Wednesday A Sooty Shearwater flew past Peninnis Head, a Common Sandpiper was in Lower Moors and a Crossbill was at Longstone Thursday 3 Swift were over Old town and the Crossbill was still at Longstone. The evening pelagic trip 5 miles south of St. Mary’s produced 1 Cory’s Shearwater, 16 Great Shearwater, Read more…
Saturday A Green Sandpiper flew over Lunnon, a Mediterranean Gull was at Pelistry, a Wheatear was at Deep Point and 2 Crossbill were in Carreg Dhu pines. On Tresco 9 Greenshank, 5 Redshank & 3 Little Egret were on the Great Pool and a Garden Warbler & a Whitethroat were on Pool Road. Sunday The Mediterranean Gull was still Read more…
Thursday Another unbelievable evening pelagic trip3 miles southwest of Bishop Rock produced a first for Britain in the shape of a ZINO’S PETREL it didn’t hang around for long but every birder on board managed to get views of it. This is Read more…
Monday A magical evening pelagic trip 6 miles south of St. Mary’s produced 3 Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Great Shearwater, 2 Sooty Shearwater, 4 Wilson’s Storm Petrel and about 150 European Storm-petrel, Both of the petrels gave such close views they were breaking the current social-distancing rules! Read more…
Tuesday A Cetti’s Warbler caught at Porth Hellick Ringing Station was a male in complete juvenile plumage. This may be an indication of local breeding. A juvenile Cuckoo was on Porth Hellick Down. An evening boat trip saw 250+ Manx Shearwater, a Sooty Shearwater and an Arctic Tern all Read more…
Tuesday A Green Sandpiper and a Cetti’s Warbler were at Shooters’ Pool Wednesday 12 Sandwich Tern, 3 Mediterranean Gull ,7 Black-headed Gull and a Common Sandpiper were at Porthcressa. 5 Crossbill were at Longstone and flew off towards Sandy Lane. Thursday A Sooty Shearwater was in a flock of Manx Shearwater west of Mincarlo, Wester Isles. Read more…
Friday 25 Swift were over Longstone. Saturday 2 Mediterranean Gull were in Porthcressa Bay, 2 were in Tresco Channel and 6 were hawking flying ants over Tresco, 20 Swift were also over Tresco and a Little Egret was in Tresco Channel. There were 2 Sanderling and 12 Sandwich Tern on St. Martin’s Read more…
Monday No reports Tuesday The first short-range evening pelagic trip produced the first Wilson’s Storm-petrel of the season and 40 European Storm-petrel. A Dunlin & a Common Sandpiper flew over McFarland’s Down late evening and 5 Swift flew south over Hugh Town Wednesday A Whimbrel flew over the Garrison and the Read more…
Dear Friends of ISBG, Due to COVID-19, we expect that fewer birders will be coming to Scilly this October and the log (if it goes ahead) is going to be a very different affair from previous years. Our printers, Swallowtail, Read more…
Wednesday The only report was of a Hobby over Normandy. Thursday The Cetti’s Warbler was still near the Dump Clump and a brief visit to Tresco produced a Tufted Duck, a Black-tailed Godwit, a Golden Plover and 3 Mediterranean Gull. Friday A large shearwater seen off Morning Point was Read more…