Thursday (10/10) WILSON’S SNIPE – What was probably the bird seen on Monday was flushed from Lower Moors Pool on to adjacent horse field. Olive-backed Pipit – 2 by the bulb dump on St. Agnes (photo). Short-toed Lark – 1 still in a field on the west side of King Edward’s Road Peninnis. Read more…
Monday (07/10) WILSON’S SNIPE – 1 seen briefly in the evening at Lower Moors and was identified retrospectively from photographs. Short-toed Lark – 1 still in a field on the west side of King Edward’s Road Peninnis. Hoopoe – 1 still on Bryher. Ortolan Bunting – 1 in a weedy field between the Airport Read more…
Friday (04/10) Short-toed Lark – 1 still in a field on the west side of King Edward’s Road Peninnis, Ortolan Bunting – 1 in the same field as the Short-toed Lark and then flew over the wall and lost to view. Richard’s Pipit – 1 flew over Parting Carn towards Rocky Hill Red-backed Read more…
Tuesday (01/10) Ortolan Bunting – 1 seen twice briefly in the Porth Hellick Bank/Camel Rock area– Shirt-toed Lark – 1 still in a field on the west side of King Edward’s road Peninnis, Woodlark – 1 in a field opposite the path sign-posted to Porth Hellick Burial Chamber. Barred Warbler – 1 by the Read more…
Friday (27/09) Western Bonelli’s Warbler – 1 seen again briefly at the corner of Borough Road and the Great Pool, Tresco. Spotted Crake – 1 still on the Great Pool, Tresco, seen briefly from the Swarovski hide. Great White Egret – Still at least 3 around the islands. Bluethroat – 1 still in Lower Read more…
OLEANDER HAWKMOTH – The first Scilly record of this beautiful moth was 1 trapped overnight (Sunday/Monday) at Old Town (photo) Ortolan Bunting – 1 still on Periglis Beach, St. Agnes. Roses-coloured Starling – A juvenile was in a bulb field next to Carn Vean Café. Bluethroat – 1 still in Lower Moors. Great Read more…
Below are some original paintings and prints left by the late Wayne Collingham to be auctioned in aid of ISBG funds. If you would like to bid for any of them please contact Alan Hannington on lyonnessescilly@btinternet.com. There will be an live auction(s) at the Scilly Bird Log in the second/third Read more…
Thursday (19/09) Great White Egret – 2 on Tresco Ortolan Bunting – 1 on Periglis Beach, St. Agnes. Bluethroat – 1 still in Lower Moors. Osprey – 1 still around the islands. Marsh Harrier – An immature male over Periglis, St. Agnes. Pintail – A drake on Abbey Pool, Tresco. Cory’s Shearwater – 350 on a morning Read more…
Sunday (15/09) Common Rosefinch – A juvenile was briefly in the willow by the entrance gate to Lower Moors at the Trench Lane end. Bluethroat – 2 still in Lower Moors. Red-backed Shrike – 1 still near the turning circle on the airfield. Osprey –1 still around St. Mary’s. Merlin – 1 over the Garrison Read more…
Below are the totals from a groundbreaking expedition undertaken by 8 intrepid birders on board the motor yacht Challenger to British waters on the continental shelf 160- 180 nautical miles southwest of Scilly from 9th-15th September 2 Madeiran storm-petrel* (10th & 13th)4 Barolo shearwater (10th(1), 11th(2), & 12th(1))1 Desertas petrel (12th) (photo)192 Read more…