Latest bird sightings from the Islands
St. Mary’s – Woodchat shrike still down Pelistry Lane. A Whimbrel, a Cuckoo, a Tree Pipit & a Redwing on Peninnis. A Spotted Flycatcher & 8 Swift Old Town. Great-northern Diver flew south past Pelistry Bay. 8 Wheatear on Pelistry beach and Common Sandpiper. Stock Dove (2) in Holy Vale Read more…
St. Mary’s – Woodchat Shrike down Pelistry Lane, 6 Tufted Duck on Porth Hellick Pool, Spotted Flycatcher Porthloo & Holy Vale, 2 Common Sandpiper near the quay & 1 at Porthloo, a Great northern diver in the Roads and a Whimbrel on Porth Hellick Beach. 18 Dunlin were on the Read more…
St. Mary’s – 18 Whimbrel on the Golf course, 12 over the quay and 6 on Porthloo Beach. A Spotted flycatcher at Higher Moors, a Grey Plover on Peninnis, a Grasshopper Warbler & a Redwing in Lower Moors and 4 Dunlin & 5 Tufted Duck at Porth Hellick. St. Agnes Read more…
St. Mary’s – 6 Whimbrel on Porthloo Beach and 6 tufted Duck on Porth Hellick Pool. A Great Northern Diver, 2 Sandwich Tern, 30 Common Tern and a Black Tern in the Roads. Bryher – Whimbrel, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, a Pied Flycatcher and a Fieldfare. Tresco – A drake Pintail Read more…
St. Mary’s – A Turtle Dove at Telegraph, 5 Tufted Duck & a Lesser Whitethroat at Porth Hellick and 10 Whimbrel on Porthloo Beach and one on the Garrison. St. Agnes – A Garganey on the Big Pool and 60 Whimbrel flew over Periglis. Gugh – 2 Black Redstart.
St. Mary’s – Lesser Whitethroat at Porth Hellick St. Agnes -A Wryneck, a Hawfinch, Reed bunting and 6 Whitethroat. Gugh – Short-toed Lark, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Black Redstart and a Spotted Flycatcher.
Tresco – A Hoopoe, 2 Golden Plover, 6 Common Swift, a Common Whitethroat and a Lesser Redpoll. St. Mary’s – 21 Golden Plover on the golf course, a Merlin over the airfield, 4 Whimbrel in Old Town Bay, 5 Tufted Duck, 6 common Swift and a Common Cuckoo at Porth Read more…
St. Mary’s – 28 Golden Plover on the golf course, a Cuckoo on the Garrison, 6 Tufted Duck on Porth Hellick Pool and a small arrival of Common Swift. Tresco – The Hoopoe was still in fields near the cricket pitch also on the island 2 Turtle Dove. St. Agnes Read more…
St. Mary’s – 30 golden Plover on the golf course, a White Wagtail on Porthlow Beach and 5 ( 4 drake & 1 female) Tufted duck on Porth Hellick Pool. Tresco – The Hoopoe still in fields near the cricket pitch.
St. Mary’s – 2 Whimbrel at Porthloo, 1 in the Standing Stones field at Lower Moors and 1 at Bant’s Carn. 18 Golden Plover on the Golf Course and 5 on the Airfield. Short-toed Lark on the Golf Course and 2 drake Tufted Duck at Porth Hellick. Tresco – A Read more…