Bird Sightings

  St. Mary’s – A female Hawfinch and 3 Swifts. St. Agnes – 2 Cuckoos. St. Martin’s – 2 Wheatears

St. Mary’s – A Wheatear was on the Garrison a pair of Cuckoos were at Porth Hellick and another was on Peninnis. St. Agnes – 2 Cuckoos. Gugh – A Cuckoo. Tresco – A Sand Martin and 2 Pochards. St. Martin’s – A Common Whitethroat and a Willow Warbler

St. Mary’s – A Swift and Cuckoo on Peninnis

St. Martin’s – 4 Ravens, a Cuckoo, a Common Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warblers and a Wheatear St. Agnes – A Cuckoo. Inter-island waters – A Great Northern Diver and 20 Common Terns. At sea – A short-range pelagic trip produced 10 European Storm-petrels and 2 Great Skuas.

St. Mary’s – A Common Swift, a Turtle Dove and 2 Cuckoos. St. Helen’s – 4 Ravens.

St. Mary’s – The female Woodchat Shrike was still in the pine belt opposite Spray View, a Spotted Flycatcher was at Higher Moors and a Willow Warbler (an unexpected bird on Scilly at this time of year) was singing between the hides at Porth Hellick. St. Agnes – 2 Turtle Read more…

St. Mary’s – A Woodchat Shrike was in the pine belt at Normandy opposite Spray View, a Turtle Dove was at Holy Vale and 3 Spotted Flycatchers were caught and ringed at Porth Hellick. St. Martin’s – A Bee-eater was at Higher Town. St. Agnes – A Turtle Dove, 3 Read more…

St. Mary’s – A Woodchat Shrike was in fields between Longstone Lane and Parting Carn & an Osprey flew over Porth Hellick and then Watermill. The Spotted Crake was still in Lower Moors and a Jack Snipe, a Yellow-legged Gull & a Ring Ouzel were at Porth Hellick. Another Ring Read more…

St. Mary’s – The Sora showed in Lower Moors at dusk for the fifth day in a row and the 2 Greenland White-fronted Geese were still on Porth Hellick Pool. Tresco – A Great Northern Diver, a Common Gull, 3 Swallows, 3 Sand Martins, a House Martin and a White Wagtail.

St Agnes – Hoopoe still on St Agnes this morning