A much quieter day on the islands today. St Mary’s – Yellow Wagtail on Peninnis. St Agnes – Whimbrel and Yellow Wagtail on island today. Gugh –Short-toed Lark still on sandbar today. On the bird info blackboard outside the Pilot’s Gig there was a report of Yellow-browed Warbler and Red-breasted Flycatcher Read more…
A good spread of scarce migrants across the islands today. Highlights include: Tresco – Bee-eater flew south over Old Grimsby at 11.30hrs. Gugh – Short-toed Lark on sandbar this morning St Martin’s – Golden Oriole fem above Middle Town in pines on The Plain late afternoon St Agnes – Woodchat Read more…
St. Mary’s – A female Marsh Harrier flew over Longstone and 3 Great Northern Divers & 9 Whimbrel were in the Roads. St. Agnes – The Woodchat Shrike was still in the Covean area. St. Martin’s – 85 Sanderling. Tresco – 2 Ring Ouzel, Merlin, Common Buzzard, a drake Pintail, Read more…
St. Mary’s – Water Rail at Porth Hellick and Peregrine on Taylor’s Island. St. Agnes – Female Woodchat Shrike at Covean. Bryher – 2 Ring Ouzel and a Whinchat.
St. Mary’s – A Great Northern diver was in the Roads, a Ring Ouzel was at Carn Friars and a Wryneck was at Longstone briefly. St. Martin’s – Whitethroat, Whimbrel and Ring Ouzel. St. Agnes – 12 Whimbrel, a Whitethroat and a Woodchat Shrike.
St. Mary’s – A Ring Ouzel on the golf course, a Whinchat at Lower Moors and a male Common Redstart at Mount Flagon. St. Agnes – 3 Ring Ouzel and a Treecreeper. St. Martin’s – 4 Ring Ouzel, a Tree Pipit, 2 Raven, 3 Kestrel, a Common Whitethroat, a Whimbrel Read more…
St. Mary’s – 6 Ring Ouzel on the airfield, 4 on the golf course, 1 on Peninnis where there was also a Rook. A Garden Warbler and a Spotted Flycatcher were in Holy Vale, a Pied Flycatcher was in Lower Moors and nearby a Redwing was in the Standing Stones Read more…
St. Mary’s – 18 Ring Ouzel on the Airfield, 4+ on the Golf Course, 2 near Star Castle and 1 on Peninnis. 2 Yellow Wagtails in Lower Moors, a Cuckoo near Porthloo and the first Swift of the year over Old Town. St. Martin’s – A Golden Plover and a Read more…
St. Mary’s – 12 Ring Ouzel below the Golf Course, a Cuckoo in the Garrison Pines also a Whinchat on the island. A Black-throated Diver and 8 Great Northern Diver in the Roads. St. Martin’s – 7 Ring Ouzel and a Pied Flycatcher. St. Agnes – Ring Ouzel, Common Redstart Read more…
St. Mary’s – 6 Ring Ouzel on the Golf course and a Whitethroat at Telegraph. Bryher – Grasshopper Warbler, Black-tailed Godwit, Tree Pipit, 2 Ring Ouzel, a drake Pintail, Whimbrel & Mistle Thrush.