Finders Reports, Rarity descriptions and ID and other Articles.
Please see the links below to two articles of interest by St Agnes resident and birder Bob Dawson: Sanderling ageing census 2014-15 NEWSLETTER SanderlingAgeing_manual_English
This Cormorant bit of a bit more than it could swallow at Lower Moors this week! Great image by Martin!
With the Birder Special Pelagics now over for another year on Scilly, without doubt the star bird of 2014 was the very showy Fea’s Petrel seen by the lucky birders on Monday 18th August’s trip! Photos below courtesy of Joe Pender.
Few images below of the adult Rose-coloured Starling that graced Joe Pender’s garden on the 4th June. Thanks to Joe and Ash Fisher for the images.
In 2010 there was one new species White-throated Sparrow which made it 433. But now the BOURC have come along and added two more:- Siberian Stonechat & Hudsonian Whimbrel. In their latest press release the following splits have been recommended: Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus , seen in September 2008 Siberian Read more…
These two Wagtails, a Black-headed type and a Blue-headed (possible ‘Channel Wagtail’) type are currently on the islands and causing a few ID headaches. Any thoughts? Comments gratefully accepted.
Some superb images of the very obliging and photogenic Waxwings currently at Hugh Town, St Marys. (Thanks to Joe and Martin)
An interesting Acrocephalus Warbler frequented the extensive sedge around Big Pool, St Agnes in the last week of October ’09. Thought by some to be Marsh Warbler, others weren’t convinced. The photos below are by far the best we have recieved of the bird, thanks to Barry Barnacal. What do Read more…
Below are a selection of images kindly submitted by Jon Hall of some of the recent rare and scarce birds on Tresco. See more of Jons’ and the rest of The Bumbling Bears’ photos at http://bumbling-bears.fotopic.net/