Saturday (30/12) Humpback Whale – 1 400 metres north of Spanish Ledge. Sunday (31/12) Cattle Egret – 3 in the field just north of the Road by the entrance to Higher Moors. Greylag Goose – 1 still in the “Iris field”, the field just north of the Road by the entrance to Higher Read more…
Saturday (23/12) Hen Harrier – A female over Highertown, St. Martin’s. Wigeon – 5 on the northwest end of .the Great Pool, Tresco. Pintail – 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco. shoveler – 3 on the Great Pool, Tresco. Pochard – 2 on Abbey Pool, Tresco. Sunday (24/12 Cattle Egret – 3 in the field just Read more…
Saturday (16/12) Surf Scoter – A 1st-winter female was still in Pentle Bay, Tresco, Common Scoter – 9 off Carn Near, Tresco, Greylag Goose – 1 in the field just north of the Road by the entrance to Higher Moors. Shoveler – A drake on Abbey Pool, Tresco. Mediterranean Gull – 12+ flew north from Read more…
Saturday (09/12) Eastern Yellow Wagtail – 1 again in the Longstone/Tremelethen area. Cattle Egret – 2 in fields south of Longstone Bungalow. Lapwing – 1 in the old chicken field at Tremelethen. Grey Wagtail – 1 in the old chicken field at Tremelethen. Sunday (10/12) Eastern Yellow Wagtail – 1 in in the Longstone/Tremelethen area. Read more…
Saturday (02/12) Cattle Egret – 2 circled the cattle fields sooth of Longstone and drifted off south. Red-throated Diver – 2 off Innisidgen. Little Egret – 3 at Innisidgen. Oystercatcher – The longipes (Siberian) Oystercatcher last reported from Little Porth on 22/10 was at Bar Point. Bar-tailed Godwit – 1 Bar Point. Great Northern Diver – 3 off Read more…
Saturday (25/11) Cape May Warbler – The first-winter female was still feeding in bushes and on rocks in Green Bay Beach, below the track to Veronica Farm, Bryher. Serin – 1 singing at Normandy. Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 on Porth Hellick Loop Trail. Brent Goose – 5 in the bay below St. Martin’s Campsite. Wigeon – 5 Read more…
Saturday (18/11) Wigeon – 5 on the Great Pool, Tresco. Pintail – 5on the Great Pool, Tresco. Pochard – 5 on the Great Pool, Tresco. Spoonbill – 1 flew north over Hugh Town. Waxwing – 1 an injured bird was at Higher Town, St. Martin’s. Woodlark – 1 in fields between Bordeaux Pottery and the Mainland Read more…
Sunday (12/11) Waxwing – 1 in a garden in Old Town. Firecrest – 2 in Lower Moors at the Rosehill end. Siberian Chiffchaff – 1 in Lower Moors at the Rosehill end. Wigeon – 1 0n Shooters’ Pool. Kingfisher – 1 in Old Town Bay. Merlin – 1 over the Sunnyside Farm Trail. Swallow – 2 late Read more…
HEADLINE NEWS ***CAPE MAY WARBLER*** – 1 was found on Bryher on Friday (photos). See below for further details. Monday (06/11) Waxwing – The 2 birds feeding on apples at the Moorwell Allotments were joined by a third bird. Purple Sandpiper – 1 roosting on rocks in Porth Hellick Bay. Golden Plover – 1 Read more…
Wednesday (01/11) GREY-CHEEKED THRUSH – 1 was still present in the fields at the bottom of Rocky Hill. Little Bunting – 1 still in afield along Sandy Lane and 1 still near the fire station at New Grimsby, Tresco, Red-breasted Flycatcher – 1 in Holy Vale. Wigeon – 1 on Porth Hellick Pool. Golden Read more…