BIRD REPORTS

St. Mary’s – The Northern Waterthrush was at Higgo’s Pool at dawn and nearby in Lower Moors were the Dusky Warbler & 2 Yellow-browed Warblers. 2 Yellow-browed Warblers & 2 Siberian Chiffchaff were at Newford Duck Pond and a Yellow-browed Warbler, 2 Firecrests & a Siberian Chiffchaff were at Higher Read more…

St. Mary’s – The Northern Waterthrush was seen again at dusk on Higgo’s Pool, the Dusky Warbler was still in the wood near Shooters’ Pool, Lower Moors and the Wilson’s Snipe was on Porth Hellick Pool. Yellow-browed Warblers were reported as follows 1 in the tower Garden on the Garrison, Read more…

St. Mary’s – A Great Reed Warbler was trapped ringed and released at Porth Hellick, also in the area were a Yellow-browed Warbler, a Whinchat and a Great Spotted Woodpecker. A Serin was seen in Old Town Churchyard and the Dusky Warbler was still in the wood by Shooters’ Pool, Read more…

St. Mary’s – The Northern Waterthrush was at Higgo’s Pool at dawn and spent a couple of hours in the afternoon on the Lower Moors Pool, where it showed well from the ISBG hide. Also in lower Moors were the Wilson’s Snipe, the Dusky Warbler & a Yellow-browed Warbler. Yellow-browed Read more…

St. Mary’s – The Northern Waterthrush was seen at Higgo’s Pool and from the ISBG hide in Lower Moors. Also in Lower Moors the Wilson’s Snipe re-appeared in front of the ISBG hide after a couple of days absence. Nearby the Dusky Warbler and a Yellow-browed Warbler were in the Read more…

Apart from a Sabine’s Gull seen on the morning crossing of the Scillonian from Penzance to St. Mary’s all other reports were from St. Mary’s. The Northern Waterthrush showed at Shooters’ Pool and Higgo’s Pool, it has now been present for 43 days, will it winter here? 2 Yellow-browed Warblers Read more…

Highlights from Thursdays bird log were:

Treecreeper – 1 in Carreg Dhu Garden was only the 12th for Scilly
Olive-backed Pipit – Still 1 bird in 2nd field along Watermill Lane
Red-throated Pipit – 1 over Telegraph
Lesser Yellowlegs – 1 still on the Great Pool, Tresco
Upland Sandpiper – 1 still at Borough Farm, St. Mary’s
Northern Waterthrush – Showed well at Shooters’ Pool in the afternoon
Wilson’s Snipe – After going missing for a day it re-appeared at Lower Moors (more…)

Tuesday’s highlights from the log were:

Olive-backed Pipit – 2 birds were found together on Watermill Lane
Red-throated Pipit – 1 or 2 birds involve in sightings at Longstone, Telegraph and St. Martin’s
Black Kite – 1 over the airport in the morning
Upland Sandpiper – 1 still at Borough Farm, St. Mary’s
Northern Waterthrush – Showed dawn and dusk at Higginson’s Pool
Wilson’s Snipe – 1 still at Lower Moors
Radde’s- Warbler – 1 at Salakee Farm (more…)

Mondays highlights reported at the bird log were:

Black Kite – 3 left their roost in Holy Vale and flew over St. Mary’s to St. Agnes, Gugh, back to St, Mary’s and then to Tresco, just 1 returned to St. Mary’s late in the afternoon.
Upland Sandpiper – 1 still at Borough Farm, St. Mary’s
American Golden Plover – 1 near the Daymark, St. Martin’s
Lesser Yellowlegs – 1 on the Great Pool Tresco
Northern Waterthrush – Showed dawn and dusk at Higginson’s Pool
Wilson’s Snipe – 1 still at Lower Moors
Radde’s- Warbler – 1 at Salakee Farm
Bonelli’s Warbler sp – 1 was seen at Content but was not identified as Western or Eastern Bonelli’s (more…)

Some superb images below of the recent rarities on Scilly over the past few weeks, kindly submitted by The Bumbling Bears, Martin Goodey and Bryan Thomas.