Wednesday (06/01) Humpback Whale – 1 off the west side of Peninnis, it or another in the Roads Cattle Egret – 2 Longstone Common Scoter – 3 in Crow sound Spoonbill – 1 flew over Hugh Town Harbour then Old Town Bay and then at Porth Hellick, 1 Samson Common Sandpiper – 1 Little Porth Read more…
Friday (01/01) Humpback Whale – 1 between Annet and Samson Finn Whale – 4 off Deep Point, 1 south of Peninnis Head, then in Porth Cressa Bay Cattle Egret – 4 still at Longstone Siberian Pink-footed Goose – 1 on Porth Hellick Pool Russian White-fronted Goose – 1 on Porth Hellick Pool , both this and the Read more…
Sunday (27/12) Little Bunting – 1 still at the Dump Allotments Great Northern Diver – 1 Porth Cressa Whimbrel – 3 in Bread and Cheese Cove, St. Martin’s Woodcock – 1 Lower Moors Iceland Gull – 2 Porthloo Great Spotted Woodpecker – 1 Porth Hellick Loop Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 Porth Hellick Loop Siberian Chiffchaff – 2 Shooters’ Read more…
Wednesday (23/12) Very few birds reported and a day of foul weather Little Bunting – 1 still in the Dump allotments Great Northern Diver – 1 Perpitch Bay & 1 Higher Town Bay, both St. Martin’s Iceland Gull – 1 Porthloo, 1 flew over Bay View Terrace (opposite Porth Mellon Industrial Estate) Redpoll – Read more…
Saturday (19/12) Fin Whale – 1 off Giant’s Castle Cattle Egret – 4 Rowesfield, Tresco Red-throated Diver – 1 flew past Giant’s Castle Great Northern Diver – 1 Porth Cressa, 1 flew past Giant’s Castle, 1 Great Bay, St. Martin’s Sooty Shearwater – 2 flew past Giant’s Castle Manx Shearwater – 2 flew past Giant’s Read more…
Monday (14/12) Great Northern Diver – 2 Great Bay, St. Martin’s Manx Shearwater – 1 flew west past Giant’s Castle Purple Sandpiper – 1 flew west past Giant’s Castle, 1 Great Bay, St. Martin’s Great Skua – 1 flew west past Giant’s Castle Yellow-legged Gull – 3 Morning Point on the Garrison Iceland Gull – 1 Read more…
Wednesday (09/12) Fin Whale – 1 probably 2 off St. Martin’s Siberian Greylag Goose – 1 still in the usual field at the top of Kittydown Russian White-fronted Goose – 1 still in the usual field at the top of Kittydown Grey Plover – 1 Porth Hellick Bar-tailed Godwit – 1 Pendrathen Purple Sandpiper – 4 Great Read more…
Sunday (06/12) Dusky Warbler – 1 Shooters’ Pool, Lower Moors Pallas’s Warbler – 1 trapped, ringed and released at Porth Hellick Ringing Station was the latest ever record on Scilly. It was later seen behind the ringing lanes near the small pool on Carn Friars Farm (photo) Cattle Egret – 1 flew north Read more…
Wednesday (02/12) Cattle Egret – 4 on the Great Pool, Tresco, seen later at Borough Farm, Tresco Siberian Greylag Goose – 1 on Porth Hellick Pool Russian White-fronted Goose – 1 on Porth Hellick Pool Wigeon – 4 on the Great Pool, Tresco Pintail – A drake and a female on Abbey Pool, Tresco Shoveler – A drake Read more…
Saturday (28/11) Dusky Warbler – 1 Lower Moors Whooper Swan – 6 flew northeast over Porth Hellick Siberian Greylag Goose – 1 still in the usual field at the top of Kittydown Russian White-fronted Goose – 1 still in the usual field at the top of Kittydown Great Northern Diver – 1 off the west side of Read more…