Monday’s birds were: At sea – An evening pelagic trip produced 5 Great Shearwaters, 2 Sooty Shearwaters, 80 European Storm-petrels, 5 Great Skuas, a Blue Shark and an Ocean Sunfish, Tuesday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – 3 Green Sandpipers and Read more…
Friday’s birds were: St. Agnes – 36 Dunlin, 18 Common Sandpipers, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Sanderlings, 15 Ringed Plovers and a Quail. At sea – A Cory’s, a Sooty and 3 Balearic Shearwaters were seen from the Scillonian III. Saturday’s Read more…
Wednesday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – The Pectoral Sandpiper was still on Porth Hellick Pool and 4 Mediterranean Gulls were in Porthcressa Bay. Tresco – 11 Greenshanks, 2 Redshanks, 2 Knots, a Black-tailed Godwit, a Ruff, a Green Sandpiper and Read more…
Sunday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – 3 Crossbills flew north over the Garrison. At sea – A morning short-range pelagic trip recorded 1 Balearic Shearwater, 2 Sooty Shearwaters, a Pomarine Skua and 2 Sabine’s Gulls. Monday’s birds were: St. Mary’s Read more…
Wednesday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – A Mediterranean Gull was at Porthcressa. At sea – A Pomarine Skua was seen from the Scillonian III on the evening crossing from St. Mary’s to Penzance. Thursday’s birds were: St. Agnes – A Read more…
Mondays birds were: St. Mary’s – An adult Mediterranean Gull was at Porthloo and 3 juveniles were in Porthcressa Bay. 2 Green Sandpipers, 5 Greenshank and an early returning Sand Martin were at Porth Hellick Pool, Tuesday’s birds were: Tresco Read more…
At sea – A Great and 2 Cory’s Shearwaters were scene from the Scillonian III on the morning crossing from Penzance to St. Mary’s.
St. Agnes – There was no sign of the Least Sandpiper but an early Wheatear was there. St. Mary’s – 6 Greenshanks were on Porth Hellick Pool. Bryher – A Greenshank, and the Hooded Crow was still present. St. Martin’s Read more…
St. Agnes – The Least Sandpiper was still on the Big Pool, also on the island were 5 Dunlins and 3 Sanderlings. St. Mary’s – A Yellow-legged Gull, a Mediterranean Gull and 12 Sandwich Terns were in Porthcressa Bay. Tresco Read more…
St. Agnes – The Least Sandpiper was still on the Big Pool. St. Mary’s – An unseasonal Turtle Dove was in the Standing Stones Field, Lower Moors. Tresco – 3 Whimbrels, 5 Turnstones and a Redshank. Samson – 5 Whimbrels, Read more…