Bird Sightings
Monday 6th July 2015 IoS Bird Sightings
St. Mary’s – 3 Mediterranean Gull were in Porthcressa Bay
St. Mary’s – 3 Mediterranean Gull were in Porthcressa Bay
Tresco – The Little Grebe & 5 Tufted Ducks were still on the Great Pool along with a Redshank and 2 Greenshanks. St. Mary’s – The 2 Tufted Ducks were still on Porth Hellick Pool and a Mediterranean Gull was Read more…
Tresco – A Little Grebe & 5 Tufted Ducks were on the Great Pool and 600 Manx Shearwaters were north of the island Annet – The subadult Common Crane. St. Agnes – A Turtle Dove and 2 Mistle Thrushes. St. Read more…
Tresco – An American Golden Plover was on Castle Down. St. Agnes – The Turtle Dove was still present and there were now 3 Mistle Thrushes there. St. Martin’s – 4 Common Swifts. Bryher – 5 Common Swifts. Inter-island waters Read more…
St. Martin’s – An Isabelline Shrike (later identified from photos as the subspecies Turkestan Shrike) was on The Plains. A Balearic Shearwater flew past the island. St. Agnes – The Turtle Dove was still present and there was also a Read more…
St. Mary’s – At Porth Hellick 2 Tufted Ducks were on the pooland a Whimbrel was on the beach. A Green Sandpiper and an Emperor Dragonfly were on the pool at Lower Moors. St. Agnes – A Turtle Dove.
Tresco – The drake American Wigeon, the Redshank and the Greenshank were still on the Great Pool. St. Mary’s – 2 Green Sandpipers were in Lower Moors and 2 Hobbies & a Common Swift were over the island. St. Helen’s – A Common Swift.
Tresco – The drake American Wigeon was still on the Great Pool as were 6 Tufted Ducks, also on the island were 3 Common Swifts, a Redshank and a Greenshank. St. Martin’s – The Common Crane flew towards Teän. Annet – 300+ Manx Shearwaters were offshore.
St. Mary’s – a Tufted Duck was on Porth Hellick Pool. Tresco – 5 Grey Herons, 5 Little Egrets and a Black-headed Gull. Teän – 8 Curlews.