Sightings

Tuesday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – A Black Redstart was at Little Porth. St. Agnes – There was an obvious fall with 13 Black Redstarts and 5 Wheatears on the island. Wednesday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – A Wheatear & Read more…

Friday’s birds were: Tresco – A Greylag Goose, an Iceland Gull and a Firecrest. Inter-island waters – The Surf Scoter was still in Crow Sound between St. Mary’s & St. Martin’s. Saturday’s birds were: Tresco – The Greylag Goose, a Read more…

Wednesday’s (09/03) birds were: St. Mary’s – A second-winter/adult Glaucous Gull and 3 female Black Redstarts were at Porthcressa. Thursday’s (10/03) birds were: St. Mary’s – The first-winter drake Surf Scoter was still in Crow Sound, between St. Mary’s and Read more…

March 2 Tresco – An Iceland Gull and a Great Northern Diver. March 3 Tresco – 2 Firecrests, an Iceland Gull and a Great Northern Diver. St. Martin’s – 6 Whooper Swans & an adult Yellow-legged Gull and also a Read more…

St. Mary’s: A Common Gull was at Porthloo on 3rd. A Glaucous and an Iceland Gull were at Porthloo on 10th. The Surf Scoter remained off Guther’s Island, Crow Sound and was reported on 11th and 21st. A Great Northern Read more…

There were no reports for Monday and Tuesday. The only report for Wednesday was: St. Mary’s – A Firecrest was in Lower Moors. Thursday birds were: IOSBG members took part in the Non-Estuarine Waterbird Survey (NEWS) and a boat was Read more…

Saturday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – The first-winter drake Surf Scoter was still in Crow Sound, viewed form Innisidgen and a Balearic Shearwater flew past Giant’s Castle. Sunday’s birds were: Inter-island waters: 14 locals went out on a boat and Read more…

Wednesday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – The Surf Scoter was still off Innisidgen in Crow Sound and the juvenile Glaucous Gull was still feeding on a seal carcase on Toll’s Porth. St. Agnes – The Water Pipit was seen for Read more…

Monday’s Birds were: St. Mary’s – The first-winter drake Surf Scoter was still off Innisidgen in Crow Sound. A Loggerhead Turtle, found on Porth Hellick Beach, was taken into care and flown to a rehabilitation centre on the mainland. Tuesday’s Read more…