Sightings

St. Mary’s – A Wood Sandpiper at Porth Hellick and 3 Common Crossbills at Longstone. Annet – A Marsh Harrier, a Redshank and a Dunlin

St. Mary’s – 4 Greenshank, a Common Sandpiper and a Sand Martin at Porth Hellick. 25 Sandwich Terns were in The Roads. Tresco – An Arctic Tern & an adult Mediterranean Gull. Nearby on Edge Rock was another Mediterranean Gull Read more…

St. Martin’s – 3 Sanderling, 2 Kestrels, a Little Egret and 2 early autumn migrant Willow Warblers. At sea – A short-range pelagic produced just 1 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Great Skua and 15 European Storm-petrels.

St. Mary’s – A Common Swift over Hugh Town and a Common Sandpiper on Rat Island, which is by the quay. A Sooty Shearwater flew past Morning Point. Annet – A female Marsh Harrier. At sea – A short-range pelagic Read more…

St. Mary’s – 2 Cory’s Shearwaters past Deep Point and 2 Crossbills in the pine belt nearby. A Mediterranean Gull on Taylor’s Island, Porthloo and a Common Sandpiper on Porth Hellick Pool.

St. Agnes – 107 Cory’s Shearwaters had flown west past Horse Point by 10:30. St. Mary’s – The 3 Mediterranean Gulls were still at Porthloo and despite the numbers past St. Agnes, just 1 Cory’s shearwater was seen off Deep Read more…

St. Mary’s – The 3 Mediterranean Gulls (2 adults and a first-summer) were still at Porthloo

St. Mary’s – The 3 Mediterranean Gulls were still at Porthloo and a Common Sandpiper was on Porth Hellick Pool. Tresco – 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls (commuting from Porthloo?) a first-summer Arctic Tern, a Quail and 2 Crossbills. Samson – Read more…

St. Mary’s – 3 Mediterranean Gulls ( 2 adults & a first-summer) were at Porthloo and a Balearic Shearwater flew past Deep Point. Tresco – 3 Redshanks, 5 Greenshanks, a Swift and 3 Jackdaws

St. Mary’s – 2 Mediterranean Gulls at Porthloo, a Swift over Hugh Town, 6 Swifts, a White Wagtail & a Green Sandpiper at Lower Moors and 3 Common Sandpipers at Porth Hellick. Bryher – 7 Swifts. At sea – A Read more…