Friday (17/09) Woodchat Shrike – The subspecies badius“Balearic” Shrike was still on Helvear. Wryneck – 1 on the road by the Golf Club and 1 around the Garrison pines by the campsite. Green Sandpiper – 1 Lower Moors. Grasshopper Warbler – 1 on Porth Hellick bank. Mediterranean Gull – 5 at Porthloo. Whitethroat – 1 by the Read more…
Wednesday (15/09) Woodchat Shrike – The subspecies badius“Balearic” Shrike was still on Helvear. Buff-breasted Sandpiper – 1 still on Top Rock Hill, St. Martin’s. Ortolan Bunting – 1 briefly in a filed opposite St. Agnes Water Sports. Rose-coloured Starling – A juvenile near Bryher Boatyard. Wryneck – 1 still at Porth Wreck near Deep Point, 1 Read more…
Western Bonelli’s Warbler – 1 still in the pines behind the Cadet Hut on the Garrison. Woodchat Shrike – The subspecies badius “Balearic” Shrike was still on Helvear. Glossy Ibis – 1 flew over St. Mary’s and 1 flew over St. Mary’s, both eventually landing at the eastern end of the Great Pool, Tresco. Buff-breasted Read more…
Saturday (11/09) Western Bonelli’s Warbler – 1 still in the pines behind the Cadet Hut on the Garrison. Woodchat Shrike – The subspecies badius “Balearic” Shrike was still on Helvear. Red-backed Shrike – A juvenile near Content Farm. European Storm-petrel – 2 on a pelagic trip 3 miles southwest of the Bishop Rock. Sooty Shearwater – 3 Read more…
Western Bonelli’s Warbler – 1 still in the pines behind the Cadet Hut on the Garrison. Bee-eater– 1+ calling around the fields north of Kittydown. Woodchat Shrike – The subspecies Badius “Balearic” Shrike was still on Helvear and the nominate race senator was still near the cricket pitch on St. Martin’s. Wryneck – 1 still Read more…
Western Bonelli’s Warbler – The third! bird of the week found on the coastal path moving south towards Brandy Point (photo), the original bird was still in the pined behind the Cadet Hut on the Garrison (photo). 3 within 2 days in unprecedented. Bee-eater – 1 possibly 2 over Ennor Close, Old Read more…
Wednesday (08/09) Western Bonelli’s Warbler – there are now 2 birds on the islands, 1 was seen in a field in the northwest corner of Hillside Farm Bryher and original one was still in the Garrison pines. Woodchat Shrike – A first-summer bird behind the cricket pitch, St. Martin’s. From plumage details Read more…
Monday (06/09) Western Bonelli’s Warbler – 1 still on the Garrison in the pines behind the Cadet Hut. Woodchat Shrike – A first-winter male in the fields behind Peacehaven. Wryneck – 1 on the road at Parting Carn, 1 in the Airport Fields above Ennor Close, Old Town, 1 still in the Carn Read more…
Friday (03/09) Bluethroat – 1 still at Porth Hellick on the mud opposite the Seaward Hide, a second bird was seen briefly on the mud in the northeast corner of the pool. Wryneck – 1 still on Carn Friars Farm in the maze orchard,2 on the west side of Peninnis, 1 on Read more…
Wednesday (01/09) Bee-eater – 1 (heard only) over Abbey Pool, Tresco. Bluethroat – The female was still on the mud bordering Porth Hellick Pool. Wryneck – 1 on the track to the Coastguards Café, St. Agnes. Short-eared Owl – 1 has been seen in recent evenings at Middle Town, St. Martin’s. Ruff – The “reeve” Read more…