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Thursday 7th May 2009 IoS Bird Reports
St Mary’s – Hawfinch (fem) at Porth Hellick Loop. Grasshopper Warbler at Higher Moors and Jackdaw (2) at Carn Friars. Also Wheatear (10) between Carn Friars & Airport. Tresco – Whimbrel (2) St Agnes – Golden Plover (2), Whimbrel (19) and Tree Pipit Read more…
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Wednesday 6th May 2009 IoS Bird Reports
St. Mary’s – Iceland Gull (2) still at Dump. Green Sandpiper at Porth Hellick Pool and GN Diver in The Roads Tresco – *BONAPARTE’S GULL* past Carn Near today and LITTLE BUNTING still along Pool Road. Elsewhere, Whinchat, Dunlin (12) Read more…
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Tuesday 5th May 2009 IoS Bird Reports
St. Mary’s – Adult summer *BONAPARTE’S GULL* at Porthloo at 08:00hrs before flying off high over the Golf Course at 09:10hrs. RED-RUMPED SWALLOW over Helvear then over Watermill. (Later over Middletown St.Martin’s). Whimbrel (4; 2 at Morning Point; 1 Porthcressa Read more…
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Monday 4th May 2009 IoS Bird Reports
Tresco – LITTLE BUNTING still early afternoon 100yrds along Pool Road from path to David Hunt Hide in 2nd field of cut grass. Also Whimbrel (2), Sanderling (111), Dunlin (2), Wheatear (6) and White Wagtail at South Beach and GN Read more…
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Sunday 3rd May 2009 IoS Bird reports
Tresco – No sign of Shorelark at Pentle Bay today, but Iceland Gull still St Mary’s – Iceland Gull again on dump today. Grasshopper Warbler and Common Sandpiper at Porth Hellick and Lesser Redpoll at Carn Friars.
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Saturday 2nd May 2009 IoS Bird Reports
Tresco – SHORELARK east of slipway at Carn Near then on woodpile by Pentle Bay at 16.00hrs. The (Shorelark is only the 11th record, there have been 10 previous records of 11 birds, the last being one on St. Agnes & St. Read more…
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Friday 1st May 2009 IoS Bird Reports
St Mary’s – Grasshopper Warbler (male) singing at Porth Hellick/Higher Moors this evening. Also Cuckoo at Porth Hellick Down. GN Diver (7) and Whimbrel (2) at Porthcressa and Iceland Gull at Dump.
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Thursday 30th April 2009 IoS Bird Reports
St Mary’s – MONTAGU’S HARRIER again at Pungie’s Lane today. Marsh Harrier (fem) over Newford this afternoon. Iceland Gull (2) still and Grasshopper Warbler at Porth Hellick. St Agnes – Wood Warbler still in The Parsonage. Also Grasshopper Warbler and Read more…
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Wednesday 29th April 2009 IoS Bird Reports
St Mary’s – MONTAGU’S HARRIER again over Pungie’s Lane this afternoon. Common Crossbill at Trewince and Grasshopper Warbler and Cuckoo at Porth Hellick this morning. Whimbrels today at Old Town (2) and Little Porth (3) and a GN Diver in Read more…