St. Mary’s – The juvenile Rose-coloured Starling was still at Pelistry Farm, 2 Curlew Sandpipers, a Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Whinchats, a Spotted Flycatcher, a Pied Flycatcher, a Melodious Warbler & a Firecrest were at Porth Hellick and 31 Chiffchaffs were Read more…
St. Mary’s -There were plenty of common migrants around with 150+ Blackcaps, 50+ Sedge Warblers, 50+ Chiffchaffs, 30+ Willow Warblers, Whinchats into double figures and a scattering of Spotted Flycatchers on the island. The Melodious Warbler was re-trapped at Porth Read more…
St. Mary’s – The Booted Warbler was still on Peninnis and nearby the Wryneck & Barred Warbler were still in the allotments. 2 Curlew Sandpipers, 2 Black-tailed Godwits, a Whinchat & a Whinchat were at Porth Hellick and next door Read more…
St. Mary’s – A Booted Warbler eventually showed well on the end of Peninnis, also in the Peninnis area were a Wryneck, a Grasshopper Warbler, a Barred Warbler, a Whinchat and an Osprey flew over towards the Garrison. A Melodious Read more…
This Cormorant bit of a bit more than it could swallow at Lower Moors this week! Great image by Martin!
St. Mary’s – A Corncrake was caught and ringed at Porth Hellick. A Ruff, 3 Snipe, a Wryneck, a Grey Wagtail, 2 Whinchats and a Common Redstart were in Lower Moors. A Red-breasted Flycatcher was between Newford Duck Pond and Read more…
St. Mary’s – A Wryneck, a Pied Flycatcher and 7 Spotted Flycatchers were in the Garrison pines. A Red-breasted Flycatcher and a Pied Flycatcher were in trees along the road between Newford Duck Pond and the top of Watermill. 2 Read more…
St. Mary’s – 2 Ruff, 7 Snipe, a Kingfisher and the first Yellow-browed Warbler of the autumn were in Lower Moors. A Corncrake was near Deep Point, single Wrynecks were near the windsock on the airfield & on Peninnis, a Read more…
St. Mary’s – 11 Greenshanks & a Kingfisher were at Porth Hellick, a Wryneck, a Whinchat & a Lesser Whitethroat were at Carn Friars, 2 Firecrests were in Holy Vale, 2 Yellow Wagtails were in High Lanes, 6 Mediterranean Gulls Read more…
St. Mary’s – A Greenish Warbler was in the Dead Pine Walk at the Star Castle end also there was a Spotted Flycatcher. A Mediterranean Gull was in the harbour and a Common Redstart & a Yellow Wagtail were in Read more…