Tuesday (27/04) Purple Heron – 1 on the Abbey Pool flew to the Great Pool, Tresco Woodchat Shrike– 1 still at Dolphin town, Tresco Cattle Egret – 4 at Borough Farm, Tresco Golden Oriole – A female type by the hides in Lower Moors, a male at Rushy Bay, Bryher Nightingale – 1 in Read more…
Monday (26/04) Another wonderful day on Scilly with a splendid selection of birds Rock Thrush – A female type flew in off the sea about 19:00 and landed near the airport turning circle and was was relocated at Blue Carn between Giant’s Castle and Porth Minnick (photo) Red-footed Falcon – A female in a Read more…
Sunday (25/04) Snow Goose – A white morph of unknown origin flew over St. Agnes Pool, was the first record for Scilly (photo) Bee-eater – 1 high over Porth Hellick, also heard in the golf course/telegraph tower area and over New Grimsby, Tresco, later back at its usual haunt in the Normandy/Carn Read more…
Saturday (24/04) Despite the cold wind a lovely sunny day with several Mediterranean species seen on the islands. Bee-eater – After its visit to Tresco yesterday, it was back between Carn Friars and Normandy House Purple Heron – 1 flew over St. Agnes Cricket Pitch and then towards Annet Little Bunting – 1 on Read more…
Thursday (22/04) Bee-eater – 1 still in the Carn Friars/Normandy area Cattle Egret – 3+ still on Tresco Greylag Goose – 1 in a field on Peninnis that also visited Lower Moors Pool Shoveler – 1 Porth Hellick Pool Swift – 1 over Old Town was the first of the year Black-throated Diver – 1 in Bull’s Read more…
Tuesday (20/04) Bee-eater – 1 flew east over Longstone and later in the Normandy/ Carn Friars area Cattle Egret – 4 still on Tresco in the fields above the cricket pitch at Old Grimsby and then by Pool Road, Tresco Wood Warbler – 1 calling at Longstone moving towards Carreg Dhu Gardens Shoveler – Read more…
Reviewing the whales around Scilly in winter 2020-21, by Will Wagstaff Over the years, whale sightings in Scillonian waters have been few and far between. The Minke Whale has been the most regularly noted but even then a rare sight. Long-finned Pilot Whales were seen occasionally but have become even Read more…
Sunday (18/04) Bee-eater – 1 still around Carn Friars Hoopoe – 1 at the Garrison Campsite (photo), there is conjecture that there have been between 5 and 7 birds this spring Dotterel – 1 flew northeast over the Garrison Shoveler – A pair on the Abbey Pool, Tresco Pintail – A drake on the Great Read more…
Friday (16/04) Tawny Pipit – 1 flew north over Popplestone, Bryher Bee-eater – 1 heard at Lower Moors/Old Town seen in the afternoon in trees along Old Town Lane and in flight over the chicken field at Parting Carn Hoopoe – 1 at the Vineyard, St. Martin’s flew towards Little Arthur Farm, 1 Read more…
Wednesday (14/04) Citrine Wagtail – A male at Stinky Porth and then the big Pool Bryher Bee-eater – 1 at Porth Hellick (photo) Great White Egret – 1 still on Bryher (photo) Hoopoe – 1 flew over Higher Moors pumping station towards Carn Friars Blue-headed Wagtail – 1 Porth Hellick Black-throated Diver – A winter-plumage Read more…