BIRD REPORTS
Thursday 30th July 2009 IoS Bird Reports
St Mary’s – **MARSH SANDPIPER** still today at Porth Hellick Pool in front of stephen Sussex hide and showing well.
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Wednesday 29th July 2009 IoS Bird Reports
St Mary’s – **MARSH SANDPIPER** second ever record for Scilly on Porth Hellick Pool in front of stephen Sussex hide and showing well. Still present at dusk. Also Black-tailed Godwit and Ruff. Med Gull (ad and 2 juvs) at Porthloo Beach.
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Tuesday 28th July 2009 IoS Bird Reports
St. Mary’s – Adult Med Gull again at Porthloo Beach. Black-tailed Godwit & Common Sandpiper at Porth Hellick Pool Tresco – Green Sandpiper St. Agnes – 2 Common Swift Evening pelagic – 2 miles north of St. Martin’s, no sign of possible Black-browed Albatross, but Great Shearwater and 50 European Read more…
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Monday 27th July 2009 IoS Bird Reports
St Martin’s – possible **BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS** near Seven Stones in the morning and then flying past St. Martin’s towards Round Island in the evening. St. Mary’s – Ad Med Gull Taylor’s Island, Porthloo. Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, Whimbrel and Common Sandpiper at Porth Hellick. Tresco – 6 Redshank, 12 Greenshank, 14 Read more…
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Sunday 26th July 2009 IoS Bird Reports
St Mary’s – Med Gull (ad) still at Porthloo and Black-tailed Godwit at Porth Hellick were the only birds of note today.
SEABIRD PELAGICS (see www.scillypelagics.com)
Scilly Birder Special Pelagics – last few places
There are a few places left on the Birder Special Pelagics this August: August 1st & 2nd – 1 place August 8th & 9th – 1 place August 22nd & 23rd – 7 places visit the Scilly Pelagics website for booking and further details.
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Saturday 25th July 2009 IoS Bird Reports
St Mary’s – Med Gull (ad) still at Porthloo today. Also Black-tailed Godwit and Green Sandpiper (2) at Porth Hellick Pool. Balearic Shearwater seen from boat 1.5miles off Penninis Head at 16.30hrs.
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Friday 24th July 2009 IoS Bird Reports
Scilly Pelagics – *WILSON’S STORM-PETREL* (4) from pelagic 8 miles south of St Mary’s today. Also Great Shearwater (2), Balearic Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater, Manx Shearwater (5), Little Tern and Bonxie. St Mary’s – Med Gull (ad) still at Porthloo this morning.
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Thursday 23rd July 2009 IoS Bird Reports
All of todays birds were at sea. A Great Skua and 100 European Storm-petrels were seen from the Scillonian III morning trip (Penzance to St. Mary’s) and A dark phase Pomarine Skua and 80 European Storm-petrels on the Scillonian III evening trip (St. Mary’s to Penzance). Scilly Pelagics – Todays Read more…
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Wednesday 22nd July 2009 IoS Bird Reports
St. Mary’s – Adult Med Gull and Common Sandpiper at Porthloo today Tresco – Green Sandpiper, adult summer Knot, Redshank (5), Greenshank (7) and Swift (3).