Near Eastern Isles – 4 Slavonian Grebe and 2 Black-necked Also between the Islands there was 6 imm/fem Common Scoter, 20+Great Northern and the adult Black-throated Diver. At the airport a pair of Pied Wagtail, 2 Skylark and a fem Sparrowhawk. 8 alba Wagtails flew NE over Star Castle and Read more…
St Mary’s – In The Roads: 26 Great Northern Diver and the adult Black-throated Diver. At the airfield: 15 Pied Wagtail and a male White Wagtail.
St Mary’s – Porth Hellick: Water Rail, Pochard, 2 Wigeon and 3 Teal. A male Firecrest with up to 6+Goldcrest and 3 Chiffchaff.
St Mary’s – 2 fem Wigeon, pair of Teal, 2 Coot and new in, 1st winter male Pochard at Porth Hellick. Siberian Chiffchaff, 2 Firecrest , 2 Woodcock. a fresh Comma at Trenowth
In The Roads, a single Black-throated and 5 Great Northern Diver. Bar Point, St Mary’s – 6 Whimbrel roosting with 9 Bar-tailed Godwits.
St Mary’s – Porth Hellick: 2 fem Wigeon, pair of Teal and 5 Coot. 4 Canada Geese 1 Siberian Chiffchaff. on the airfield-44 Golden Plover, including a single almost in summer plumage. Lower Moors: 12 Meadow Pipit, 9 Curlew and 5 Snipe.The Buzzard was over Carn Vean. A 1st winter Read more…
St Mary’s – Seen from Bar Point- drake Long-tailed Duck, adult Black-throated Diver, 7 imm/fem Common Scoter, 2 Slavonian Grebe and the 3rd winter Yellow-legged Gull. At Carn Moval a male and female Merlin. Up to 8 Little Egret and 9 Great northern Diver. 3 Whimbrel and 29 Bar-tailed Godwit Read more…
St Mary’s – off Star Castle: Black-throated Diver and 14 Great Northern Diver. From Innisidgen. 2 Slavonian Grebe and 11 Great Northern Diver. Plus 1 Black-necked Grebe and a RED-NECKED GREBE.
St. Mary’s – 2 Razorbills & 15 Great Northern Divers on the sea, seen from Star Castle, a first-winter Glaucous Gull briefly in Porthcressa and 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls at Porth Mellon, 1 was also seen at Porthloo.
St. Mary’s – A Blackcap singing near Star Castle and looking over the sea from there – a Black-throated Diver & 18 Great Northern Divers. A visit to the Porth Hellick/Salakee area at dusk produced a Firecrest & a Short-eared Owl.