St. Martin’s – A Pied Flycatcher and a Spotted Flycatcher, both the first of the autumn. Inter-island waters – A Black-tailed Godwit was in the Roads. At sea – 50 European Storm-petrels, a Sooty Shearwater, 10 Manx Shearwaters and 2 Read more…
St. Mary’s – 7 Greenshanks, 2 Green Sandpipers & a Common Sandpiper were at Porth Hellick Pool and 5 Green Sandpipers were in Lower Moors
St. Mary’s – 7 Greenshanks, 2 Green Sandpipers and the first Water Rail & Kingfisher of the autumn were at Porth Hellick Pool. A Wheatear Deep Point. St. Agnes – A Whimbrel and 7 Curlews
St. Mary’s – An adult Mediterranean Gull was seen off Morning Point on the Garrison and a second-summer Mediterranean Gull was in Porthcressa Bay. At sea – 200 European Storm-petrels, a Balearic Shearwater and an Arctic Skua were seen on Read more…
St. Mary’s – A Sooty, a Balearic & 5 Cory’s Shearwaters and 2 Great Skuas flew past Peninnis and another Cory’s Shearwater flew past Deep Point. Samson – 20 Curlews and 12 Sanderlings. Teän – 90 Curlews. At sea Read more…
A short trip to the far side of Annet to look for a putative Albatross (reported by a local boatman) proved unsuccessful. However there was compensation in the shape of 500+ Manx Shearwaters, a Balearic Shearwater, a Sooty Shearwater and Read more…
St. Mary’s – A Common Swift at Porthloo and a second-summer Mediterranean Gull off Peninnis. Annet – a 1000+ Manx Shearwaters offshore.
Bryher – A Hooded Crow and a Whimbrel. At sea – Seen on a short-range pelagic trip were a Wilson’s Storm-petrel. 200 European Storm-petrels, 100 Manx shearwaters and 3 Blue Sharks.
St. Mary’s – The only report was 38 Sandwich Terns at Porthcressa
Inter-island waters – 2 Balearic Shearwaters that are moving around with about 500 Manx Shearwaters were seen off Annet and Samson. At Sea – A Short-range pelagic 5½ mile southeast of St. Mary’s proved to be rewarding with 17 Read more…