St. Mary’s – A Pectoral Sandpiper was found at Porth Hellick where there were also 9 Greenshanks, a Dunlin, a Common Buzzard and a Kingfisher. A Great Spotted Woodpecker was in Kittydown pines and there were now 3 Buff-breasted Sandpipers Read more
St. Mary’s – The Bee-eater was still near Borough Farm and Wryneck was at Maypole. The Buff-breasted Sandpiper was still on the airfield and the Woodchat Shrike was still near the flower sheds on the airport approach road. Yet another Read more
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