Caspian Stonechat – A first-winter male showed well infields between Maypole Triangle and Borough Farm. Pallid Harrier – A bird thought to be this species flew from St. Agnes towards Tresco. Rustic Bunting – 1 was seen briefly in fields on Peninnis before disappearing Little Bunting – 1 at Borough Farm, Tresco. Richard’s Pipit – Read more…
Photos of the PALE-LEGGED LEAF WARBLER or SAKHALIN LEAF WARBLER found dead today on St. Agnes, Scilly. #rbnIOS #rbnMEGA via @BEACHYBIRDER pic.twitter.com/7hGGLAtJJq — Rare Bird Network (@rbnUK) October 21, 2016
A selection from Thursday’s log call:
Barred Warbler (K.Webb)
Richard’s Pipit – 1 was flushed from a field near Carn Vean by a Merlin and flew towards Normandy.
Common Rosefinch – 1 on St. Martin’s.
Short-toed Lark – 1 still on the Airfield.
Serin – 1 on Peninnis.
Barred Warbler – An adult trapped and ringed at Porth Hellick.
Woodlark – 1 still in a field between Borough Farm and Watermill Lane.
Wryneck – 1 Peninnis, 1 Porth Minnick, 1 Innisidgen and 1 on Gugh.
Great Spotted Woodpecker – A juvenile trapped and ringed at Porth Hellick.
Great Spotted Woodpecker (A.Hannington)
A selection from Tuesday’s log call:
Snow Bunting (K.Webb)
Little Bunting – 2 on St. Martin’s and 1 on Peninnis.
Short-toed Lark – 1 still on the Airfield.
Serin – 1 was flying around St. Mary’s and seen/heard at several locations.
Woodlark – 1 still in a field between Borough Farm and Watermill Lane.
Wryneck – 2 Peninnis, 1 Porth Minnick and 1 Old Town Churchyard. (more…)
A selection from Tuesday’s log call:
Woodlark (M.Goodey)
Little Bunting – 1 on St. Martin’s and 1 at Browarth, St. Agnes.
Short-toed Lark – 1 on the Airfield.
Pallas’s Warbler – 1 briefly at Shooters’ Pool
Barred Warbler – 1 Deep Point.
Woodlark – 1 in a field between Borough Farm and Watermill Lane.
Wryneck – 1 Peninnis, 1 Porth Minnick and 1 Gugh. (more…)
A selection from Monday’s log call:
Pomarine Skua (J.Pender)
BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS – At least 5 birders saw this bird as it flew past Gugh.
SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER – A small wader flying over Hugh town towards Porthcressa was heard to call and thought to be this species.
Little Bunting – 1 Lower Moors, 1 on St. Martin’s and 1 at Browarth, St. Agnes.
Eastern Yellow Wagtail – 1 in Peninnis Farm fields and in Lower Moors.
Short-toed Lark – 1 on the Airfield.
Barred Warbler – 1 Carn Friars Farm.
Woodlark – 1 in a field between Borough Farm and Watermill Lane.
Red-breasted Flycatcher (M.Goodey)
Red-breasted Flycatcher – 1 Newford Duck Pond and 2 St. Agnes.
Wryneck – 1 Peninnis, 1 Porth Minnick and 1 in Buzza Quarry. (more…)
A selection from Sunday’s log call:
Little Bunting – 1 flew from Peninnis to Lower Moors, 1 on St. Martin’s and 1 at Browarth, St. Agnes.
Eastern Yellow Wagtail – 1 in Peninnis Farm fields and in Lower Moors.
Serin – 1 Telegraph.
Short-toed Lark – 1 on the Airfield.
Red-breasted Flycatcher – 2 Newford Duck Pond, 1 Holy Vale and 2 St. Agnes.
Wryneck – 1 Peninnis and 1 in Buzza Quarry. (more…)
A selection from Saturday’s log call:
Eastern Yellow Wagtail (M.Goodey)
Little Bunting – 1 in the Standing Stones Field, Lower Moors, 1 on St. Martin’s and 1 at Browarth, St. Agnes.
Eastern Yellow Wagtail – 1 in Peninnis Farm fields and in Lower Moors.
Serin – 1 in Holy Vale flew towards Longstone.
Short-toed Lark – 1 on the Airfield.
Barred Warbler – 1 Buzza Quarry. (more…)
A selection from Friday’s log call:
Eastern Yellow Wagtail (M.Goodey)
Little Bunting – 1 in the Standing Stones Field, Lower Moors, 1 on St. Martin’s and 1 at Browarth, St. Agnes.
Eastern Yellow Wagtail – 1 commuting between Peninnis fields and Lower Moors.
Serin – 1 Bryher.
Short-toed Lark – 1 on the Airfield.
Balearic Shearwater – 1 on a short-range pelagic trip.
Great Shearwater – 8 on a short-range pelagic trip. (more…)
PALE-LEGGED or SAKHALIN LEAF WARBLER – A bird which was one of these two species was found dead in the garden of St. Agnes Lighthouse after flying into a window. Whichever species it turns out to be, it will be a first for Britain and the Western Palearctic. The previous record Read more…