Sightings

St. Mary’s – the juvenile Woodchat Shrike was still at Helvear. At sea – The first Wilson’s Storm-petrel since July 22nd was seen on a short-range pelagic trip 5 miles southeast of St. Mary’s.

St. Mary’s – The juvenile Woodchat Shrike was still at Helvear. At sea – A shark fishing trip 6 miles west of St. Agnes, produced 4 Great Shearwaters, 2 adult Sabine’s Gulls, 5 Sooty Shearwaters, 80+ European Storm-petrels, a Blue Read more…

St. Mary’s – A Wood Sandpiper was at Porth Hellick and the juvenile Woodchat Shrike was still at Helvear. At sea – Birders on a short-range pelagic trip saw a Great Shearwater, 2 Sooty Shearwaters, 3 Great Skuas and 25+ Read more…

St. Mary’s – A Bee-eater flew over Trenoweth towards Watermill late in the afternoon. There have been several sporadic reports over the summer, mainly over the north of the island, is there a summering bird that has not been pinned Read more…

St. Mary’s – The Woodchat Shrike was still at Helvear. Samson – 4 Little Terns on Samson flats. At sea– A pelagic 4.5 miles southeast of St. Mary’s produced 5 Cory’s, 7 Great, 3 Sooty & 15 Manx Shearwaters, 2 Read more…

St. Mary’s – The juvenile Woodchat Shrike was still at Helvear and a Sooty Shearwater flew past Deep Point. 6 Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpipers, a Common Sandpiper, 12 Ringed Plovers, a Kestrel and 3 Ravens were all at Porth Hellick. Read more…

St. Mary’s – A juvenile Woodchat Shrike was at Helvear Farm and 8 Green Sandpipers were on Porth Hellick Pool. St. Agnes – 2 Yellow-legged Gulls, a third-summer bird at Porth Killier and a juvenile on the Big Pool.

St. Mary’s – A Hobby over Higher Moors and 2 Wheatears at the airport. Between higher Moors and Porth Hellick there were 30 Willow Warblers, 6 Chiffchaffs, a Common Whitethroat and a Pied Flycatcher. On the Pool at Porth Hellick Read more…

At Sea – 5 Great Shearwaters, a Balearic Shearwater, a Great Skua and 20 European Storm-petrels on a short range pelagic 4.5 miles southeast of St. Mary’s.