St. Mary’s – A Common Sandpiper was on Porthloo Beach. At sea – 5 Great Shearwaters and 3 European Storm-petrels were seen from the Scillonian III on the crossing from Penzance to St. Mary’s. Shearwaters continued to perform – 150 Great, 25 Cory’s, 80 Sooty and 2000 Manx were seen Read more…
St. Mary’s – A Kingfisher was on Porth Hellick Pool. Bryher – A Dunlin. St. Martin’s – A Northern Wheatear. Inter-island waters– 2 Mediterranean Gulls were in Tresco Channel. At sea – A Cory’s, 34 Sooty, a Balearic and 2 Great Shearwaters were seen from the Scillonian III on the Read more…
St. Mary’s – The first returning Northern Wheatear of the autumn was seen on Porth Hellick Down and a Mediterranean Gull was at Porthloo. St. Agnes – 10 Curlews a Turnstone and a Common Sandpiper were on Browarth. At sea – The highlights of a fairly quiet daytime pelagic trip Read more…
St. Mary’s – A Hobby was over Porth Hellick. At sea – A Cory’s, 2 Sooty & 2 Great Shearwaters and an Ocean Sunfish were seen from the Scillonian III on the crossing from Penzance to St. Mary’s. On the return crossing 2 Wilson’s Storm-petrels, a Cory’s, 3 Balearic, 9 Read more…
Video Footage of last nights incredible Pelagic trip (courtesy of Bob Flood via Youtube) Birders lucky enough to be on the short-range evening pelagic trip on the 3rd experienced the best ever Scilly pelagic. A shoal of about 20 Bluefin Tuna were hunting and the waters and skies around then Read more…
At sea – The Wilson’s Petrel bonanza continues with a minimum of 8 seen on the latest pelagic trip. This takes the seasons total to 44, with 4 long weekends of birders special pelagics there must be a good chance of beating our yearly record total, Also seen on the Read more…
Friday’s birds were: At sea – 24 European Storm-petrels, a Cory’s, 7 Great and 8 Sooty Shearwaters were seen from the Scillonian III on the late afternoon crossing from St. Mary’s to Penzance. Saturday’s were: St. Mary’s – A Great Shearwater was off Peninnis Head and a Black-tailed Godwit & Read more…
St. Mary’s – A Purple Heron flew over Watermill towards Innisidgen. At sea – A Balearic, a Sooty, a Great & 2 Cory’s Shearwaters and 20 European Storm-petrels where seen from the Scillonian III on the evening crossing from St. Mary’s to Penzance. The evening short-range pelagic trip produced the Read more…
Friday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – 6 Greenshanks, a Common Sandpiper and a Kingfisher were on Porth Hellick Pool. 51 Cory’s Shearwaters flew past Deep Pont in the evening. Tresco – A drake Tufted Duck, a Common Swift and a White Wagtail. Inter-island waters – An adult Mediterranean Gull and Read more…
No reports for Tuesday. Wednesday’s bird was: At sea – A Cory’s Shearwater was seen from the Scillonian III on the return crossing for St. Mary’s to Penzance. Thursday’s birds were: St. Martin’s – 2 Cory’s Shearwaters flew past the north side of the island. At sea – Seen on Read more…