St Mary’s – The Little Bittern has commuted between Porth Hellick and the ditch at Rose Hill today and the Squacco Heron has been feeding at Porth Hellick, often on the beach. The male Woodchat Shrike was on Porth Hellick Down all day. At least one Night Heron was on Read more…
St Mary’s – What an amazing day for herons on Scilly today!! It will stand out as a Little Bittern and a Squacco Heron were found today. The former it turns out, had been seen yesterday in flight over Lower Moors but was not known about until today after which it Read more…
St Mary’s – The Common Crane spent most of the day in the Higher Moors area, occasionally commuting to Lower Moors. A merlin and a Hobby wet seen at the eastern coast of St Mary’s and a Golden Oriole was seen at Watermill. A Jackdaw was in flight over Hugh Read more…
St Mary’s – The Common Crane started the day on St Mary’s but managed to visit most of the archipelago during the day including St Agnes and Gugh. In the evening three Night Herons flew from Lower Moors during mid evening and headed high south east until lost to view. Read more…
St Mary’s – The Cirl Bunting was seen and heard briefly this morning but vanished, nerved to be seen again. The Common Crane appeared on St Mary’s late in the day having wandered around most of the other islands during the day. A Golden Oriole and a female Garganey were Read more…
St Mary’s – The Common Crane visited a good many of the islands today having started the day on St Mary’s. The Hooded Crow that has been around the islands for a few days was seen again today. At least five Night Herons were seen in the Lower Moors area Read more…
St Mary’s – The Common Crane was sen again in several locations on St Mary’s and four Night Herons were in Lower Moors this evening. St Martin’s – A Wryneck was near Little Arthur Farm today and a Short-toed Lark was seen on the top track above Little Arthur Farm.
St Mary’s – The first Common Crane since 2004 was found at Porth Hellick this morning before being seen in several locations around the island on a foggy morning. At least two Night Herons were seen in flight over Lower Moors today but there has been no sign of the Read more…
St Mary’s – The Great Blue Heron was reported in the morning in Lower Moors but was not seen subsequently. The female Garganey had moved to Shooters Pool on Lower Moors. Bryher – The female type Golden Oriole was seen again , this time around Samson Hill. Three Tree Pipits, two Read more…
St Mary’s – The Great Blue Heron was in Lower Moors all day and the Long-tailed Duck again spent the day off Porth Mellon. The Wood Sandpiper was still on Porth Hellick where a female Garganey was also found. Four Night Herons flew out of Lower Moors at dusk and Read more…