BIRD REPORTS
Friday 17th July 2009 IoS Bird Reports
St Mary’s – Med Gull (1s) still at Porth Hellick Beach this morning.
St Mary’s – Med Gull (1s) still at Porth Hellick Beach this morning.
St Mary’s – Med Gull (1st sum) and Green Sandpiper (3) at Porth Hellick Pool.
St. Mary’s– Common Swift over Higher Moors today. Elsewhere, White Wagtail at Porthloo and Green Sandpiper at Porth Hellick Tresco – Grey Heron (10) still on island. Also Common Swift (2)
A Lesser Redpoll over Longstone, St Mary’s and 12 Turnstone on St. Agnes were the only birds of note on the islands today
Tresco – Tufted Duck (2) and Swift (2). Herons continue to increase with ten each of Grey Herons and Little Egrets on Tresco. St. Mary’s – Common Swift over Peninnis.
Scilly Pelagics – Birds seen from this evenings pelagic 6 miles south of St Mary’s included: Sabine’s Gull (2), Balearic Shearwater, Manx Shearwater (5), Bonxie (2) and Storm Petrel (50+).
Only birds of note today were a Whimbrel at Hugh Town Quay and two Tufted Ducks on Tresco.
St Mary’s – Common Crossbills again today at Longstone (50+) and Trenoweth (10).
St Mary’s – Only report today was of a Common Sandpiper in Hugh Town. Scilly Pelagic – European Storm-Petrel (15) and Manx Shearwater (15) on this evenings pelagic. Also on the pelagic 2 Blue Sharks, one over 7 ft and 100 lbs+!
The first day of the month saw a female Red-backed Shrike on Peninnis Head. Bryher had a Spotted Flycatcher and Tree Pipit and Tresco saw two Lesser Redpolls, a Marsh Harrier and a Common Buzzard. St Agnes had a male Black-eared Wheatear showing well at Little Porth Askin in the afternoon and evening and a female Red-backed Shrike at the end of Barnaby Lane. (more…)