Monday’s birds were:
St. Mary’s – The Eastern Black Redstart was still at Shark’s Pit and 2 Black Redstarts were at Little Porth.
Tuesday’s birds were:
St. Mary’s – The Eastern Black Redstart was still at Shark’s Pit. (more…)
Tuesday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – A Siberian Chiffchaff was caught and ringed at Porth Hellick. Wednesday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – Another Siberian Chiffchaff was caught and ringed at Porth Hellick & the Osprey was seen again over the Golf Course. Tresco – 2 Black-necked Grebes were off Carn Read more…
St Mary’s – The 1st winter RING-BILLED GULL was still on the airfield St Martin’s – A GREAT-WHITE EGRET was on the flats below Middle Town just before dusk
Saturday (08/11) St. Mary’s – A Yellow-browed Warbler and a Siberian Chiffchaff were in the ‘Dump Clump’. Sunday (09/11) St. Mary’s – A major rarity for Scilly, a first-winter RING-BILLED GULL was on the airfield. Also there were 5 Skylarks a Golden Plover and a near summer-plumage male Wheatear. Tuesday Read more…
St. Mary’s – A Snow Bunting was at Trenoweth and 2 Black Redstarts were on Porthloo Beach with further singles in Old Town Bay, Porth Thomas and Porth Mellon. 6 Redwings & a Fieldfare were on Peninnis and 3 Common Snipe, a Greenshank and a Kingfisher were in Lower Moors. Read more…
St. Mary’s – The Subalpine Warbler & a Siberian Chiffchaff were at Pelistry and 3 Yellow-browed Warblers & a Siberian Chiffchaff were at Newford Duck Pond.
Tresco – 2 American Wigeons, a Green-winged Teal, 2 Shovelers, 4 Whooper Swans, a Spoonbill, 33 Greenshanks, 17 Redshanks, a juvenile Rose-coloured Starling and 3 Reed Buntings. St. Agnes – 2 Yellow-browed Warblers in the Parsonage Garden.
St. Mary’s – The SUBALPINE WARBLER, 3 Yellow-browed Warblers, a Mistle Thrush, 6 Siskins and a Reed Bunting were at Pelistry. The Red-backed Shrike was still at Porth Hellick, 2 Yellow-browed Warblers were at Newford Duck Pond and a Yellow-browed Warbler, a Siberian Chiffchaff & a Jack Snipe were in Read more…
St. Mary’s – A SUBALPINE WARBLER and 2 Yellow-browed Warblers were at Pelistry. 1 Short-toed Lark was still on the airfield and a Kingfisher, a Red-backed Shrike & a late Willow Warbler were at Porth Hellick. 2 Great Northern Divers, 2 1st-winter Mediterranean Gulls, 30 Kittiwakes & an Arctic Skua Read more…
American Wigeon – The 1st winter male and a female were on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Green-winged Teal – 1 was still on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Red-throated Pipit – 1 on St. Agnes.
Short-toed Lark – Records of 1 on the airfield, 1 Carn Friars and 2 Higher Moors probably concern the original 3 from the airfield.
Rose-coloured Starling – 1 on Tresco.
Red-backed Shrike– 1 Porth Hellick.
Spotted Crake – 1 at Shooters’ Pool, Lower Moors and 1 Porth Hellick Pool. (more…)