Monday (30/01) Cattle Egret – 4 still at Parting Carn. Buzzard – 1 flew over St. Warna’s Cove, St. Agnes. Fin Whale – 1 between Old Town and Deep Point. Tuesday (31/01) Cattle Egret – 4 in the morning with cattle at Trewince, moving to Parting Carn in the afternoon. Yellow-legged Gull – A second-winter bird was Read more
Monday (23/01) Glossy Ibis – 1 flew south over St. Agnes. Cattle Egret – 1 still at Longstone and 3 at Parting Carn. Mediterranean Gull – 2 at Porthloo. Tuesday (24/01) Cattle Egret – 2 at Longstone and 3 on Tresco. Slavonian Grebe – 1 on the sea off Innisidgen. Spoonbill – 1 on Samson. Pink-footed Goose – 10 Read more
Monday (16/01) Glaucous Gull – 1 still at Porthloo. Cattle Egret – 4 at Longstone. Little Egret – 1 at Longstone. Tuesday (17/01) Stone Curlew – 1 still in flower fields in the Telegraph/ Pungies Lane/High Lanes area, Glaucous Gull – 1 on Taylor’s Island, Porthloo, later seen over the gardens behind Star Castle Read more
Tuesday (10/01) Stone Curlew – The bird that was last reported on December 21st was seen in a large flower field opposite Porthloo Lane at Telegraph, later moving to the field at the junction of Pungies Lane and MacFarland Down. Arctic Skua – The light-morph adult Arctic Skua lingering from last year was Read more
Saturday (10/12) Spoonbill – 2 on Samson. Ringed Plover – The German colour-ringed bird from last winter was on Porthloo Beach. Great Northern Diver – 1 off Newford Island, Porthloo later moving to Porth Mellon. Woodcock – 1 in Holy Vale. Merlin – 1 in fields at Trewince. Fieldfare – 1 flew over Sunnyside Farm Trail Read more
Saturday (03/12) Serin – 1 still in the white Mustard field at Telegraph/Pungies Lane. Dusky Warbler – 2 Higher Moors. Short-eared Owl – 1 on Bryher (photo) Black Redstart – 4 at Little Porth, 1 on the roof of a shop in Hugh Town and 2 at Toll’s Porth. Sunday (04/12) Cattle Egret – 2 Read more
Our apologies for the delay in posting sightings. Our ‘Sightings Officer’ is enjoying a well-earned holiday, so here are the highlights… Myrtle Warbler – 1 Old Town Churchyard and Beach 24/11-28/11 Wilson’s Snipe – 1 still at Porth Hellick Pool Red-flanked Bluetail – 1 still Lower Moors, Shooters Pool area until 2/12 Read more
Our apologies for the delay in posting sightings. Our ‘Sightings Officer’ is enjoying a well-earned holiday, so here are the highlights… Wilson’s Snipe – 1 still at Porth Hellick Pool Red-flanked Bluetail – 1 still Lower Moors, Shooters Pool area Radde’s Warbler – 1 Porthloo Lane 14/11, 1 Sallyport 15/11 – Read more
Our apologies for the delay in posting sightings. Our ‘Sightings Officer’ is enjoying a well-earned holiday, so here are the highlights… Blackburnian Warbler – present at Popplestones Field, Bryher until 29/10 Wilson’s Snipe – 1 still at Porth Hellick Pool until 11/11 Buff-bellied Pipit – 1 Carn Vean area until 28/10, Read more
Sunday (23/10) Blackburnian Warbler – The first-winter male was still in Popplestone Fields, Bryher. Pallid Swift – Yesterday’s bird left its roost on the Garrison and flew off over the harbour and was later seen over Old Grimsby, Tresco. Wilson’s Snipe – 1 still at Porth Hellick Pool. Radde’s Warbler – 1 on the Read more