Saturday (16/12) Surf Scoter – A 1st-winter female was still in Pentle Bay, Tresco, Common Scoter – 9 off Carn Near, Tresco, Greylag Goose – 1 in the field just north of the Road by the entrance to Higher Moors. Shoveler – A drake on Abbey Pool, Tresco. Mediterranean Gull – 12+ flew north from Read more…
Saturday (09/12) Eastern Yellow Wagtail – 1 again in the Longstone/Tremelethen area. Cattle Egret – 2 in fields south of Longstone Bungalow. Lapwing – 1 in the old chicken field at Tremelethen. Grey Wagtail – 1 in the old chicken field at Tremelethen. Sunday (10/12) Eastern Yellow Wagtail – 1 in in the Longstone/Tremelethen area. Read more…
Saturday (02/12) Cattle Egret – 2 circled the cattle fields sooth of Longstone and drifted off south. Red-throated Diver – 2 off Innisidgen. Little Egret – 3 at Innisidgen. Oystercatcher – The longipes (Siberian) Oystercatcher last reported from Little Porth on 22/10 was at Bar Point. Bar-tailed Godwit – 1 Bar Point. Great Northern Diver – 3 off Read more…
Saturday (25/11) Cape May Warbler – The first-winter female was still feeding in bushes and on rocks in Green Bay Beach, below the track to Veronica Farm, Bryher. Serin – 1 singing at Normandy. Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 on Porth Hellick Loop Trail. Brent Goose – 5 in the bay below St. Martin’s Campsite. Wigeon – 5 Read more…
Saturday (18/11) Wigeon – 5 on the Great Pool, Tresco. Pintail – 5on the Great Pool, Tresco. Pochard – 5 on the Great Pool, Tresco. Spoonbill – 1 flew north over Hugh Town. Waxwing – 1 an injured bird was at Higher Town, St. Martin’s. Woodlark – 1 in fields between Bordeaux Pottery and the Mainland Read more…
Sunday (12/11) Waxwing – 1 in a garden in Old Town. Firecrest – 2 in Lower Moors at the Rosehill end. Siberian Chiffchaff – 1 in Lower Moors at the Rosehill end. Wigeon – 1 0n Shooters’ Pool. Kingfisher – 1 in Old Town Bay. Merlin – 1 over the Sunnyside Farm Trail. Swallow – 2 late Read more…
HEADLINE NEWS ***CAPE MAY WARBLER*** – 1 was found on Bryher on Friday (photos). See below for further details. Monday (06/11) Waxwing – The 2 birds feeding on apples at the Moorwell Allotments were joined by a third bird. Purple Sandpiper – 1 roosting on rocks in Porth Hellick Bay. Golden Plover – 1 Read more…
Wednesday (01/11) GREY-CHEEKED THRUSH – 1 was still present in the fields at the bottom of Rocky Hill. Little Bunting – 1 still in afield along Sandy Lane and 1 still near the fire station at New Grimsby, Tresco, Red-breasted Flycatcher – 1 in Holy Vale. Wigeon – 1 on Porth Hellick Pool. Golden Read more…
Saturday (28/10) GREY-CHEEKED THRUSH – 1 was still present in the field at the bottom of Rocky Hill. PADDYFIELD WARBLER –1 showed briefly at Porth Hellick just inside the gate at the seaward end of the boardwalk. Red-breasted Flycatcher – 1 on the Porth Hellick Loop Trail. Glossy Ibis – 1 on the main Read more…
Wednesday (25/10) More non-bird headlines the AMERICAN PAINTED LADY was still in a field on Sandy Lane and another was found dead in Trench Lane, Old Town. This is the 6th Scilly Record and the 3rd in the last 4 days. Hume’s Warbler – A “very probable” at Cove Vean, St. Agnes. Dusky Warbler –1 still Read more…