Bryher – The Great Blue Heron was not seen until the afternoon when it was on the Big Pool and Great Porth. Also seen were a Wryneck, a female/1st summer male Golden Oriole, 2 Common Sandpipers, 2 Whimbrels, 10 Tree Pipits, 6+ Common Redstarts, a Pied Flycatcher and 10+ Common Read more…
Bryher – The Great Blue Heron was seen on the Big Pool at first light and then not seen again until late morning when it was found at Popplestone Bay, it then moved back to the Big Pool were it spent the rest of the day. Also seen were a Read more…
The Great Blue Heron did a tour various locations on Tresco then Bryher, Back to Tresco, then to St. Mary’s – Lower Moors – Old Town Bay finally flying off at dusk towards the Dump Clump. The rest of Tuesday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – A Pied Flycatcher & a Read more…
Bryher – The Great Blue Heron spent most of the day on the Big Pool before flying off towards Tresco late afternoon. Tresco – The Black Duck was still on the Abbey Pool and a Wryneck was near the tennis courts. St. Mary’s – A Ring Ouzel was on Peninnis, Read more…
Bryher – The Great Blue Heron was still on the Big Pool and was also seen on Stinking Porth, Wryneck was in the Hell Bay Hotel Garden and a Hoopoe was at the campsite. Also on the island were 2 Pied Flycatchers, 2 Wood Warblers, a Common Redstart, a White Read more…
Bryher – The Great Blue Heron was on the Big Pool and then in a nearby field. St. Mary’s – The Wryneck was still in Old town Churchyard, the Hoopoe was still on Peninnis and the Long-tailed Duck was still off Hugh town Quay. A Night Heron flew over Lower Moors and 2 wood Warblers were in Holy Vale.
Bryher – The Great Blue Heron was back on the Big Pool, where it spent all day happily catching mullet. Also on the island was the first Garden Warbler of the year, St. Mary’s – The Hoopoe was still on Peninnis, the Wryneck was still in Old Town Churchyard and Read more…
Bryher – Much to the chagrin of mainland birders who had spent the last day and a half looking for the elusive Great Blue Heron it was relocated on the Big Pool just as the Scillonian was arriving in Penzance. It had disappeared again by the time birders on St. Read more…
St. Mary’s – The Great Blue Heron was in Old Town Bay until it flew off at 11.00 it was not seen again mid-afternoon when it was in a weedy field at the north end of Holy Vale, before disappearing into the fog at 14:45. There was a possible sighting Read more…
Monday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – Hoopoe – 1 on the Garrison, 1 on Peninnis and 1 Longstones. An immature Spoonbill, a Jack Snipe and 1 or 2 Night Heron sat Lower Moors. St Agnes – a Hoopoe at Covean. Tresco – the Black Duck was again on Abbey Pool Read more…