St. Mary’s – A Kingfisher, a juvenile Cuckoo, 3+ Crossbill, a Green and 5 Common Sandpipers at Porth Hellick. A Wood Sandpiper briefly in the afternoon at Lower Moors. An evening pelagic trip produced a Wilson’s Storm-petrel, a Sooty Shearwater and an Arctic Skua.
The African Bird Club is making available for purchase a number of the orginal plates from The Birds of Africa which Martin Woodcock has refused to sell until recently. You can view the paintings at http://www.africanbirdclub.org/club/paintingsales.html or via the ABC home page at http://africanbirdclub.org/ This is a great opportunity to Read more…
St. Mary’s – 7 Greenshank, 6 Common, 5 Green & 2 Wood Sandpipers on Porth Hellick Pool, a Common Sandpiper by the quay and 2 Green Sandpipers on a pool behind the dump. Samson – The spoonbill was still present,
St. Mary’s – 7 Common Sandpiper & 2 Green Sandpiper at Porth Hellick and 2 Mediterranean Gulls at Porthloo. A Balearic Shearwater and a European Storm-petrel were seen from the Scillonian on the morning crossing from Penzance to St. Mary’s. Birders on a evening pelagic trip saw just 30 European Read more…
St. Mary’s – 4 Common Sandpiper, a Green Sandpiper and 6 Greenshank. 2 Mediterranean Gulls at Porthloo. St. Agnes – A Common Sandpiper, 10 Turnstone and 2 Whimbrel. Gugh – 3 Common Sandpiper. Bryher – An Arctic Tern.
St. Mary’s – An adult Mediterranean Gull at Porthloo. St. Agnes – 4 Green Sandpiper, a Common Sandpiper and 30+ Rock Pipit feeding on a newly cleared edge of the Big Pool. Tresco – 8 Little Egret and 17 Grey Heron. Bryher – A Common Sandpiper, 8 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, Read more…
St. Mary’s – A Common Sandpiper by the quay, a Marsh Harrier & a Green Sandpiper at Porth Hellick and 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls on Taylor’s Island, Porthloo. Two Manx Shearwaters and 26 Storm petrels ringed overnight at Peninnis Head. One of the Stormies was a control with a Museum Read more…
St. Mary’s – A Green Sandpiper, a Common Sandpiper and 7 Greenshank at Porth Hellick. A Basking Shark was seen off Peninnis. Samson – The Spoonbill still present. Annet – European-storm Petrel (15) trapped and ringed from on-board The Sapphire just off Annet overnight. Over 100 birds around the boat Read more…
St. Mary’s – 2 Green Sandpiper, a Common Sandpiper and 6 Greenshank at Porth Hellick. The daytime pelagic produced a Grey Phalarope, a Sooty shearwater, 5 Manx Shearwater, 40+ European Storm-petrel and 3 Great Skua. Also on the trip 6 Harbour Porpoise, a Bottle-nose Dolphin, a minke Whale & an Read more…
St. Mary’s – 3 Mediterranean Gulls (2 adults and one first winter) at Porthloo. 6 Greenshank, a Common Sandpiper and a Green Sandpiper at Porth Hellick. St. Martin’s – 60 Sanderling and a Kestrel. Samson – A Spoonbill on White Island.