St. Mary’s – 9 Greenshank and a dunlin at Porth Hellick Pool, Greenshank at Old Town, 8 Wheatear on the airfield & 4 on Peninnis, 3 Pied Wagtail at Porthcressa and a Pied Flycatcher at Tremelethen. Elsewhere, 2 Grey Phalaropes Read more…
St Mary’s – CORNCRAKE at entrance to Porth Hellick. Also Wryneck at Longstone briefly this morning. Also 12 Greenshank, Common Sandpiper and Dunlin on Porth Hellick Pool, Greenshank and the first Common snipe of the autumn in Lower Moors and Pied Read more…
Wet and windy day on the islands produced: St Mary’s – 7 Greenshank, a Dunlin and a Common Sandpiper at Porth Hellick Pool. Steady stream of Gannets and Sandwich Terns flying west past Peninnis Head, including 56 Sandwich Terns in Read more…
A relatively quiet month with most of the interest focused on the seasons Pelagic trips. Julys’ Marsh Sandpiper was still in residence at Porth Hellick Pool on the 1st and remained there until the 7th. (more…)
St. Mary’s – Common Sandpiper & 6 Greenshank at Porth Hellick Pool and Hobby over Old Town (also seen over Buzza Tower on Monday) St. Agnes – Knot, Whimbrel and 6 Dunlin St. Martin’s – Kestrel and 3 Wheatear near Read more…
St. Mary’s – Water Rail & Green Sandpiper at Lower Moors, Ruff at Porth Hellick and Wheatear on Peninnis. Tresco – 7+ Little Egret, 8 Redshank and 4 Teal Bryher – Dotterel still today St. Agnes – Sooty Shearwater off Read more…
St.Mary’s – 6 Greenshank, Ruff and Common Sandpiper Porth Hellick, single Wheatears on Peninnis and Salakee Down Tresco – 2 Black-tailed godwits, Pintail and Wigeon St. Agnes – Dunlin and Sanderling Bryher – Dotterel on island today Foreman Isles – Read more…
The SeaWatch SW website has recently been updated as we reach the halfway point of the 2009 field season. To view this month’s bumper news edition see: http://www.seawatch-sw.org (more…)
St. Mary’s – Ruff & Wood Sandpiper at Porth Hellick Pool but no sign of the Lesser Yellowlegs. 8 Wheatear, 2 White Wagtails and a Tree Pipit at Peninnis Head. Nightingale on the Garrison and Arctic Skua offshore Bryher – BUFF-BREASTED Read more…
St. Mary’s – *LESSER YELLOWLEGS* still at Porth Hellick Pool. Also Ruff, 2 Common Sandpiper. An adult & juvenile Mediterranean Gull at Porthloo and 10 Common Terns in The Roads. Tresco – BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER on Castle Down today. Also pale-bellied Brent Goose, 2 Read more…