Tuesday (09/05) Night Heron – 2 flew over Porth Mellon towards Porthloo. Marsh Harrier – 1 between Porth Hellick and Tremelethen. Turtle Dove – 1 still in the ploughed field at Normandy Corner. Great Northern Diver – A summer=plumaged bird was off Deep Point. Read more…
Friday (05/05) Laughing Gull – An adult was displaying amongst the Lesser Black-backed Gull colony on the east side of Gugh. Red-rumped Swallow – 1 on St. Martin’s (photo) Woodchat Shrike – 1 inland from Pentle Bat, Tresco and 1 at the campsite on Bryher. Read more…
Monday (01/05) Woodchat Shrike – 1 still below the airport on Salakee Down. Hoopoe – 1 flew from the edge of the airfield to Porth Minnick. Quail – 1 flew from the eastern edge of the southern runway onto Salakee Down Cattle Egret – Read more…
Thursday (27/04) Short-toed Lark – 1 on the grassy track from the end of King Edward’s Road to Peninnis Lighthouse. Wryneck – 1 at Gimble Porth, Tresco. Cattle Egret – 2 on Simpson’s Field, Tresco. Shoveler – A pair on the Great Pool, Tresco. Read more…
Sunday (23/04) Night Heron – 1 flushed from the Rosehill end of Lower Moors and flew to the south end. Cattle Egret – 4 at Parting Carn. Woodchat Shrike – 1 still below the airport on Salakee Down and 1 still on Gugh. Read more…
Wednesday (19/04) Tawny Pipit – 1 still on the Golf Course. Woodchat Shrike – 1 still at Carron Farm, St. Martin’s and 1 still on Gugh. Snow Bunting – 1 still on St. Agnes Cricket Pitch. Cattle Egret – 5 Parting Carn and 2 at Trewince. Read more…
Saturday (15/04) Purple Heron – 1 on St, Agnes flew towards Gugh. Woodchat Shrike – Still the 3 on St. Mary’s: 1 in Deep Point Quarry, 1 on a fence by the eastern runway on the airfield and 1 in the field opposite Bordeaux Pottery. Read more…
Saturday (08/04) Woodchat Shrike – 1 still in Deep Point Quarry (photo). Montagu’s Harrier – 1 still on St. Agnes and Gugh. Great White Egret – 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco. Cattle Egret – 15 on the Great Pool, Tresco. Little Egret – 1 Porth Hellick Read more…
Saturday (01/04) Richard’s Pipit – 1 still on the airfield. Cattle Egret – 8 on Tresco. Great Northern Diver – 1 still in Porth Cressa Bay. Harrier sp. – The ring-tailed harrier was seen, again very briefly, on Bryher and over Peninnis. Cetti’s Warbler – 1 Read more…
Saturday (25/03) Lesser Kestrel – Still present ranging from the airfield to Peninnis (photo) Cattle Egret – 7 with cows in fields bordering holy Vale, Willow Warbler – The first of the year was 1 singing near the Seaward Hide at Porth Hellick. Read more…