BIRD REPORTS

St. Mary’s – Two visiting Danish birders found a superb male Lesser Grey Shrike on the Garrison, also there was a Spotted and 2 Pied Flycatchers. Tresco – A Green Sandpiper, a Wood Sandpiper, 8 Black-tailed Godwits, 4 Ruffs and 2 Pied Flycatchers.

St. Mary’s – There were still good numbers of Pied Flycatchers on the island, 3 of which were trapped and ringed at Porth Hellick. St. Agnes – A Pied Flycatcher and a Whimbrel. Gugh – 2 Whinchats. At sea – A Great Shearwater, a Cory’s Shearwater, 25+ European Storm Petrels Read more…

St. Mary’s – a Pied Flycatcher was in Trench Lane, 2 Green Sandpipers were in Lower Moors and a Common Sandpiper, a Dunlin, 2 Green Sandpipers, 2 Greenshanks & 2 Lesser Redpolls were at Porth Hellick. Tresco – 5 Green Sandpipers, a Wood Sandpiper, 4 Ruffs, 11 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Read more…

St. Mary’s – 6 Pied Flycatchers were on the Garrison and 5 Pied Flycatchers, 5 Lesser Redpolls & a Tree Pipit were on Peninnis. 6 Green Sandpipers and 2 Spotted Flycatchers were at Porth Hellick. Tresco – 5 Green Sandpipers, 3 Wood Sandpipers, 3 Ruffs, 11 Black-tailed Godwits, 6 Knots, Read more…

St. Mary’s – 7 Pied Flycatchers were on the Garrison and a Whimbrel was on Porthloo Beach. Tresco – A Green Sandpiper and 10 Greenshanks. At sea – A pelagic trip 26 miles northwest of St. Mary’s to intercept a group of 4 trawlers yielded 7 Sabine’s Gulls, a Sooty Read more…

At sea – An afternoon/evening pelagic produced 2 adult Sabine’s Gulls, 2 Great Skuas, 40 European Storm-petrels, a blue Fulmar and a near summer-plumage Great Northern Diver

St. Mary’s – On a very wet and windy day the only reports were of 2 Pied Flycatchers – 1 in old town Churchyard and 1 in the Dead Pine Walk on the Garrison. St. Martin’s – A Pied Flycatcher.

St. Mary’s – A Common Sandpiper, a Green Sandpiper, 6 Greenshanks and 2 Tufted Ducks were at Porth Hellick Pool. A Ruff was on the Airfield, 2 Mediterranean Gulls were at Porthloo and 2 Black Redstarts & a Whinchat were on Peninnis.

St. Mary’s – A Melodious Warbler, a Whinchat and 2 juvenile Lesser Redpolls were in fields beside King Edward’s Road, the central track to Peninnis Head. Single Pied Flycatchers were in Old Town Churchyard & the Dead Pine Walk on the Garrison, a Common Sandpiper was at Porthcressa. At sea Read more…

St. Mary’s – Again there was a scattering of Pied Flycatchers around the island, ones and twos were reported from several locations. Single Green Sandpipers were reported from, Old Town, Porth Hellick, Hugh Town Quay and Lower Moors, a Greenshank was also at the latter site. 3 Crossbills flew over Read more…