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…
Sunday (13/06) Night Heron – A “probable” seen at 21:00 flying over Longstone Pochard – 3 females with broods 0f 7,4 & 3 ducklings Eider – A female off St. Martin’s Swift – 30 Tresco Black-tailed Godwit – 1 Tresco Iceland Gull – 1 Samson, 1 Read more…
Friday (04/06) Rose-coloured Starling – 1 at Carn Friars which flew towards Porth Hellick Down Friday (04/06) Knot – a summer-plumaged bird was on Green Island, Tresco (photo) Sunday (06/06) Rose-coloured Starling – 1again at Carn Friars Iceland Gull – 1 on St. Mary’s Read more…
Tuesday (01/06) Golden Oriole – 1 moved south through Holy Vale at 06:35 Quail – 1 flushed from the lower path by the reeds behind Porth Hellick bank flew towards Carn Friars Marsh Harrier – A female flew from Tresco to St. Mary’s Read more…
Friday (28/05) Red-rumped Swallow – 1 over John Batty’s Hill, St. Martin’s later seen St. Martin’s cricket pitch Quail – 1 flushed at Lower Town, St. Martin’s Golden Oriole – 1 at Higher Town, St. Martin’s Wood Sandpiper – 1 Porth Hellick Pool (photo) Read more…
Friday (21/05) Shelduck – 2 Porth Hellick Pool Turtle Dove – 1 in Old Town Churchyard Water Rail – 1 in Lower Moors was unseasonably late Iceland Gull – 1 Porthloo Cetti’s Warbler – 1 Porth Hellick, 1 Lower Moors Yellow Wagtail – 1 Porth Hellick Read more…
Friday (14/05) Greylag Goose – 1 flew east over Hugh Town Harbour Wigeon – A drake on Porth Hellick Pool Swift – 1 over Porth Hellick Cuckoo – 1 St. Martin’s Vineyard Golden Plover – 1 on St. Martin’s Whimbrel – 3 Porth Hellick Bay Iceland Read more…
Monday (10/05) Lesser Yellowlegs – 1 still at Porth Hellick spending time on the beach and the pool Hoopoe – 1 flew from Sunnyside Farm towards Sandy Lane Golden Oriole – A male at Higher Moors flew towards Holy Vale Little Egret – 1 Read more…
Thursday (06/05) Serin – 1 in the Airport Fields by Ennor close flew towards Lower Moors Cattle Egret – 2 at Dolphin Town, Tresco Blue-headed Wagtail – 1 still around Bryher Pool Golden Oriole – 2 reported on Tresco in the past few days, Read more…
Monday (03/05) Purple Heron – 1 still at Lower Moors Pochard – 2 drakes and a female on Porth Hellick Pool (scarce on St. Mary’s) Turtle Dove – 1 Carn Friars Great Northern Diver – 1 seen from the Garrison Whimbrel – 1 Porth Mellon Read more…
Saturday (01/05) Red-Footed Falcon – 1 flew over Kittydown towards Porth Hellick Down Red-throated Pipit – 1 still in the low cut reeds near the ringing lanes beside Porth Hellick Pool Purple Heron – 1 seen several times around Lower Moors and Porth Read more…