St Mary’s – “The Yanks are coming!”, there were 3 species of American wader on the island – The Semi-palmated Sandpiper was still on Porth Hellick Pool, a Pectoral Sandpiper was on Porth Hellick Beach and an American Golden Plover was found on the airfield in the evening. A Whimbrel Read more…
Monday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – The Semi-palmated Sandpiper was still on Porth Hellick Pool, also there were 14 Greenshanks and the Spotted Crake showed again in the evening. A Buff-breasted Sandpiper was on the Golf Course in the evening. Tuesday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – The Semi-palmated Sandpiper was Read more…
Saturday’s birds were: St, Mary’s – The Semi-palmated Sandpiper was still on Porth Hellick Pool, where there were also 14 Teal, 2+ Water Rails, 10 Common Snipe,11 Greenshanks and a Kingfisher. The Wryneck was still on rocks near Giant’s Castle and a Whinchat was at Lower Moors. A Buff-breasted Sandpiper Read more…
Thursday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – A Semi-palmated Sandpiper was found late evening on Porth Hellick Pool, where a Spotted Crake showed briefly at 16:00. The Icterine Warbler was still proving to be very elusive in the Dead Pine Walk behind the Garrison Tennis Courts and nearby a Barred Warbler Read more…
Tuesday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – The Pectoral Sandpiper, a Dunlin, 12 Greenshanks and a very elusive Spotted Crake were on Porth Hellick Pool. Wednesday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – An extremely elusive Icterine Warbler was in the pines behind the tennis courts on the Garrison. A Wryneck and 5 Read more…
Sunday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – A Pectoral Sandpiper was still on Porth Hellick Pool. The other Pectoral Sandpiper was still on Lower Moors Pool, where there also 2 Common Snipe, a Black-tailed Godwit and a Greenshank. A Wryneck was on the Garrison. Bryher – A Yellow Wagtail and the Read more…
Friday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – A juvenile Red-backed Shrike was caught and ringed at Porth Hellick Ringing Station and was relocated in the afternoon in fields on Carn Friars Farm. Also a Tree Pipit was seen there. Nearby on Porth Hellick Pool were 2 Pectoral Sandpipers, a Green Sandpiper, Read more…
St. Mary’s – A Pectoral Sandpiper & 3 Greenshanks were on Lower Moors Pool and a Spotted Crake was seen there at dusk. Another Pectoral Sandpiper was seen on Porth Hellick where there were also a Black-tailed Godwit, 16 Greenshanks, 3 Green Sandpipers and a Common Sandpiper. A Wryneck was Read more…
Tuesday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – From timings of sightings there seems to be 3 Pectoral Sandpipers on the island; 2 on Porth Hellick Pool and 1 on Lower Moors Pool. A Wryneck was in a garden on High Lanes. Bryher – A Common Rosefinch, a Water Rail, a Common Read more…
Sundays birds were: St. Mary’s – 2 Pectoral Sandpipers, 4 Green Sandpipers, a Common Sandpiper, 2 Dunlins, 12 Ringed Plovers, a Water Rail and a Kingfisher were at Porth Hellick, where an Osprey Flew over and the adult Night Heron showed again in the evening. The Night Heron flew over Read more…