To celebrate our 20th year, we have worked with UK Birding Pins to create our very own ISBG pin badge, featuring our logo designed by Scilly artist Ren Hathway. Pins are £5 and all the profits will go straight to Read more…
The Isles of Scilly are famed for diverse, beautiful and often rare wildlife. Autumn migration is where the magic really happens and this season is shaping up to be a classic year, with sightings already including Black Kites, Spotted Sandpiper, Read more…
Thursday (04/08) Lesser Yellowlegs – 1 still on the Great Pool, Tresco. European Storm-petrel – 100+ on the joint sharking/birding pelagic trip 3 miles southwest of Bishop Rock. Great Shearwater – 6 on the joint sharking/birding pelagic trip 3 miles southwest of Bishop Read more…
Thursday (28/07) Wilson’s Storm-petrel – 6 on the evening pelagic trip 3 miles southwest of Bishop Rock. European Storm-petrel – 40 on the evening pelagic trip 3 miles southwest of Bishop Rock. Cory’s Shearwater – 3 on the evening pelagic trip 3 miles Read more…
Thursday (21/07) Wilson’s Storm-petrel – a on the evening pelagic trip 3 miles west of Bishop Rock. European Storm-petrel – 3 on the evening pelagic trip 3 miles west of Bishop Rock. Cory’s Shearwater – 1 on the evening pelagic trip 3 miles Read more…
Wednesday (13/07) Cory’s Shearwater – 2 seen from the Scillonian III. Sooty Shearwater – 1 seen from the Scillonian III. Common Sandpiper – 1 on Porth Hellick Pool Yellow-legged Gull – 1 off Deep Point. Thursday (14/07) Cory’s Shearwater – 1 on the evening pelagic Read more…
Wednesday (06/07) Lapwing – 2 flew over Troy Town, St. Agnes and later flew high northeast over Higher Moors, Thursday (07/07) European Storm-petrel – 4 on the evening pelagic trip 9 miles south of St. Mary’s. Porbeagle Shark – 1 caught, tagged and Read more…
Monday (27/06) Rose-coloured Starling – An adult in Tresco Abbey Gardens and a juvenile on St. Martin’s. Wilson’s Storm-petrel – 2 on the evening pelagic trip 6 miles south of St. Mary’s (photo). Cory’s Shearwater – 8 on the evening pelagic trip 6 Read more…
Monday (20/06) Rose-coloured Starling – 1 still visiting the garden behind Star Castle. Mediterranean Gull – 11 on a sandbank between Merrick & Plumb Islands. Tuesday (21/06) Wilson’s Storm-petrel – 1 was seen on the evening fishing/pelagic trip. Rose-coloured Starling – 1 still visiting Read more…
**** The ZINO’S PETREL seen and photographed on a Scilly pelagic trip on 30th July 2020 has been accepted by the BOU as the first for Britain **** Monday (13/06) Little Bittern – The male was still at Porth Hellick Pool. Rose-coloured Read more…
Monday (06/06) Little Bittern – The male was still at Porth Hellick Pool. Wilson’s Storm-petrel – The first of the year, a very early bird, was seen on an evening pelagic trip (photo). Temminck’s Stint – 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco. This Read more…
Monday (30/05) Bee-eater – 4 flew over the Garrison and were relocated near Porthloo Duck Pond from where they flew off high northwest after about 40 minutes. Red-footed Falcon – A “possible” flew over Hugh Town. Hen Harrier – A male flew high Read more…