Tuesday A Cetti’s Warbler caught at Porth Hellick Ringing Station was a male in complete juvenile plumage. This may be an indication of local breeding. A juvenile Cuckoo was on Porth Hellick Down. An evening boat trip saw 250+ Manx Shearwater, a Sooty Shearwater and an Arctic Tern all Read more…
Tuesday A Green Sandpiper and a Cetti’s Warbler were at Shooters’ Pool Wednesday 12 Sandwich Tern, 3 Mediterranean Gull ,7 Black-headed Gull and a Common Sandpiper were at Porthcressa. 5 Crossbill were at Longstone and flew off towards Sandy Lane. Thursday A Sooty Shearwater was in a flock of Manx Shearwater west of Mincarlo, Wester Isles. Read more…
Friday 25 Swift were over Longstone. Saturday 2 Mediterranean Gull were in Porthcressa Bay, 2 were in Tresco Channel and 6 were hawking flying ants over Tresco, 20 Swift were also over Tresco and a Little Egret was in Tresco Channel. There were 2 Sanderling and 12 Sandwich Tern on St. Martin’s Read more…
Monday No reports Tuesday The first short-range evening pelagic trip produced the first Wilson’s Storm-petrel of the season and 40 European Storm-petrel. A Dunlin & a Common Sandpiper flew over McFarland’s Down late evening and 5 Swift flew south over Hugh Town Wednesday A Whimbrel flew over the Garrison and the Read more…
Dear Friends of ISBG, Due to COVID-19, we expect that fewer birders will be coming to Scilly this October and the log (if it goes ahead) is going to be a very different affair from previous years. Our printers, Swallowtail, Read more…
Wednesday The only report was of a Hobby over Normandy. Thursday The Cetti’s Warbler was still near the Dump Clump and a brief visit to Tresco produced a Tufted Duck, a Black-tailed Godwit, a Golden Plover and 3 Mediterranean Gull. Friday A large shearwater seen off Morning Point was Read more…
Thursday A Great White Egret was flushed from Teän and flew towards St. Martin’s also on Teän were 15 -20 Curlew and 2 newly fledged Ringed Plovers. A Green Sandpiper was at Porth Hellick and Lower Moors and 3 Crossbill were at Longstone. Friday An adult Mediterranean Gull was near the Read more…
Firstly news from 2019, the BBRC have accepted the Hume’s Warbler at Newford Duck Pond last November. Saturday The Red-rumped Swallow was still at Porth Hellick. 8 Swift were over Kittydown, 6 were over Longstone and 6 were over the Garrison. A sea-watch from Read more…
Firstly late news from Saturday (13/06) 2 Rose-coloured Starling flew past the Daymark on St. Martin’s. Also of interest the Scopoli’s Shearwater seen from a Sapphire Pelagic on July 11 last year has been accepted by BBRC as the second record for Britain after the first Read more…
Wednesday 3 Crossbill flew over the pines at Spray View, near Deep Point & 1 was at Longstone, a Hobby was over Trenoweth and the Yellow-legged Gull flew over Bay View Terrace towards Porthloo Thursday 7 Crossbill flew over Longstone, 3 Swift were over Longstone with another over High Lanes Read more…