Sightings

Bryher – The Great Blue Heron spent most of the day on the Big Pool before flying off towards Tresco late afternoon. Tresco – The Black Duck was still on the Abbey Pool and a Wryneck was near the tennis Read more…

Bryher – The Great Blue Heron was still on the Big Pool and was also seen on Stinking Porth, Wryneck was in the Hell Bay Hotel Garden and a Hoopoe was at the campsite. Also on the island were 2 Read more…

Bryher – The Great Blue Heron was on the Big Pool and then in a nearby field. St. Mary’s – The Wryneck was still in Old town Churchyard, the Hoopoe was still on Peninnis and the Long-tailed Duck was still off Hugh town Quay. A Night Heron flew over Lower Moors and Read more…

Bryher – The Great Blue Heron was back on the Big Pool, where it spent all day happily catching mullet. Also on the island was the first Garden Warbler of the year, St. Mary’s – The Hoopoe was still on Read more…

Bryher – Much to the chagrin of mainland birders who had spent the last day and a half looking for the elusive Great Blue Heron it was relocated on the Big Pool just as the Scillonian was arriving in Penzance. Read more…

St. Mary’s – The Great Blue Heron was in Old Town Bay until it flew off at 11.00 it was not seen again mid-afternoon when it was in a weedy field at the north end of Holy Vale, before disappearing Read more…

Monday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – Hoopoe – 1 on the Garrison, 1 on Peninnis and 1 Longstones. An immature Spoonbill, a Jack Snipe and 1 or 2 Night Heron sat Lower Moors. St Agnes – a Hoopoe at Covean. Read more…

Friday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – Hoopoe – 2 on the Garrison, 2 on Peninnis, 1 Longstones and 1 Old Town / Lower Moors. Male Common Redstart on the Garrison, 4+ Ring Ouzels on Peninnis, a Bar-tailed Godwit and a Read more…