St. Agnes – A Paddyfield Warbler showed briefly in the scrub at the east end of the campsite. Also on the island were: a Teal, 2 Ruffs, a Common Snipe, 2 Common Sandpipers, a Merlin, a Turtle Dove, a Tree Pipit, a Yellow Wagtail, 14 White Wagtails, 2 Whinchats, 2 Read more…
Bryher – 2 juvenile Rose-coloured Starlings were on the campsite. St. Mary’s – A Common Snipe was in Lower Moors, a Wryneck was in a field along King Edward’s Road, Peninnis and a Yellow Wagtail was at Holy Vale. St. Agnes – 2 Teal, 2 Knot, a Common Sandpiper, a Read more…
St. Mary’s – 2 Ruffs were at Porth Hellick, a Green Sandpiper & a Spotted Flycatcher were in Lower Moors, a Pied Flycatcher was at Longstone and 5 Siskins (the first of the autumn) were at Trenoweth. St. Agnes – A Ruff, a Green Sandpiper, a Garden Warbler, a Lesser Read more…
St. Agnes – The Wryneck and the Barred Warbler were still present. St. Martin’s – A male Common Redstart, a Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Ruffs and a Mediterranean Gull. St. Mary’s – A Common Sandpiper at Hugh Town Quay and 3 Green Sandpipers in Lower Moors.
St. Agnes – A Wryneck, a Barred Warbler and a Spotted Flycatcher. St. Mary’s – A Hippolais warbler was seen briefly in Carreg Dhu Gardens, it was thought to be a Melodious Warbler but Icterine Warbler was not totally ruled out. 3 Greenshanks & a Green Sandpiper were un Lower Read more…
St. Agnes – A Golden Plover, a Ruff, a Common Sandpiper, a Green Sandpiper, a Wryneck,a White Wagtail, a Tree Pipit, 15+ Wheatears, 2 Whinchats, a Barred Warbler and a Lesser Whitethroat. St. Mary’s – A Pied Flycatcher was at Harry’s Walls, a Common Snipe & 2 Whinchats were at Read more…
St. Mary’s – 2 Whinchats, a Spotted & a Pied Flycatcher were on Peninnis, single Pied Flycatchers were at Longstone & Holy Vale and 2 more Whinchats were in Lower Moors. 9 Greenshanks were at Porth Hellick Pool. St. Agnes – There were signs of wader movement with 7 Sanderlings, Read more…
Friday’s birds were: Bryher – 7 Cory’s Shearwaters flew past Shipman Head. At sea – 4 Cory’s & 8 Balearic Shearwaters, 15 European Storm-petrels and 2 Grey Phalaropes were seen from the Scillonian III on the evening crossing from St. Mary’s to Penzance. Saturday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – A Read more…
Thursday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – The Western Bonelli’s Warbler was seen again in the pines halfway along Sandy Lane. St. Martin’s – A Dowitcher sp. was reported flying from White Island to Teän, present for a second day. At sea – An evening pelagic trip 7 miles SE of Read more…
Tuesday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – 2 Ruff, a Green Sandpiper, 11Greenshanks & a Kingfisher were at Porth Hellick Pool and a Black Redstart was on Porthloo Beach. A Cory’s Shearwater flew past Deep Point. St. Agnes – A Quail was on Wingletang Down and a Cory’s Shearwater flew past Read more…