The 2 Black-necked Grebes were in Town Bay throughout the fortnight. On Saturday (14/01) a juvenile Glaucous Gull flew over Porthcressa and it was seen on the rocks there on Friday (20/01). 2 Slavonian Grebes and 10 Great Northern Divers were off Innisidgen on Tuesday (17/01). On Thursday (19/01) a Read more…
The 2 Black-necked Grebes were again in Town Bay all week and up to 2 Yellow-browed Warblers were seen or heard in Lower Moors on most days. Only about 3 Black Redstarts seemed to be wintering on St Mary’s. Up to 3 Spoonbills were seen on Green Island, Samson during Read more…
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The Glaucous Gull was seen again at Morning Point, St Mary’s on Saturday (24/12). The 2 Black-necked Grebes were again in Town Bay all week and at least 4 Slavonian Grebes were in Crow Sound. An unseasonal Willow Warbler was at Little Porth on at least Wednesday (28/12), when the Read more…
2 Black-necked Grebes were seen on and off in Town Bay all week and 2 Slavonian Grebes were seen in Crow Sound. Unusually there seemed to be only 2 Black Redstarts on St Mary’s, one each at Porthloo and Porth Cressa. A Firecrest was photographed in a Holy Vale garden, Read more…
2 Black-necked Grebes were in Town Bay all week, with 3 on Sunday (11/12). On both Sunday (11/12) and Monday (12/12) a Yellow-browed Warbler, Siberian Chiffchaff and 2 Firecrests were in Lower Moors. The Wood Sandpiper was again in Lower Moors on Monday (12/12) but has not been reported since. Read more…
All reports for the period came from St Mary’s – The 3 Black-necked Grebes were in Town Bay all week, and there were up to 110 Sanderlings in the Porth Mellon/Porthloo area. The Cetti’s Warbler was at Porth Hellick on Wednesday (07/12) and on Friday (09/12) there were 11 Dunlins Read more…