St. Martin’s – An Isabelline Shrike (later identified from photos as the subspecies Turkestan Shrike) was on The Plains. A Balearic Shearwater flew past the island. St. Agnes – The Turtle Dove was still present and there was also a Read more…
St. Mary’s – At Porth Hellick 2 Tufted Ducks were on the pooland a Whimbrel was on the beach. A Green Sandpiper and an Emperor Dragonfly were on the pool at Lower Moors. St. Agnes – A Turtle Dove.
Tresco – The drake American Wigeon, the Redshank and the Greenshank were still on the Great Pool. St. Mary’s – 2 Green Sandpipers were in Lower Moors and 2 Hobbies & a Common Swift were over the island. St. Helen’s – A Common Swift.
Tresco – The drake American Wigeon was still on the Great Pool as were 6 Tufted Ducks, also on the island were 3 Common Swifts, a Redshank and a Greenshank. St. Martin’s – The Common Crane flew towards Teän. Annet – 300+ Manx Shearwaters were offshore.
St. Mary’s – a Tufted Duck was on Porth Hellick Pool. Tresco – 5 Grey Herons, 5 Little Egrets and a Black-headed Gull. Teän – 8 Curlews.
St. Mary’s – A Crossbill flew over Porth Hellick and appeared to land in the Kittydown pines. Bryher – A Hobby.
St. Martin’s – The Purple Heron, a Hobby and 20+ Common Swifts. Bryher – The Common Crane was seen in the morning and the evening. Annet – 200+ Manx Shearwaters were offshore. Inter-island waters – A 2nd summer Mediterranean Gull was in The Roads. At sea – 2 European Storm-petrels, a Great Skua and 7 Ocean Sunfish.
St. Mary’s – 4 Common Swifts over the airport. St. Agnes – A Wheatear and 3 Tufted Ducks. Tresco – The drake American Wigeon was still on the Great Pool.
St. Mary’s – A drake Tufted Duck was on Porth Hellick Pool. St. Agnes – 6 Common Swifts. Annet – 40 Manx Shearwaters offshore. At sea – 25+ European Storm-petrels from a short-range pelagic trip.