St. Mary’s – The Lapwing & Common Sandpiper were still on Porth Hellick Pool and 2 Green Sandpipers a Greenshank & a Redshank were on Lower Moors Pool. Bryher – 3 Dunlins, a Hooded Crow and the first Pied Flycatcher of the autumn. At sea – A Cory’s, a Great Read more…
St. Mary’s – A Lapwing, a Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpipers, a Redshank and 9 Greenshanks were on Porth Hellick Pool. A Green Sandpiper and a Greenshank were on Lower Moors Pool. A Hobby Peninnis & the Golf Course, 2 Northern Wheatears were on the Airfield,3 Common Swifts were over the Read more…
St. Mary’s – A Melodious Warbler showed well in the evening in the pines by the summerhouse at Longstone café. A Lapwing, a Dunlin, a Green Sandpiper, a Common Sandpiper, 9 Greenshanks and 25 Ringed Plovers were at Porth Hellick. 3 Northern Wheatear were on Peninnis. Tresco – A Little Read more…
St. Mary’s – 600+ Cory’s and 200+ Great Shearwaters were flew past Giant’s Castle mid-afternoon. Teän – 2 Whimbrels and a Mediterranean Gull. Inter-island waters – A Mediterranean Gull was in Tresco Channel. At sea– A Wilson’s Storm-petrel, 19 European Storm-petrels,7 Grey Phalaropes, 8 Cory’s, 9 Great, 2 Balearic and Read more…
At sea – The daytime pelagic trip continued to produce the birds with counts of 1 Wilson’s Storm-petrel, 30+ European Storm-petrels, 150+ Cory’s, 90+ Great, 50+ Sooty &3000+ Manx Shearwater and 13 Great Skuas. Seen in the water were a Minke Whale, 6 Short-beaked Common Dolphins, 3 Ocean Sunfish and Read more…
St. Mary’s – A Spotted Redshank flew north over Porth Hellick Pool. At sea – 27 European Storm-petrels, 5 Cory’s, a Balearic, a Sooty & 3 Great Shearwaters and 20+ Common Dolphins were seen from the Scillonian III on the crossing from Penzance to St. Mary’s. On the return crossing Read more…
St. Mary’s – 5 Common Sandpipers were on Porthcressa Beach. 10 Greenshanks, a Redshank, 2 Green Sandpipers and 4 Dunlins were on Porth Hellick Pool. 6 Green Sandpipers and a Common Snipe were on Lower Moors Pool. Bryher – A Whimbrel, 11 Ringed Plovers, 4 Dunlins, a Green Sandpiper, a Read more…
St. Mary’s – 11 Greenshanks and a Redshank were on Porth Hellick Pool. Bryher – 8 Ringed Plover.
St. Agnes – A Whimbrel, a Common Sandpiper, a Black-tailed Godwit and 3 Northern Wheatears. At sea – There were 2 short-range pelagic trips the totals were: Daytime – 35 Cory’s, 17 Great, 1 Balearic. 31 Sooty and 500 Manx Shearwaters. Also seen were 50 European Storm-petrels, 12 Great Skuas, Read more…
St. Mary’s – A Common Sandpiper was on Porthloo Beach. At sea – 5 Great Shearwaters and 3 European Storm-petrels were seen from the Scillonian III on the crossing from Penzance to St. Mary’s. Shearwaters continued to perform – 150 Great, 25 Cory’s, 80 Sooty and 2000 Manx were seen Read more…