Sunday (13/06) Night Heron – A “probable” seen at 21:00 flying over Longstone Pochard – 3 females with broods 0f 7,4 & 3 ducklings Eider – A female off St. Martin’s Swift – 30 Tresco Black-tailed Godwit – 1 Tresco Iceland Gull – 1 Samson, 1 Read more…
Friday (04/06) Rose-coloured Starling – 1 at Carn Friars which flew towards Porth Hellick Down Friday (04/06) Knot – a summer-plumaged bird was on Green Island, Tresco (photo) Sunday (06/06) Rose-coloured Starling – 1again at Carn Friars Iceland Gull – 1 on St. Mary’s Read more…
Tuesday (01/06) Golden Oriole – 1 moved south through Holy Vale at 06:35 Quail – 1 flushed from the lower path by the reeds behind Porth Hellick bank flew towards Carn Friars Marsh Harrier – A female flew from Tresco to St. Mary’s Read more…
Friday (28/05) Red-rumped Swallow – 1 over John Batty’s Hill, St. Martin’s later seen St. Martin’s cricket pitch Quail – 1 flushed at Lower Town, St. Martin’s Golden Oriole – 1 at Higher Town, St. Martin’s Wood Sandpiper – 1 Porth Hellick Pool (photo) Read more…
Friday (21/05) Shelduck – 2 Porth Hellick Pool Turtle Dove – 1 in Old Town Churchyard Water Rail – 1 in Lower Moors was unseasonably late Iceland Gull – 1 Porthloo Cetti’s Warbler – 1 Porth Hellick, 1 Lower Moors Yellow Wagtail – 1 Porth Hellick Read more…
Friday (14/05) Greylag Goose – 1 flew east over Hugh Town Harbour Wigeon – A drake on Porth Hellick Pool Swift – 1 over Porth Hellick Cuckoo – 1 St. Martin’s Vineyard Golden Plover – 1 on St. Martin’s Whimbrel – 3 Porth Hellick Bay Iceland Read more…
Monday (10/05) Lesser Yellowlegs – 1 still at Porth Hellick spending time on the beach and the pool Hoopoe – 1 flew from Sunnyside Farm towards Sandy Lane Golden Oriole – A male at Higher Moors flew towards Holy Vale Little Egret – 1 Read more…
Thursday (06/05) Serin – 1 in the Airport Fields by Ennor close flew towards Lower Moors Cattle Egret – 2 at Dolphin Town, Tresco Blue-headed Wagtail – 1 still around Bryher Pool Golden Oriole – 2 reported on Tresco in the past few days, Read more…
Monday (03/05) Purple Heron – 1 still at Lower Moors Pochard – 2 drakes and a female on Porth Hellick Pool (scarce on St. Mary’s) Turtle Dove – 1 Carn Friars Great Northern Diver – 1 seen from the Garrison Whimbrel – 1 Porth Mellon Read more…
Saturday (01/05) Red-Footed Falcon – 1 flew over Kittydown towards Porth Hellick Down Red-throated Pipit – 1 still in the low cut reeds near the ringing lanes beside Porth Hellick Pool Purple Heron – 1 seen several times around Lower Moors and Porth Read more…