St. Mary’s – The Buff-breasted Sandpiper was still on the airfield and the first-summer female Woodchat Shrike was still in fields alongside the airport approach road. The Bee-eater was living up to its name and was seen catching bees near Read more…
St. Mary’s – An Ortolan Bunting was on the airfield early morning and a new Woodchat Shrike was found in fields by the airport approach road. A Buff-breasted Sandpiper (probably the Bryher bird) was found on the airfield by birders Read more…
St. Mary’s – The long-staying Bee-eater was seen at Borough Farm and Porth Hellick. 5 Spotted Flycatchers, 2 Pied Flycatchers and 3 Yellow Wagtails were on the Garrison, one of the Wagtails was a possibly an eastern race. Picture below, comments Read more…
St. Mary’s – The Bee-eater spent most of the morning in the Porth Hellick area before moving to Borough Farm in the afternoon. 3 Yellow Wagtails (including a possible eastern bird) were in the sheep field on the Garrison, also Read more…
St. Mary’s – A Melodious Warbler, 7 Spotted Flycatchers, a Pied Flycatcher, 2 Common Redstarts, 2 Common Whitethroats, a Yellow Wagtail and a Tree Pipit were all on the Garrison. A Common Redstart was at Trenoweth, the Bee-eater & Read more…
St. Mary’s – A Yellow-legged Gull and 2 Mediterranean Gulls were off Morning Point, the Garrison. The juvenile Woodchat Shrike was still in the goat field below the airport, a Yellow Wagtail was at Porth Hellick and single Tree Pipits Read more…
St. Mary’s – The juvenile male Pallid Harrier was seen hunting over Salakee Farm Fields from 07:15 to 09:55, it was then seen over Lower Moors and it then flew high over Porth Mellon and was not seen again. Birders Read more…
St. Mary’s – A juvenile Pallid Harrier was found in the evening, quartering a weedy field on Salakee Farm, which was full of finches. This is only the third record for Scilly. The Bee-eater was seen again at Lower and Read more…
St. Mary’s – The Bee-eater spent half an hour on wires near Porth Hellick house in the early afternoon and was then seen on wires at Tremelethen Farm in the early evening. A Ruff flew from Lower Moors to Porth Read more…
St. Mary’s – 7 Greenshanks, a Ruff, a Dunlin and 2 Kingfishers on Porth Hellick Pool. A female Redstart was at MacFarland’s Down and 11 Sanderlings & 11 Mediterranean Gulls were at Porthloo. St. Agnes – 30 Sanderlings were on Read more…