Sightings

Tresco – 3 Dunlins and 15+ Sanderlings. Bryher – A Lesser Redpoll, a Spotted Flycatcher and the Hooded Crow

St. Mary’s – The Eider was still at Pendrethen. St. Agnes – A Quail

St. Martin’s – A Golden Oriole and 10 Swifts. At sea – The first shark fishing/pelagic trip of the year produced 40+ European Storm-petrels, 6 Manx Shearwaters, a Basking Shark and a Blue Shark which was landed, tagged and released.

St. Mary’s – 2 Hobbies & a Yellow Wagtail at Carn Friars, a second-summer Yellow-legged Gull off Morning Point and an Osprey late evening over Lower Moors. St. Martin’s – A Short-toed Lark was near the Daymark in the evening.

St. Mary’s – The Eider was off Bar Point, a Lesser Redpoll was at High Lanes and a probable Mealy Redpoll was in the Carn Friars/Porth Hellick area. Tresco – A Hawfinch, a Hobby and 2 Whimbrels. St. Agnes – Read more…

Bryher – A suberb summer-plumaged male Black-headed Bunting was near Great Popplestone Bay. Tresco – A Golden Oriole, a Hobby, a Bar-tailed Godwit, an Iceland Gull, a Lesser Redpoll, 16 Dunlins, 14 Sanderlings and a Buzzard. The Marsh Harrier was Read more…

St. Mary’s – An Iceland Gull at Salakee in the morning was later seen on the Airfield, a Dunlin was at Porthloo and 2 Turtle Doves were at Lunnon. Tresco – 30+ Dunlins, 8+ Sanderlings and 4 Turnstones. Samson – Read more…

St. Mary’s – The female Marsh Harrier was at Porth Hellick, an Iceland Gull was on the Golf Course and a Turtle Dove was at Lunnon. Tresco – The Marsh Harrier, a Hobby and a Hooded Crow.

St. Mary’s – It was a day for Golden Orioles with one being trapped and ringed at the Porth Hellick ringing station, another on the Porth Hellick Loop trail, one at Carn Friars and one at Rocky Hill. The Pink-footed Read more…

St. Mary’s – The Short-toed Lark was still on the Airfield and a Red-rumped Swallow was between Innisidgen and Bar Point. The Pink-footed Goose & a Golden Oriole were at Salakee and a Nightjar was singing in the pine belt Read more…