Tuesday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – 16 Sanderlings were on Porthloo Beach and a Turnstone was by Hugh Town Quay. St. Agnes – 15 Sanderlings. Gugh – A Common Sandpiper and 2 Turnstones. Annet – 50+ Puffins. Wednesday’s birds were: Read more…
Monday’s birds were: St. Mary’s -7 Greenshanks were at Porth Hellick Pool and 4 Common Swifts were over the Garrison. Tresco – A Hobby, a Redshank, 7 Greenshanks and 5 Common Swifts. Annet – A juvenile Mediterranean Gull. Inter-island waters Read more…
Tuesday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – 3 Cory’s Shearwaters flew past Deep Pont. St. Agnes – A Dunlin and a Hobby. At sea – A Sooty & 4 Cory’s Shearwaters were seen from the Scillonian III on the crossing from Read more…
Monday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – The only report was of a Greenshank at Porth Hellick. Tresco – 7 Pochards, 3 Greenshanks, 1 Redshank, 3 Whimbrels, 2 Common Buzzards and 3 Common Swifts. Annet – 100+ Manx Shearwaters offshore. At Read more…
Tuesday’s birds were: St. Agnes – 4 Curlews and a Whimbrel were on St. Agnes. No reports for Wednesday. Thursday’s birds were: Bryher – A female Marsh Harrier. Tresco – 2 Common Swifts. Annet -140+ Manx Shearwaters and 2 Common Read more…
Monday Birds were: St. Mary’s – The Hooded Crow was still in Hugh Town. At sea – 2 Sooty & 30 Manx Shearwaters, 40+ European Storm-petrels, a Great Skua and 3 Ocean Sunfish. Tuesday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – The Read more…
Tuesday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – A Cuckoo was at Deep Point and a Hooded Crow was in Hugh Town. St. Agnes – A Marsh Harrier and a late Sand Martin (they do not breed on the islands) Wednesday’s birds Read more…
Saturdays Birds were: Tresco – The Iberian Chiffchaff was again singing from midway along the Abbey Drive St Mary’s – A Hooded Crow appeared in Hugh Town late on this afternoon Sundays Birds were: St Mary’s – The Hooded Crow Read more…
Mondays Birds were: St Mary’s – A Green Sandpiper and a Pied Wagtail were on Lower Moors with the imm male Marsh Harrier seen over Lower Moors and Porth Hellick today. St Agnes – An adult Purple Heron flew over Read more…
Wednesdays Birds were: St Mary’s – An Alpine Swift was over Peninnis during the afternoon with a Common Swift at Porth Hellick as was a Redshank and the pair of Teal were still present. Tresco – An Iceland Gull was Read more…