St Mary’s – NIGHT HERON (1st Summer) at Porth Hellick Pool again today. Also Cuckoo on The Garrison Bryher – Swift (10) and Hooded Crow today Scilly Pelagic – Short Range pelagic trip 6 miles SE of St. Mary’s this evening Read more…
St Mary’s – NIGHT HERON (1st Summer) at Porth Hellick Pool this evening and showing well.
St Mary’s – Honey Buzzard flew towards Trewince at 09.35hrs then over Airport Lane at 10.20hrs. Also Cuckoo at Maypole St Agnes – Cuckoo reported today Tresco – Hobby at Gimble Porth today
St Mary’s – Cuckoo at Porth Hellick Downs and Common Scoter (7) still in The Roads Tresco – Swift (4), Blackcap and Sanderling today Bryher – Bar-tailed Godwit on island today
St Mary’s – Common Scoter (7) again in The Roads. Tresco – Common Swift and Sanderling (14) were the only birds of note today St Agnes – Dunlin (2) and Turnstone (30) Western Rocks – European storm Petrel and Turnstone Read more…
What turned out to be one of the best Mays on record for the islands started off relatively slowly with just a Grasshopper Warbler and Cuckoo of note at Porth Hellick on the 1st. Things started to pick up the next day however when a Shorelark was found on Tresco. This was only the 11th record of this species on the islands and it was not seen again after the 2nd. (more…)
St Mary’s – Golden Oriole singing at entrance to church at Old Town. Also Quail on The Garrison and Common Scoter (7) between St Mary’s and Samson. Scilly Pelagics – Pom Skua 7mls south of St Mary’s from this evenings Read more…
St Mary’s – *LITTLE BITTERN* (male) at Lower Moors from ISBG Hide at 14.18hrs and showing well (bird appears to have a damaged wing). Quail flushed from road to Penninis Head at 13.40hrs. Tresco – Golden Oriole at Rowesfields at Read more…
St Mary’s – Honey Buzzard (fem) flew over Porthloo towards The Garrison at 15.35hrs. Little-ringed Plover still at Porth Hellick Pool from seaward hide at 21.10hrs. Golden Oriole singing in dump clump viewable from ISBG hide and Turtle Doves at Read more…
St Agnes – No sign of Black-eared Wheatear today. St Mary’s – Golden Oriole still this evening, singing at the dump clump. Also Hobby over. Little-ringed Plover this morning at Lower Moors. Bryher – Hobby, Dunlin (2), Lesser Redpoll (2) Read more…