Lin and Dave Hennessey have opened The Old Chapel in Old Town on St Mary’s on the Isles of Scilly, offering 2 rooms B&B from January 2015 “At The Old Chapel we offer a warm welcome, we want you to feel at home, both of our spacious double rooms offer Read more…
An adult Common Gull was at Porthmellon on 7th and 6 Ringed Plover were at Porthloo. A Whimbrel was at Pendrathen and a Firecrest was in holy Vale. On the 8th four Pale-bellied Brent Geese were at Lower Town, St Martin’s and the following day the Black Duck was on Read more…
A juvenile Iceland Gull visited Porth Hellick Pool briefly on the 1st and a Black Redstart was at Shark’s Pit with another 2 on Little Porth Beach. On the 2nd the juvenile Iceland Gull was on the municipal tip, 2 Long-eared Owls were at Trewince, a Blackcap was in Hugh Town and Read more…
A Firecrest was in Old Town Churchyard on St Mary’s and 2 Black Redstarts were on Porthloo Beach on Sunday and the Black Duck was on Tresco Great Pool on Tuesday. The remainder of the week was quiet with a only four or five Black Redstarts reported between Shark’s Pit/Porthloo Read more…
Black Redstarts were at Porthcressa/Little Porth and Porthloo/Sharks Pit, the 4 Pale-bellied Brent Geese were at Pendrathen and the Spoonbill was on Samson throughout the week. On Thursday 22/01 a short trip around the islands in the afternoon produced 2 Slavonian Grebes, 2 Black-necked Grebes, 2 Common Scoters, a Long-tailed Read more…