flew past the Daymark on St. Martin’s. Also of interest the Scopoli’s Shearwater seen from a Sapphire Pelagic on July 11 last year has been accepted by BBRC as the second record for Britain after the first one in 2004. Monday The Yellow-legged Gull was still at Porthloo, 2 Crossbill flew Read more…
Wednesday 3 Crossbill flew over the pines at Spray View, near Deep Point & 1 was at Longstone, a Hobby was over Trenoweth and the Yellow-legged Gull flew over Bay View Terrace towards Porthloo Thursday 7 Crossbill flew over Longstone, 3 Swift were over Longstone with another over High Lanes and the Yellow-legged Gull was at Porthloo. Friday The Yellow-legged Gull was on a Read more…