Bird Sightings
Saturday 12th July 2014 IoS Bird Sightings
St. Mary’s – 4 Greenshanks at Porth Hellick. St. Agnes – A Common Sandpiper.
St. Mary’s – 4 Greenshanks at Porth Hellick. St. Agnes – A Common Sandpiper.
St. Agnes – A Sand Martin. Eastern Isles – A very early Purple Sandpiper on Menawethan
St. Mary’s – 3 Greenshanks & a Little Egret at Porth Hellick and a juvenile Cuckoo at Carn Morval. Tresco – A Redshank, 2 Greenshanks, 3 Little Egrets and a Swift. At sea – 15 European Storm-petrels and 4 Arctic Terns were seen from a short-range pelagic trip.
St. Mary’s – 2 Greenshanks and 2 Little Egrets at Porth Hellick. St. Martin’s – 3 Ravens on White Island
Tresco – A Red-rumped Swallow and a Swift St. Mary’s – 3 Greenshanks, 2 Little Egrets & a Swift were at Porth Hellick and a Cuckoo was on Peninnis. St. Martin’s – A Spotted Flycatcher. St. Agnes – 21 Curlews and a Swift
St. Mary’s – 2 Common Sandpipers were at Porth Hellick, 2 Siskins were at Jac-a-ba, a Water Rail was in Lower Moors and a juvenile Cuckoo was on Peninnis. Tresco – A Black-tailed Godwit, a Redshank and a Swift. At sea – A quiet pelagic trip produced 10+ European Read more…
Tresco – 3 Tufted Ducks, 2 Pochards and a Swift. Samson – 2 Whimbrels
St. Marys – 2 Little Egrets & 3 Curlews at Porth Hellick and a juvenile Crossbill on the Garrison. Bryher – A Little Egret
St Mary’s – A Green Sandpiper and a Little Egret were at Porth Hellick this evening. Roads – Eight Whimbrel were near Samson this morning and a scattering of Curlews and Black–headed Gulls were new arrivals today
St Agnes – The two Tufted Ducks were still on the pool today. Bryher – The Little Egret was seen again today