June 2011

St. Agnes – A Bee-eater below the parsonage. Annet – A Marsh Harrier

St. Mary’s – A Common Buzzard over Porth Hellick, a Honey Buzzard over Juliet’s Garden and a male summer plumaged ‘Northern Golden Plover’ on the Golf Course. St. Martin’s – 3 Bee-eaters flew over Lower town towards Tresco. St. Agnes – A Bee-eater that flew over the centre of the Read more…

St. Mary’s – A Cuckoo on Porth Hellick Down, a Common Buzzard over Holy Vale and a Honey Buzzard flew over Lower Moors towards Parting Carn. St. Agnes – 3 Swifts. Samson – A Marsh Harrier, 3 Puffin and 25 Whimbrel. At sea – 50+ European Storm-petrels and an adult Read more…

St. Mary’s – The 3 Bee-eaters re-appeared and spent the late morning and most of the afternoon in the Lower Moors/Sunnyside area. 2 Swifts were over Porth Hellick. Tresco – A Swift, a female Teal, Common Buzzard, a Greenshank and 3 Jackdaws. At sea – A pelagic trip 5 miles Read more…

SATURDAY St. Mary’s – 3 Bee-eaters early in the evening hawking from wires over Shooters’ Pool, Lower Moors. A Common Buzzard was over Holy Vale. Tresco – A male Common Rosefinch was in the churchyard. St. Agnes – A Whimbrel, a Cuckoo and a Wheatear. St. Martin’s – A Wheatear. Read more…

St. Mary’s – A Peregrine flew over St. Mary’s quay towards Tresco. St. Agnes – A Cuckoo, 2 Wheatear, 2 Whimbrel, 6 Ringed Plover and a Dunlin. Annet – A Marsh Harrier Tresco – A Swift, a Common Buzzard, a Whimbrel, a Turnstone, 2 Dunlin and 2 Ringed Plover. Bryher Read more…

St. Mary’s – A Cuckoo, a Swift and a Wheatear on Peninnis. St. Agnes – A Curlew, 5 Whimbrel and 4 Ringed Plover.

St. Mary’s – Still 5 Wheatears on the airfield. St. Agnes – A Cuckoo. Tresco – A Marsh Harrier, a Swift and 2 Greenshank. St. Martin’s – A dark phase Arctic Skua.

St. Mary’s – A Marsh Harrier flew over Telegraph, 5 Wheatear were on the airfield and a Cuckoo was on the Garrison. Tresco – A Common Sandpiper, a Common Buzzard, a Swift and a Wheatear. Bryher – 2 Dunlin. St. Agnes – A male Common Rosefinch was singing opposite the Read more…

St. Mary’s – A Hobby flew over Hugh Town towards the Golf Course and was also seen over St. Agnes and Tresco. The place to be was Porth Hellick House where a Honey Buzzard flew over and a Bee-eater was seen sat in a pine tree. Nearby a summer-plumaged Dunlin Read more…