St. Mary’s – A Whimbrel over Holy Vale and an adult Mediterranean Gull on Porthloo beach. Tresco – 6 Redshank, a Common Snipe, 3 Tufted Duck and 10 Grey Heron. Despite the fog the birders on the daytime pelagic trip Read more…
St. Mary’s – A Green Sandpiper and a Hobby at the dump. A Balearic Shearwater and 15 Sandwich Tern in The Roads. Tresco – A Mediterranean Gull. Samson – 5 Whimbrel and 11 Common Tern. Teän – 2 Whimbrel and Read more…
St. Mary’s – A Balearic Shearwater off the Garrison and a Green Sandpiper on a pool behind the municipal dump. Samson – The Spoonbill and Marsh Harrier were still present. Bryher – 4 Dunlin, 12 Ringed Plover, a Whimbrel, 2 Read more…
St. Mary’s – Common Sandpiper by the quay. Tresco – The first Little Egret of the ‘autumn’. Samson – The Spoonbill and the Marsh Harrier still present. A daytime pelagic logged a Balearic Shearwater, a Sooty Shearwater, a Great Skua Read more…
St. Mary’s – 4 Green Sandpiper on the pool behind the dump. A Turnstone & a Common Sandpiper by the Quay. At Porth Hellick there were 2 Common Sandpiper, a Kingfisher and 2 Swift. Annet – 5 Turnstone. Samson – The Read more…
St. Mary’s – A Garden Warbler in Lower Moors, and a Kingfisher, a Common Sandpiper & 2 Greenshank at Porth Hellick Pool. Samson – A Spoonbill
St. Mary’s – A Kingfisher, a Tufted Duck, a Swift, 4 Greenshank and 4 Common Sandpipers at Porth Hellick. A juvenile Mediterranean Gull at Porthloo and a Common Sandpiper by the quay. Tresco – A Common Buzzard. Samson – A Read more…
Monday’s highlights were on the evening pelagic trip, when 3 adult Grey Phalaropes were seen, one in summer plumage. A probable Yelkouan Shearwater flew past the boat but unfortunately no photographs were obtained in the wet and windy weather. Also Read more…
Tresco – 2 Whimbrel, 2 Redshank, a Common Sandpiper, a Tufted Duck and a Pintail. Samson – 2 Whimbrel, 6 Curlew, a Spoonbill and a Marsh Harrier. Teän – 60 Curlew.
St. Mary’s – 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Greenshank and a Common Sandpiper at Porth Hellick. 2 Sandwich Tern at Porthcressa and 3 on Taylor’s Island. Samson – A Marsh Harrier. White Island – A Spoonbill. The evening pelagic produced 2 Read more…