St. Mary’s – A female Goldeneye, a Red-breasted Merganser and 3 Pale-bellied Brent Geese at Porthloo. The Water Pipit & Black Redstart were still on the beach below the quay car park and a Little Grebe,12 Teal, a Jack Snipe, 6 Greenshank, a Redshank, a Grey Plover & 2 Firecrests Read more…
St. Mary’s – The cold weather continued to push much larger numbers of Snipe, Fieldfare, Redwing, Golden Plover & Lapwing than is usual on Scilly, e.g 200+ Lapwing and 120+ Golden Plover across with flocks of 85 Lapwing and 45 Golden Plover at Carn Friars. 3 Pale-bellied Brent Geese, a Read more…
St. Mary’s – A Spoonbill, 2 Firecrests, a Siberian Chiffchaff, 2 Jack Snipe, 17 Teal and 15 Lapwing at Porth Hellick, 2 Siberian Chiffchaff at Lower Moors and a Water Pipit & a Black Redstart on the beach below the Quay car park. St. Agnes – 30 Golden Plover, 10 Read more…
St. Mary’s – A very cold day but warmer than the mainland, with consequent cold weather movement. There were 30 Golden Plovers and 22 Lapwings on the airfield, there were other small flocks of Lapwing and Golden Plovers around the island as well as Redwings, Fieldfares. Chaffinches and Meadow Pipits Read more…
St. Mary’s – A Water Pipit & a Black Redstart on the beach below the Quay car park. Another Black Redstart at Little Porth and a Brambling & a Great Northern Diver flew over Hugh Town. A Siberian Chiffchaff was in the bushes near Higher Moors pumping station and a Read more…
St. Mary’s – The 3 Pale-bellied Brent Geese at Porth Mellon were joined by a fourth bird and a Spoonbill was at Porth Hellick. 16 Bar-tailed Godwits, 9 Curlews, a Whimbrel & a Common Gull at Bar Point. a Black Redstart on Porthcressa Beach and 3 Common Gulls at Porth Read more…
St. Mary’s – Today was a day for Firecrests with 3 at Porth Hellick, 2 in Lower Moors and 1 in the Dump Clump. also on the island were 3 Pale-bellied Brent Geese at Porth Mellon and a Little Grebe at Lower Moors.
St. Mary’s – Yellow-browed Warbler and 3 Siberian Chiffchaffs at Lower Moors
St. Mary’s – 3 Firecrests, a Jack snipe, a drake Wigeon and a Common Buzzard at Lower Moors. A female Great Spotted Woodpecker at Porth Hellick and Pale-bellied Brent Geese & a Red-breasted Merganser at Porth Mellon. St. Martin’s – A Greenland and a Lesser Redpoll.
The Spoonbill was still feeding in Old Town Bay and 3 Great Northern Divers and a Black-throated Diver were seen off Star Castle. 3 Firecrests & a Reed Bunting were at Porth Hellick and a Yellow-browed Warbler, 2+ Siberian Chiffchaffs. a Firecrest & 3 Brambling were in Lower Moors.