Tuesday (22/10) Lesser Yellowlegs – There were now 2 the Great Pool. Tresco which then flew off towards Bryher and were later seen roosting in Appletree Bay, Tresco. Little Bunting – 1 on the beach at St. Warna’s Cove St. Agnes. Hoopoe – Read more…
Saturday (19/10) Blyth’s Pipit – 1 still on Bryher. Lesser Yellowlegs – 1 in Stinking Porth, Bryher. Barn Owl – The Bird that has been heard but not seen over the last few days, was heard at Normandy, Spotted Crake – 1 by the Read more…
Wednesday (16/10) Blyth’s Pipit – 1 still on Bryher. Barn Owl – 1 has been sound recorded on the last 3 nights somewhere in the Holy Vale area. Lesser Yellowlegs – 1 still on Simpson’s Field, Tresco. Ortolan Bunting – 1 at Normandy corner, Read more…
Sunday (13/10) Wilson’s Snipe – 1 showing well from the ISBG hide on Lower Moors Pool. On examination of photographs it transpired there may have been 2 birds today and a different individual last week. Short-toed Lark – 1 still in a Read more…
Thursday (10/10) WILSON’S SNIPE – What was probably the bird seen on Monday was flushed from Lower Moors Pool on to adjacent horse field. Olive-backed Pipit – 2 by the bulb dump on St. Agnes (photo). Short-toed Lark – 1 still in a Read more…
Monday (07/10) WILSON’S SNIPE – 1 seen briefly in the evening at Lower Moors and was identified retrospectively from photographs. Short-toed Lark – 1 still in a field on the west side of King Edward’s Road Peninnis. Hoopoe – 1 still on Bryher. Read more…
Friday (04/10) Short-toed Lark – 1 still in a field on the west side of King Edward’s Road Peninnis, Ortolan Bunting – 1 in the same field as the Short-toed Lark and then flew over the wall and lost to view. Richard’s Read more…
Tuesday (01/10) Ortolan Bunting – 1 seen twice briefly in the Porth Hellick Bank/Camel Rock area– Shirt-toed Lark – 1 still in a field on the west side of King Edward’s road Peninnis, Woodlark – 1 in a field opposite the path sign-posted Read more…
Friday (27/09) Western Bonelli’s Warbler – 1 seen again briefly at the corner of Borough Road and the Great Pool, Tresco. Spotted Crake – 1 still on the Great Pool, Tresco, seen briefly from the Swarovski hide. Great White Egret – Still at Read more…
OLEANDER HAWKMOTH – The first Scilly record of this beautiful moth was 1 trapped overnight (Sunday/Monday) at Old Town (photo) Ortolan Bunting – 1 still on Periglis Beach, St. Agnes. Roses-coloured Starling – A juvenile was in a bulb field next to Read more…