Thursday 9th – Sunday 12th January 2014 IoS Bird Sightings

Thursday’s birds were:

St. Mary’s – The juvenile Rose-coloured Starling was still in the allotments opposite the incinerator and a Long-eared Owl was by Shooters’ Pool, Lower Moors.

Tresco – 2 Little Grebes, a Long-tailed Duck, a Scaup, a Shoveler, 2 Purple Sandpipers, a Bar-tailed Godwit, an adult Mediterranean Gull, a juvenile Glaucous Gull and a Reed Bunting.

Bryher – 2 Spoonbills.

Friday’s birds were:

St. Mary’s – The juvenile Rose-coloured Starling was still in the allotments opposite the incinerator, the Firecrest was still in a flower field behind Carreg Dhu Gardens and a Puffin & a Slavonian Grebe were seen from Innisidgen.

Saturday’s birds were:

St. Mary’s – A Balearic Shearwater, a Slavonian Grebe, 2 Little Auks, a Little Gull and 10 Great Northern Divers were all seen from Innisidgen.

Tresco – The Long-tailed Duck was on Abbey Pool, the Scaup was on the Great Pool and a Black-throated Diver was off South Beach.

Sunday’s birds were:

St. Mary’s – The juvenile Rose-coloured Starling was still in the allotments opposite the incinerator, a Siberian Chiffchaff was in Lower Moors and the juvenile Glaucous Gull was by the Health Centre.