Sightings

A selection from Monday’s log call:

Pomarine Skua (J.Pender)

BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS – At least 5 birders saw this bird as it flew past Gugh.

SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER – A small wader flying over Hugh town towards Porthcressa was heard to call and thought to be this species.

Little Bunting – 1 Lower Moors, 1 on St. Martin’s and 1 at Browarth, St. Agnes.

Eastern Yellow Wagtail – 1 in Peninnis Farm fields and in Lower Moors.

Short-toed Lark – 1 on the Airfield.

Barred Warbler – 1 Carn Friars Farm.

Woodlark – 1 in a field between Borough Farm and Watermill Lane.

Red-breasted Flycatcher (M.Goodey)

Red-breasted Flycatcher – 1 Newford Duck Pond and 2 St. Agnes.

Wryneck – 1 Peninnis, 1 Porth Minnick and 1 in Buzza Quarry. (more…)

A selection from Sunday’s log call:

Little Bunting – 1 flew from Peninnis to Lower Moors, 1 on St. Martin’s and 1 at Browarth, St. Agnes.

Eastern Yellow Wagtail – 1 in Peninnis Farm fields and in Lower Moors.

Serin – 1 Telegraph.

Short-toed Lark – 1 on the Airfield.

Red-breasted Flycatcher – 2 Newford Duck Pond, 1 Holy Vale and 2 St. Agnes.

Wryneck – 1 Peninnis and 1 in Buzza Quarry. (more…)

A selection from Saturday’s log call:

Eastern Yellow Wagtail (M.Goodey)

Little Bunting – 1 in the Standing Stones Field, Lower Moors, 1 on St. Martin’s and 1 at Browarth, St. Agnes.

Eastern Yellow Wagtail – 1 in Peninnis Farm fields and in Lower Moors.

Serin – 1 in Holy Vale flew towards Longstone.

Short-toed Lark – 1 on the Airfield.

Barred Warbler – 1 Buzza Quarry. (more…)

A selection from Friday’s log call:

Eastern Yellow Wagtail (M.Goodey)

Little Bunting – 1 in the Standing Stones Field, Lower Moors, 1 on St. Martin’s and 1 at Browarth, St. Agnes.

Eastern Yellow Wagtail – 1 commuting between Peninnis fields and Lower Moors.

Serin – 1 Bryher.

Short-toed Lark – 1 on the Airfield.

Balearic Shearwater – 1 on a short-range pelagic trip.

Great Shearwater – 8 on a short-range pelagic trip. (more…)

PALE-LEGGED or SAKHALIN LEAF WARBLER – A bird which was one of these two species was found dead in the garden of St. Agnes Lighthouse after flying into a window. Whichever species it turns out to be, it will be a Read more…

Lapland Bunting (M.Goodey)

A selection from Thursday’s log call:

Cattle Egret – 1 Pelistry.

Western Subalpine Warbler – 1 in St. Mary’s Hall Garden, Hugh Town.

Little Bunting – 1 Browarth, St. Agnes.

Greenish Warbler – 1 at Veronica Farm, Bryher.

Yellow Wagtail – A probable Eastern Yellow Wagtail was in Lower Moors.

Pallas’s Warbler – 1 on the Garrison.

Barred Warbler – 1 in fields opposite the riding stables.

Short-toed Lark – 1 on the Airfield (more…)

A selection from Wednesday’s Bird log:

Cattle Egret – 2 commuting between Sunnyside and Pelistry.

Western Subalpine Warbler – 1 in St. Mary’s Hall Garden, Hugh Town.

Little Bunting – 1 Porth Killier, St. Agnes and 1 Great Pool, Tresco.

Coal Tit – There were 2 sightings of this Scilly rarity: 1 on the Garrison and 1 in Carreg Dhu Gardens.

Short-toed Lark – 1 on the Airfield

Red-breasted Flycatcher – 3 Newford Duck Pond, 1 Carreg Dhu Gardens and 2 St. Agnes.

Red-breasted Flycatcher (K.Webb)

Dotterel – 2 on Shipman Head Down, Bryher.

Wryneck – 3 Peninnis.

Firecrest – 4 on St. Mary’s and 2 on St. Agnes. (more…)

A selection from Tuesday’s Bird log:

Caspian Gull – 1 was photographed at Porth Killier, St. Agnes. This is the first record of this species for Scilly.

Sora Rail – Still showing from the Swarovski hide on Tresco.

Cattle Egret – 2 commuting between Sunnyside and Pelistry.

Western Subalpine Warbler – 1 in St. Mary’s Hall Garden, Hugh Town.

Western Subalpine Warbler (K.Webb)

Short-toed Lark – 1 on the Airfield

Red-breasted Flycatcher – 2 Newford Duck Pond and 1 Carreg Dhu Gardens.

Dotterel – 2 on Shipman Head Down, Bryher.

Wryneck – 2 Peninnis and 1 Maypole. (more…)

Processed imgs of Yesterday's 1cy Caspian Gull, please circulate amoungst any interested on scilly @stagnesnature @dub_birder @ISBG2014 pic.twitter.com/RrRWDkX7xS — Jamie Partridge (@jarpartridge) October 13, 2016