BIRD REPORTS
Thursday 11th June 2009 IoS Bird Reports
St Mary’s – NIGHT HERON (1st Summer) at Porth Hellick Pool this evening and showing well.
BIRD REPORTS
Wednesday 10th June 2009 IoS Bird Reports
St Mary’s – Honey Buzzard flew towards Trewince at 09.35hrs then over Airport Lane at 10.20hrs. Also Cuckoo at Maypole St Agnes – Cuckoo reported today Tresco – Hobby at Gimble Porth today
BIRD REPORTS
Tuesday 9th June 2009 IoS Bird Reports
St Mary’s – Cuckoo at Porth Hellick Downs and Common Scoter (7) still in The Roads Tresco – Swift (4), Blackcap and Sanderling today Bryher – Bar-tailed Godwit on island today
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Monday 8th June 2009 IoS Bird Reports
St Mary’s – Common Scoter (7) again in The Roads. Tresco – Common Swift and Sanderling (14) were the only birds of note today St Agnes – Dunlin (2) and Turnstone (30) Western Rocks – European storm Petrel and Turnstone Read more…
MONTHLY BIRD REVIEWS
Monthly Bird Review – May 2009
What turned out to be one of the best Mays on record for the islands started off relatively slowly with just a Grasshopper Warbler and Cuckoo of note at Porth Hellick on the 1st. Things started to pick up the next day however when a Shorelark was found on Tresco. This was only the 11th record of this species on the islands and it was not seen again after the 2nd. (more…)
BIRD REPORTS
Sunday 7th June 2009 IoS Bird Reports
St Mary’s – Golden Oriole singing at entrance to church at Old Town. Also Quail on The Garrison and Common Scoter (7) between St Mary’s and Samson. Scilly Pelagics – Pom Skua 7mls south of St Mary’s from this evenings Read more…
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Saturday 6th June 2009 IoS Bird Reports
St Mary’s – *LITTLE BITTERN* (male) at Lower Moors from ISBG Hide at 14.18hrs and showing well (bird appears to have a damaged wing). Quail flushed from road to Penninis Head at 13.40hrs. Tresco – Golden Oriole at Rowesfields at Read more…
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Friday 5th June 2009 IoS Bird Reports
St Mary’s – Honey Buzzard (fem) flew over Porthloo towards The Garrison at 15.35hrs. Little-ringed Plover still at Porth Hellick Pool from seaward hide at 21.10hrs. Golden Oriole singing in dump clump viewable from ISBG hide and Turtle Doves at Read more…
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Thursday 4th June 2009 IoS Bird Reports
St Agnes – No sign of Black-eared Wheatear today. St Mary’s – Golden Oriole still this evening, singing at the dump clump. Also Hobby over. Little-ringed Plover this morning at Lower Moors. Bryher – Hobby, Dunlin (2), Lesser Redpoll (2) Read more…
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Wednesday 3rd June 2009 IoS Bird Reports
St Agnes – **BLACK-EARED WHEATEAR** (singing male possibly of eastern black-throated morph) at Little Porth Askin still this morning and showing well. This is the first in Britain since 2002 and only the 6th Scilly record. The last one on Scilly Read more…