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Tuesday 1st March 2011 IoS Bird Reports
In The Roads, a single Black-throated and 5 Great Northern Diver. Bar Point, St Mary’s – 6 Whimbrel roosting with 9 Bar-tailed Godwits.
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Sunday 27th February 2011 IoS Bird Reports
St Mary’s – Porth Hellick: 2 fem Wigeon, pair of Teal and 5 Coot. 4 Canada Geese 1 Siberian Chiffchaff. on the airfield-44 Golden Plover, including a single almost in summer plumage. Lower Moors: 12 Meadow Pipit, 9 Curlew and 5 Snipe.The Buzzard was over Carn Vean. A 1st winter Read more…
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Sunday 20th February 2011 IoS Bird Reports
St Mary’s – Seen from Bar Point- drake Long-tailed Duck, adult Black-throated Diver, 7 imm/fem Common Scoter, 2 Slavonian Grebe and the 3rd winter Yellow-legged Gull. At Carn Moval a male and female Merlin. Up to 8 Little Egret and 9 Great northern Diver. 3 Whimbrel and 29 Bar-tailed Godwit Read more…
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Saturday 19th February 2011 IoS Bird Reports
St Mary’s – off Star Castle: Black-throated Diver and 14 Great Northern Diver. From Innisidgen. 2 Slavonian Grebe and 11 Great Northern Diver. Plus 1 Black-necked Grebe and a RED-NECKED GREBE.
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Friday 18th February 2011 IoS Bird Reports
St. Mary’s – 2 Razorbills & 15 Great Northern Divers on the sea, seen from Star Castle, a first-winter Glaucous Gull briefly in Porthcressa and 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls at Porth Mellon, 1 was also seen at Porthloo.
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Thursday 17th February 2011 IoS Bird Reports
St. Mary’s – A Blackcap singing near Star Castle and looking over the sea from there – a Black-throated Diver & 18 Great Northern Divers. A visit to the Porth Hellick/Salakee area at dusk produced a Firecrest & a Short-eared Owl.
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Monday 14th February 2011 IoS Bird Reports
St Mary’s – Short-eared Owl, Wigeon, Teal (pr) at Porth Hellick. Common Scoter, Razorbill (5) and GN Diver (12) on the sea from Star Castle.
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Sunday 13th February 2011 IoS Bird Reports
St Mary’s – Long-eared Owl, ‘Siberian’ Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (6), Woodcock (6), Snipe (15) and Redwing (50+) at Lower Moors. Also Whimbrel (4) and Curlew (20) at Bar Point St Agnes – ‘Siberian’ Chiffchaff (2) and Goldcrest (5) roosting in the Old Observatory Garden each night.
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Saturday 12th February 2011 IoS Bird Reports
St Mary’s – Brent Goose (6 dark-bellied) off Bar Point. Also Whimbrel (8) and Bar-tailed Godwit. Tresco – Pink-footed Goose (4), Brent Goose (2 pale bellied), Short-eared Owl, Long-tailed Tit (4) and Little Grebe on the island today
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Friday 11th February 2011 IoS Bird Reports
St Mary’s – Yellow-legged Gull (3w) flew from Porthloo to Newfort Island, Porthloo. Also Black redstart on beach below the quay car park.