October 2009 will no doubt class in many birders minds as one of the worst Scilly seasons on record as far as rare birds are concerned. The beauty of the islands and the great atmosphere that is experienced annually at this time of year though, still makes the journey to the Scillys worth while and whilst there were no ‘megas’ there were still plenty of scarce migrants to keep you ‘ticking over’. (more…)
St Mary’s – Manx Shearwater (4) past Porth Hellick at 13.20hrs.
St Mary’s – PURPLE HERON briefly this morning over Porth Hellick
Tresco – Short-eared Owl over Tresco today. Pochard (drk) on Abbey Pool and one on Great Pool. Black-throated and Great-northern Divers South of Tresco. Also drake Pintail in Pentle Bay, 9 Swallow and a Sand Martin over Abbey Pool St Mary’s – House Martin at Porth Hellick today.
St Mary’s – Spoonbill flew over Carn Friars into Holy Vale at dusk. Willow Warbler at Porth Hellick and Black Redstart (2) still at Porthloo. The first Puffin of the year was seen two miles east of St Mary’s this afternoon St Martin’s – Cuckoo today near Middle Town and Read more…
St Martin’s – Flock of sixteen Bar-tailed Godwits on the island today. Also Wheatear.
St Mary’s – Black Redstart (2) at Porthlow this afternoon. Male & fem Pintail at Porth Hellick this evening
Samson – Spoonbill this morning flew towards Bryher Tresco – Black Duck still on Abbey Pool this afternoon 15.30 ( 2 Pochard flew from Abbey to Great Pool this morning ) Bullfinch at entrance to Abbey Gardens. Also, 2 Short-eared Owls Pentle Bay Banks midday, c20 Swallows & c4 Sand Martin Read more…
St Mary’s – Swallow over Hugh Town today. Also Sandwich Tern (2) in The Roads. Bryher – Swallow, Hooded Crow and Sand Martin reported today
The ISBG website (in it’s current format) has been up and running for just over a year now and despite having a poor Autumn birding season the site still managed to attract 9,741 visitors from 84 different countries! The highest daily count of visitors to the site occured on 2nd Read more…