Tuesday 18th – Friday 28th February 2014 IoS Bird Sightings

Tuesday’s (18/02) birds were:

St. Mary’s – A Black-throated Diver was in The Roads.

Tresco – A juvenile Glaucous Gull flew over the Old Block House and was later seen at the dump. A Black-throated Diver was offshore.

Samson – 2 Spoonbills.

St. Martin’s – A juvenile Glaucous Gull.

Wednesday’s (19/02) birds were:

Tresco – 2 Long-tailed Ducks were off Carn Near.

Thursday’s (20/02) birds were:

St. Mary’s – A Black-throated Diver and 6 Great Northern Divers were off Bant’s Carn and the Firecrest was still in a field behind Carreg Dhu Gardens.

Tresco – A Black-throated Diver.

Friday’s (21/02) birds were:

St. Mary’s – The 2 Greenland White-fronted Geese were still on Porth Hellick Pool, a Siberian Chiffchaff was at Old Town Bay and a Firecrest was at Jac-a-ba feeding station.

Saturday’s (22/02) birds were:

St. Mary’s – 2 Long-tailed Ducks were seen from Bant’s Carn looking towards Tresco and a Slavonian Grebe was seen from Innisidgen looking towards St. Martin’s.

Sunday’s (23/02) birds were:

St. Mary’s – The Firecrest was still in a field behind Carreg Dhu Gardens and a Serin was at Rosehill.

Monday (24/02) – No reports.

Tuesday’s (25/02)

St. Mary’s – The Firecrest was still in a field behind Carreg Dhu Gardens.

Wednesday’s (26/02)

St. Mary’s – The Firecrest was still in a field behind Carreg Dhu Gardens and the 2 Greenland White-fronted Geese flew over Carn Friars Farm.

Thursday (27/02) – No reports.

Friday’s (28/02)

St. Mary’s – A juvenile Iceland Gull was in Old Town Bay before flying over Peninnis towards Porthcressa.