Monday (19/07) Balearic Shearwater – 2 on a evening pelagic trip 6 miles south of St. Mary’s. Sooty Shearwater – 1 on the evening pelagic trip. European Storm-petrel – 1 on the evening pelagic trip. Dark-bellied Brent Goose – The unseasonal bird was in Bathinghouse Porth, Tresco. Pochard – 5 on the Great Pool, Tresco. Green Sandpiper – Read more…
Monday (12/07) Rose-coloured Starling – The bird near the police station had moved further along the road towards Parson’s field and was later back in the New Zealand flame tree. Another was near the Seven Stones Inn on St. Martin’s. Mistle Thrush – 1 in a field at Maypole Triangle. Long-tailed Skua – Read more…
Monday (05/07) Red-Footed Falcon – 1 still on the Golf Course. Rose-coloured Starling – 1 in the allotments opposite Normandy house Iceland Gull – 1 was in a bare field at the junction of Telegraph Road and High Lanes and it or another at Great Bay, St. Martin’s Siskin – 2 have been feeding Read more…
Monday (28/06) Wilson’s Storm-petrel – 1 was seen 5 miles southeast of St. Mary’s on the evening pelagic trip. (photo) Red-Footed Falcon – 1 still on the Golf Course. Rose-coloured Starling – 1 was on the west end of the beach on Old Town Bay, then on the roof of nowhere. European Storm-petrel – Read more…
Monday (21/06) Red-breasted Merganser – A pair were in Pelistry Bay off Toll’s Island late evening. Redwing – A very unseasonable bird was seen in a field near the Old Town Church. Tuesday (22/06) Marsh/Blyth’s Reed Warbler – An Acrocephalus Warbler heard on St. Agnes and later seen briefly, mainly in flight, was at first Read more…
Tuesday (15/06) EGYPTIAN VULTURE – There were several claims of it been seen on Tresco through a telescope from St. Mary’s. Despite several more claims, visiting birders on Tresco could not find it. There were 3 independent reports in the late afternoon on Mondayfrom non-birders between, all from Bryher, 1 from Tresco Read more…
Sunday (13/06) Night Heron – A “probable” seen at 21:00 flying over Longstone Pochard – 3 females with broods 0f 7,4 & 3 ducklings Eider – A female off St. Martin’s Swift – 30 Tresco Black-tailed Godwit – 1 Tresco Iceland Gull – 1 Samson, 1 Tresco Raven – 2 Tresco White Wagtail – 1 Tresco Siskin – 1 Read more…
Friday (04/06) Rose-coloured Starling – 1 at Carn Friars which flew towards Porth Hellick Down Friday (04/06) Knot – a summer-plumaged bird was on Green Island, Tresco (photo) Sunday (06/06) Rose-coloured Starling – 1again at Carn Friars Iceland Gull – 1 on St. Mary’s Monday (07/06) Rose-coloured Starling – 1 again at Carn Friars Iceland Read more…
Tuesday (01/06) Golden Oriole – 1 moved south through Holy Vale at 06:35 Quail – 1 flushed from the lower path by the reeds behind Porth Hellick bank flew towards Carn Friars Marsh Harrier – A female flew from Tresco to St. Mary’s and was seen at Porth Hellick. Iceland Gull – 1 Porthloo Read more…
Friday (28/05) Red-rumped Swallow – 1 over John Batty’s Hill, St. Martin’s later seen St. Martin’s cricket pitch Quail – 1 flushed at Lower Town, St. Martin’s Golden Oriole – 1 at Higher Town, St. Martin’s Wood Sandpiper – 1 Porth Hellick Pool (photo) Iceland Gull – 1 again in the pig field behind Star Read more…