Thursday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – The American Golden Plover on Porth Hellick Beach was joined by a Pectoral Sandpiper which the flew onto Porth Hellick Pool, also on the pool were a Little Stint, 2 Greenshanks and 5 Common Snipe. A Firecrest, a Pied Flycatcher & a Spotted Flycatcher Read more…
St. Mary’s – The American Golden Plover was still on Porth Hellick Beach and the Little Stint & 7 Common Snipe were on Porth Hellick Pool. A Firecrest was at Content and 5 Pied Flycatchers were at Watermill. Tresco – 2 Bee-eaters were still by the Abbey Gardens. St. Martin’s Read more…
Monday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – 2 Bee-eaters were seen in several locations around the island, before moving to Tresco in the afternoon. The American Golden Plover was still on Porth Hellick Beach and 3 Little Stints, 8 Greenshanks & 2 Common Snipe were on Porth Hellick Pool. The Icterine Read more…
Saturdays Birds were: St. Mary’s – 3 Little Stints, a Jack Snipe, 9 Common Snipe and 6 Greenshanks were on Porth Hellick Pool and the American Golden Plover was on Porth Hellick Beach. 2 Common Snipe, a Greenshank, 2 Kingfishers and a Wryneck were seen from the ISBG hide in Read more…
St. Mary’s – 3 Little Stints, 6Common Snipe and 10Greenshanks were on Porth Hellick Pool. The American Golden Ploverwas on the airfield before moving to Porth Hellick Beach. A Lesser Whitethroat was near the Municipal Dump and 2 Bar-tailed Godwits and 2 Sanderlings were on Porthloo Beach. Tresco – 6 Read more…
St. Mary’s – The Semi-palmated Sandpiper, a Curlew Sandpiper, 4Little Stints, a Common Sandpiper, 4 Common Snipe and aJack Snipe were on Porth Hellick Pool and the American Golden Plover was still on Porth Hellick Beach. A Wryneck & 30+ Northern Wheatears were at Giant’s Castle and another 20+ Northern Read more…
St. Mary’s – The Semi-palmated Sandpiper, a Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Little Stints, a Common Sandpiper, a Jack Snipe, 7 Common Snipe and 11 Greenshanks were all on Porth Hellick Pool. The American Golden Plover was still nearby on Porth Hellick Beach. 2 Spotted Flycatchers were at Harry’s Walls. St. Agnes Read more…
Monday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – The Semi-palmated Sandpiper was on Lower Moors Pool most of the day before moving on to Porth Hellick Pool in the evening. Also seen at Porth Hellick Pool were 2 Little Stints, 4 Greenshanks, a Common Sandpiper and a female Wigeon. 3 Crossbills flew Read more…
St. Mary’s – The Semi-palmated Sandpiper, a Green Sandpiper, a Greenshank, 3 Common Snipe, a Kingfisher and a Grey Wagtail were all on Lower Moors Pool. Nearby a Yellow-browed Warbler was in the sallows between the Hilda Quick hide and Shooters’ Pool. The American Golden Plover was still on Read more…
Friday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – A Glossy Ibis was at Porth Hellick and was seen later flying over Peninnis and then over Hugh Town towards Tresco. The Semi-palmated Sandpiper was still on Lower Moors Pool and the American Golden Plover was on the airfield moving to Porth Hellick Beach Read more…