July 2013

St. Mary’s – A Wood Sandpiper flew over Porthcressa, a Hobby was over Porth Hellick and a Common Swift was over Lower Moors

St. Mary’s – A female Wheatear was at Giant’s Castle and a juvenile Cuckoo was being fed by a pair of Meadow Pipits on Porth Hellick Down

  Saturday’s bird was: St. Martin’s – The female Dotterel was still near the Daymark. Sunday’s birds were: Bryher – A Short-toed Lark was on Shipman Head Down. St. Martin’s – A Common Swift

St. Mary’s – The Cuckoo was still on Peninnis. St. Martin’s – The Dotterel was still near the Daymark

St. Mary’s – A male Cuckoo was on Peninnis. St. Martin’s – A very unseasonal Dotterel was near the Daymark. Tresco – 2 Common Buzzards. Annet – 290 Manx Shearwaters were offshore.

Tresco – The Redwing was still present, it seems to be summering on the island. Also there was a drake Wigeon, a drake Tufted Duck and a Yellow Wagtail. At sea – An evening pelagic trip 6 miles south of St. Mary’s produced 100+ European Storm Petrels, 150+ Manx Shearwaters, Read more…

Tresco – A drake Wigeon, a drake Tufted Duck, a female Pochard (still with 4 young) and a Common Swift. St. Agnes – A Quail

St. Mary’s – There were 5 Common Swifts and a Sand Martin at Porth Hellick, the latter being the first for over a month of a species which has proved to be very scarce this spring with only a handful of records. 2 Sandwich Terns were at Porthloo. Tresco – Read more…

  St. Mary’s – The Ruddy Shelduck was on the airfield and 2 Greylag Geese flew over the quay. Tresco – A Wigeon, a Pochard (still with four young), the 2 Greylag Geese and a Cuckoo. The four resident Canada Geese had been joined by 8 others. St. Agnes – Read more…

St. Mary’s – The Ruddy Shelduck was on Newford duck pond, 3 Cuckoos were on Peninnis and a dark phase Arctic Skua flew past Porth Mellon. Tresco – A Redwing was still on the island. At sea – A Short-range pelagic trip produced just 20 European Storm-petrels and a Great Read more…