Monday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – A Lesser Whitethroat was seen at Higher Moors and it or another was seen near Porth Hellick House. A Spotted Flycatcher was in an orchard on Carn Friars Lane, a Tree Pipit was on Kittydown and an early Basking Shark was seen of the Read more…
Saturday’s birds were: St. Agnes – The Bee-eater was still on the island and a Cuckoo was also there. St. Mary’s – There was an influx of hirundines at Porth Hellick with about 200 House Martins, 100 Swallows and 3 Sand Martins. An Emperor Dragonfly was also seen on the Read more…
Thursday’s birds were:
St. Agnes – The Bee-eater, a Woodlark and 2 Cuckoos.
Gugh – A Whimbrel.
Annet – 120 Manx Shearwaters and 2 Great Northern Divers offshore.
St. Mary’s – A Cuckoo in Holy Vale and a Jackdaw (a scarce bird on Scilly) at Longstone.
Bryher – 5 Whimbrels and a Cuckoo.
St. Martin’s – A Whimbrel.
At sea – A successful trip produced 100+ Manx Shearwaters, 30-40 European Storm-petrels, a Yellow-legged Gull, an Arctic Tern, 2 Sunfish and the highlight of the trip a Leatherback Turtle (more…)
Monday’s Birds were:
St. Mary’s – The Red-backed Shrike was again at Porth Hellick, where there was also a Garden Warbler and a Green Sandpiper. A Common Sandpiper and an unseasonal Common Snipe were at Lower Moors, a Siskin was at Longstone, 2 Hobbies were over the island, an Osprey flew over Normandy at 20:50 and a Honey Buzzard flew over late morning heading towards the Eastern Isles.
Bryher – Undoubtedly the bird of the day was a summer-plumaged male Red-throated Pipit found at Popplestone Bay. Also on the island were 5 Whimbrels, 4 Dunlins, and a Spotted Flycatcher.
St. Martin’s – A Short-toed Lark was on Flagstaff Hill and Osprey flew over the island at 12:30 and also seen were 5 Whimbrels.
St. Agnes – Another Short-toed Lark was on west side on the coastal path near Porth Askin and there were 5 Whimbrels on the island.
Tresco – A Whimbrel, a Dunlin, 2 Sanderlings, a Common Buzzard, a Hobby, a Whinchat and a Spotted Flycatcher (more…)
Thursday’s birds were:
Bryher – The Dotterel was still on Shipman Head Down and an Osprey flew in from the direction of Tresco. Also seen on the island were 6 Common Swifts, 2 Spotted Flycatchers and a Lesser Redpoll.
St. Agnes – A Common Swift, 2 Cuckoos, a Black Redstart, a White Wagtail, a Spotted Flycatcher and a Common Whitethroat.
St. Mary’s – A Spotted Flycatcher was at Trenoweth and a Common Whitethroat was trapped and ringed at Porth Hellick.
St. Martin’s – 3 Common Swifts.
Inter-island waters – 85+ Manx Shearwaters were off Annet and 5 Great Northern Divers were off Samson/Annet.
At sea – Amongst the birds seen on the first pelagic trip of the year (earlier than usual), were 10+European Storm-petrels, an Arctic Tern and a Great Skua. (more…)
Sunday’s birds were:
St. Mary’s – The Northern Harrier flew out of its overnight roost in Lower Moors about 05:55 and was later seen well at Porth Hellick before flying off high to St. Martin’s late morning. It was back on St. Mary’s mid-afternoon at Trewince and was then back at Porth Hellick briefly but there was no further sign by nightfall.
3 Whimbrels were on the Golf Course and 1 was on Old Town Beach and a Golden Plover was on the airfield. 2 Jackdaws were at Parting Carn, 5 Wheatears were on the Golf Course and 1 was at Porthloo.
St. Martin’s – As well as the Northern Harrier paying a brief visit a Bee-eater was heard and a Marsh Harrier was seen.
Tresco – 4 Whimbrels, 3 Sanderlings, a Black-tailed Godwit and a Common Buzzard. Pochard have bred again, an adult an 6 young were seen.
Inter-island waters – 6+ Great Northern Divers were seen on the “Seabird special” on which a Wheatear was also seen on one of the smaller rocky islets. (more…)
Friday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – The Laughing Gull after spending nearly a month decided on a change of islands and showed very well at Porthloo Duck Pond. The Marsh Harrier again flew from St. Agnes to St. Mary’s and a male Montagu’s Harrier was seen over the airfield and Read more…
Wednesday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – An unidentified Harrier species flew through Lower Moors. An Iceland Gull was off the Quay and at Porthloo, where there were also 5 Whimbrels. St. Agnes – 10+ Whimbrels. Thursday’s birds were: St. Martins – After going missing for a couple of days the Read more…
Sunday’s birds were:
St. Mary’s – A Roseate Tern was in Hugh Town Harbour, it was ringed and from initial enquiries it was ringed in 2013 at Rockabill, Ireland. Also on St. Mary’s 7 Dunlins were on Porthcressa Beach, a Common Swift was over the Garrison and a Merlin was at Rocky Hills.
St. Agnes – The Woodchat Shrike was still on Wingletang Down and an Osprey flew over. Also on the island were 2 Common Swifts, 20 Whimbrels, a Bar-tailed Godwit, 16 Wheatears, a Cuckoo, a Black Redstart, a White Wagtail and a Firecrest. (more…)
Tuesday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – An Iceland Gull was at Porthloo, 4 Sandwich Terns were by Hugh Town Quay and a Common Whitethroat was at Bant’s Carn. St. Agnes – 14 Whimbrels and a Cuckoo. Bryher – 7 Whimbrels. Wednesday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – An Iceland Gull was Read more…