Latest bird sightings from the Islands
St. Mary’s – 3 Mediterranean Gulls (2 adults and one first winter) at Porthloo. 6 Greenshank, a Common Sandpiper and a Green Sandpiper at Porth Hellick. St. Martin’s – 60 Sanderling and a Kestrel. Samson – A Spoonbill on White Island.
St. Mary’s – A Mediterranean Gull in the Porthloo/Porth Mellon area. St. Martin’s – A Wheatear. St. Agnes – a Common Tern, a Willow Warbler and a Wheatear. The 2 Wheatears above follow a belated report of 2 on Castle Down, Tresco on Tuesday 27th. These and the Willow warbler Read more…
St. Mary’s – A Kingfisher, a Common Sandpiper and 6 Greenshank at Porth Hellick. Tresco – A Hobby, a Marsh Harrier and a Common Sandpiper. Samson – The Spoonbill still present
St. Mary’s – A Whimbrel over Holy Vale and an adult Mediterranean Gull on Porthloo beach. Tresco – 6 Redshank, a Common Snipe, 3 Tufted Duck and 10 Grey Heron. Despite the fog the birders on the daytime pelagic trip managed to see a Wilson’s Storm-petrel. A Basking Shark was Read more…
St. Mary’s – A Green Sandpiper and a Hobby at the dump. A Balearic Shearwater and 15 Sandwich Tern in The Roads. Tresco – A Mediterranean Gull. Samson – 5 Whimbrel and 11 Common Tern. Teän – 2 Whimbrel and 60 Curlew. The evening pelagic was very quiet on the Read more…
St. Mary’s – A Balearic Shearwater off the Garrison and a Green Sandpiper on a pool behind the municipal dump. Samson – The Spoonbill and Marsh Harrier were still present. Bryher – 4 Dunlin, 12 Ringed Plover, a Whimbrel, 2 Little Egret, 6 Common Tern and 10 Sandwich Tern.
St. Mary’s – Common Sandpiper by the quay. Tresco – The first Little Egret of the ‘autumn’. Samson – The Spoonbill and the Marsh Harrier still present. A daytime pelagic logged a Balearic Shearwater, a Sooty Shearwater, a Great Skua and 20 European Storm-petrel. Also seen were a Minke Whale Read more…
St. Mary’s – 4 Green Sandpiper on the pool behind the dump. A Turnstone & a Common Sandpiper by the Quay. At Porth Hellick there were 2 Common Sandpiper, a Kingfisher and 2 Swift. Annet – 5 Turnstone. Samson – The Spoonbill still present. The evening pelagic trip produced a Wilson’s Read more…
St. Mary’s – A Garden Warbler in Lower Moors, and a Kingfisher, a Common Sandpiper & 2 Greenshank at Porth Hellick Pool. Samson – A Spoonbill
St. Mary’s – A Kingfisher, a Tufted Duck, a Swift, 4 Greenshank and 4 Common Sandpipers at Porth Hellick. A juvenile Mediterranean Gull at Porthloo and a Common Sandpiper by the quay. Tresco – A Common Buzzard. Samson – A Spoonbill. St. Agnes – 21 Sanderling. The evening pelagic produced Read more…