Sunday 27th October 2013 IoS Bird Sightings

WHITE’S THRUSH – Seen briefly in the Parsonage Garden, St. Agnes in the morning but showed well there on and off in the afternoon,

Subalpine Warbler – 1 still at Longstone.

Radde’s Warbler – 1still at Covean, St. Agnes.

Pallas’s Warbler – Still 2 in the Parsonage Garden, St. Agnes.

Rose-coloured Starling – 1 in the allotments near the dump.

Red-breasted Flycatcher – 1 Rosehill.

Red-breasted Flycatcher, St Mary's, 271013 (M.Halliday)

Spotted Crake – 1 still in Lower Moors

Spotted Crake, Lower Moors, 271013 (A.Hugo)

Yellow-browed Warbler – 6 on St. Mary’s.

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Wednesday 23rd October 2013 IoS Bird Sightings

FEA’S PETREL – 1 seen by birders returning to the mainland on the Scillonian. It was seen 57 minutes out of St. Mary’s and hence was in Scillonian waters.

SORA RAIL – 1 still on the Great Pool, Tresco.

Short-toed Lark – 1 still on St. Agnes.

Rose-coloured Starling – 1around Buzza Hill and another still on St. Agnes.

Spotted Crake – 1 still in Lower Moors.

Red-backed Shrike – 1 on Bryher. (more…)

Saturday 19th October 2013 IoS Bird Sightings

SORA RAIL – 1 still on the Great Pool, Tresco and another was seen early morning on Shooters’ Pool, Lower Moors. It was first reported as a Spotted Crake but was re-identified as a Sora from photographs. 2 on the islands at the same time is unprecedented.

Short-toed Lark – 1 still on St. Agnes.

Richard’s Pipit – 1 on the Garrison.

Spotted Crake – 1 at Porth Hellick Pool.

Rose-coloured Starling – 1 on St. Agnes visiting Pelistry in the afternoon.

Wryneck – 1 Borough Farm, St. Mary’s and 1 on St. Agnes.

Radde’s Warbler – 1 on St. Agnes.

Barred Warbler – 1 on Bryher.

Yellow-browed Warbler – 8 on St. Mary’s, 2 on St. Agnes, 1 on Tresco and 1 on St. Martin’s. (more…)