Friday 7 European Storm-petrel and a Sooty Shearwater were seen from the Scillonian III on the morning crossing from Penzance to St. Mary’s. The juvenile Ruff was still on Porth Hellick Pool and the Buff-breasted Sandpiper was again on Peninnis before flying off towards the Garrison. A female Read more…
Sunday A juvenile Ruff and 5 Wheatear were on the airfield. At Porth Hellick 9 Greenshank, 2 Dunlin & 9 Ringed Plover were on the beach, a Common Sandpiper was on the Pool and a Cetti’s Warbler was in the bushes. A Crossbill was at Longstone. Birds reported from Tresco were 100 Sanderling, 100 Ringed Plover, 16 Dunlin, 6 Knot and a Black-tailed Read more…
Thursday 42 Great Shearwater, 26 Cory’s Shearwater, a Sooty Shearwater & a Balearic Shearwater flew past Peninnis and 15 Great Shearwater, a Cory’s Shearwater & 2 Sooty Shearwater flew past Deep Point. On St. Martin’s 3 Great Skua flew past the Daymark and a Pied Flycatcher was at Little Arthur Farm’ A very early Black Redstart was Read more…
Tuesday A Balearic Shearwater flew past Peninnis Head and a Cory’s Shearwater was seen from the Scillonian III on the return trip to Penzance. A Green Sandpiper was between Pendrathen & Bar Point and a Whinchat & a Wheatear were near Peninnis Lighthouse. The evening sharking/pelagic trip 5 miles south Read more…
Sunday 6 Whimbrel & 9 Greenshank were in Porth Hellick Bay and a Green Sandpiper flew over the airfield. A Sooty Shearwater flew past Giant’s Castle and 15 Mediterranean Gull, a Yellow-legged Gull & 34 Sandwich Tern were at Porthcressa. A Pied Flycatcher was in the bushes at Newford duck Pond. On Tresco there were Read more…
Friday A Great Northern Diver was off St. Agnes and a Lapwing, a Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 10 Greenshank & a Cetti’s Warbler were at Porth Hellick. A Whimbrel flew over the Garrison, 3 Pied Flycatcher were in the Garrison Pines, a Wheatear was near the Star Castle and 2 Crossbill were at Longstone. On St. Read more…
Tuesday The first Wryneck of the autumn was along the coastal path from Old Town to Porth Hellick 200 yards west of Blue Carn and likewise the first Pied Flycatcher was in the pines above Innisidgen. A Wheatear, a Blackcap & a Common Whitethroat were on Peninnis, single Water Rail were Read more…
Wednesday A Sooty Shearwater flew past Peninnis Head, a Common Sandpiper was in Lower Moors and a Crossbill was at Longstone Thursday 3 Swift were over Old town and the Crossbill was still at Longstone. The evening pelagic trip 5 miles south of St. Mary’s produced 1 Cory’s Shearwater, 16 Great Shearwater, Read more…
Saturday A Green Sandpiper flew over Lunnon, a Mediterranean Gull was at Pelistry, a Wheatear was at Deep Point and 2 Crossbill were in Carreg Dhu pines. On Tresco 9 Greenshank, 5 Redshank & 3 Little Egret were on the Great Pool and a Garden Warbler & a Whitethroat were on Pool Road. Sunday The Mediterranean Gull was still Read more…
Thursday Another unbelievable evening pelagic trip3 miles southwest of Bishop Rock produced a first for Britain in the shape of a ZINO’S PETREL it didn’t hang around for long but every birder on board managed to get views of it. This is Read more…