Saturday (16/12) Surf Scoter – A 1st-winter female was still in Pentle Bay, Tresco, Common Scoter – 9 off Carn Near, Tresco, Greylag Goose – 1 in the field just north of the Road by the entrance to Higher Moors. Shoveler – A drake Read more…
Saturday (09/12) Eastern Yellow Wagtail – 1 again in the Longstone/Tremelethen area. Cattle Egret – 2 in fields south of Longstone Bungalow. Lapwing – 1 in the old chicken field at Tremelethen. Grey Wagtail – 1 in the old chicken field at Tremelethen. Sunday Read more…
Saturday (02/12) Cattle Egret – 2 circled the cattle fields sooth of Longstone and drifted off south. Red-throated Diver – 2 off Innisidgen. Little Egret – 3 at Innisidgen. Oystercatcher – The longipes (Siberian) Oystercatcher last reported from Little Porth on 22/10 was at Bar Point. Read more…
Saturday (25/11) Cape May Warbler – The first-winter female was still feeding in bushes and on rocks in Green Bay Beach, below the track to Veronica Farm, Bryher. Serin – 1 singing at Normandy. Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 on Porth Hellick Loop Trail. Read more…
Saturday (18/11) Wigeon – 5 on the Great Pool, Tresco. Pintail – 5on the Great Pool, Tresco. Pochard – 5 on the Great Pool, Tresco. Spoonbill – 1 flew north over Hugh Town. Waxwing – 1 an injured bird was at Higher Town, St. Martin’s. Read more…
Sunday (12/11) Waxwing – 1 in a garden in Old Town. Firecrest – 2 in Lower Moors at the Rosehill end. Siberian Chiffchaff – 1 in Lower Moors at the Rosehill end. Wigeon – 1 0n Shooters’ Pool. Kingfisher – 1 in Old Town Bay. Read more…
HEADLINE NEWS ***CAPE MAY WARBLER*** – 1 was found on Bryher on Friday (photos). See below for further details. Monday (06/11) Waxwing – The 2 birds feeding on apples at the Moorwell Allotments were joined by a third bird. Purple Sandpiper – 1 Read more…
Wednesday (01/11) GREY-CHEEKED THRUSH – 1 was still present in the fields at the bottom of Rocky Hill. Little Bunting – 1 still in afield along Sandy Lane and 1 still near the fire station at New Grimsby, Tresco, Red-breasted Flycatcher – 1 Read more…
Saturday (28/10) GREY-CHEEKED THRUSH – 1 was still present in the field at the bottom of Rocky Hill. PADDYFIELD WARBLER –1 showed briefly at Porth Hellick just inside the gate at the seaward end of the boardwalk. Red-breasted Flycatcher – 1 on the Read more…
Wednesday (25/10) More non-bird headlines the AMERICAN PAINTED LADY was still in a field on Sandy Lane and another was found dead in Trench Lane, Old Town. This is the 6th Scilly Record and the 3rd in the last 4 days. Hume’s Warbler – A Read more…