SCILLONIAN III Sightings
Scillonian III Sightings – 4th August 2009
Penzance to St Mary’s – *WILSONS STORM-PETREL* seen this morning in Scillonian waters. St. Mary’s to Penzance – Great, Balearic and Sooty Shearwater and 30 European Storm-petrels.
Penzance to St Mary’s – *WILSONS STORM-PETREL* seen this morning in Scillonian waters. St. Mary’s to Penzance – Great, Balearic and Sooty Shearwater and 30 European Storm-petrels.
St. Mary’s – **MARSH SANDPIPER** still at Porth Hellick Pool today. Adult and juvenile Mediterranean Gulls at Porthloo and Common Sandpiper below Hugh Town Quay. St. Agnes – Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Whimbrel, Turnstone (4) and a Wheatear on the island today Annet– Manx Shearwater (100) and a Puffin. Scilly Pelagics Read more…
St Mary’s – **MARSH SANDPIPER** still today at Porth Hellick Pool from Seaward hide and showing well. Also Greenshank (5), Green Sandpiper (2) and Common Swift (2). Elsewhere, Adult and juvenile Mediterranean Gulls at Porthloo and Green Sandpiper at Lower Moors.
St Mary’s – **MARSH SANDPIPER** still today at Porth Hellick Pool from Seaward hide and showing well. Scilly Pelagics – Todays Pelagic produced Sooty Shearwater (3), Manx Shearwater (8), Storm Petrel (30) and Great Skua (2)
St Mary’s – **MARSH SANDPIPER** still today at Porth Hellick Pool in front of Stephen Sussex hide and showing well. Also Common Sandpiper and Black-tailed Godwit still. Scilly Pelagics – The first birders only special all day pelagic went to Seven Stones and produced *WILSONS STORM-PETREL* (9+), Great Skua (3), Grey Read more…
St Mary’s – **MARSH SANDPIPER** still today at Porth Hellick Pool in front of stephen Sussex hide and showing well. Also Common Sandpiper and Black-tailed Godwit still. Scilly Pelagics – This evenings pelagic 3 miles off St. Martin’s produced *WILSON’S STORM-PETREL* and Balearic Shearwater.
St Mary’s – **MARSH SANDPIPER** still today at Porth Hellick Pool in front of stephen Sussex hide and showing well.
St Mary’s – **MARSH SANDPIPER** second ever record for Scilly on Porth Hellick Pool in front of stephen Sussex hide and showing well. Still present at dusk. Also Black-tailed Godwit and Ruff. Med Gull (ad and 2 juvs) at Porthloo Beach.
St. Mary’s – Adult Med Gull again at Porthloo Beach. Black-tailed Godwit & Common Sandpiper at Porth Hellick Pool Tresco – Green Sandpiper St. Agnes – 2 Common Swift Evening pelagic – 2 miles north of St. Martin’s, no sign of possible Black-browed Albatross, but Great Shearwater and 50 European Read more…
St Martin’s – possible **BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS** near Seven Stones in the morning and then flying past St. Martin’s towards Round Island in the evening. St. Mary’s – Ad Med Gull Taylor’s Island, Porthloo. Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, Whimbrel and Common Sandpiper at Porth Hellick. Tresco – 6 Redshank, 12 Greenshank, 14 Read more…