BIRD REPORTS

St Marys – NIGHT HERON again at Lower Moors today Annet – Manx shearwater (160+) and Curlew (2)

St. Mary’s – Single Common Swift over today Tresco – Golden Plover (4) and Wheatear (2) on island. Bryher – Pintail, Redshank and Sand Martin reported today

Bryher – Quail still calling and Hooded Crow still today. St. Mary’s – Cuckoo Old Town and Peninnis. Sandwich Tern (2) in St. Mary’s Sound. St. Martin’s – Common Swift (2) over the island today Near Samson– Common Tern (100+) and Shelduck (15). An evening fishing trip to Poll Bank produced  Read more…

No reports over the weekend, but todays sightings include: St. Mary’s – NIGHT HERON flew over Telegraph towards Trewince at 21:45hrs Bryher – Quail on island today Scilly Pelagic – European Storm-Petrels (30) and Bonxie (3). Cetaceans seen included 30 Common Dolphin and 6 Harbour Porpoise north of St. Martins. Also a Read more…

St Mary’s – Grasshopper Warbler reeling at Porth Hellick between 04:00 & 05:00 hrs.

Bryher – Curlew (25), Whimbrel (3) and Hooded Crow on the island today.

The only bird reported today was a Cuckoo at Old Town, St Mary’s.

St. Mary’s – Cuckoo at Porth Hellick Down St. Agnes – Turnstone (14), Curlew and Whimbrel. Also Hummingbird Hawkmoth. Western Rocks – Bridled Guillemot reported today Scilly Pelagic – Birds (and others) seen from this evenings Pelagic included:  European Storm-Petrel (30), Common Dolphin (20) and an Ocean Sunfish

St. Mary’s –  Cuckoo (2) on Peninnis Head today Annet – Turnstone (4), Curlew and Manx Shearwater (30+) St. Agnes – Long-tailed Skua (adult) flew west past island (per Paul Dukes) Tresco – Dunlin, Curlew, Common Buzzard and  Swift (2)

St Mary’s – Cuckoo was the only bird of note today Tresco – Single Wheatear and Common Buzzard Samson – Curlew (10), Whimbrel (1) Bar-tailed Godwit (1) and Turnstone (2) near Samson today St Agnes – Only birds of note were Turnstone (3) Bryher – Common Swift (10) St Helen’s Read more…