Saturday’s birds were: St. Agnes – The Least Sandpiper was still on the Big Pool. Sunday’s birds were: St. Agnes – The Least Sandpiper was still on the Big Pool. St. Mary’s – 6 Greenshanks were on Porth Hellick Pool. Read more…
St. Agnes – The Least Sandpiper was on the Big Pool and Periglis Beach. Also seen on the island were 9 Turnstones, 3 Common Sandpipers and a Redshank. Inter-island waters –A Balearic and 400+ Manx Shearwaters were in St. Mary’s Read more…
St. Agnes – A LEAST SANDPIPER was found on the Big Pool, this is only the third record for Scilly. Also seen were 3 Dunlins and a Sanderling. St. Mary’s – The Common Crane was seen at Rocky Hills & Read more…
St. Mary’s – A Whimbrel, 3 Greenshanks and 2 Common Swifts were at Porth Hellick
St. Mary’s – The Common Crane was at Porthloo Farm. At sea – A Great Skua, an Arctic Skua, an Arctic Tern and 8 Common Dolphins were seen on the Scillonian crossing from Penzance to St. Mary’s
Tresco – A Black Redstart. At sea – A short-ranged pelagic trip produced the year’s first Great Shearwater, a Balearic Shearwater, 50 European Storm-petrels, an Arctic Tern, 2 Ocean Sunfish and 3 Blue Sharks were caught, tagged and released.
St. Mary’s – A Whimbrel & 4 Greenshanks were at Porth Hellick and a Hobby was over Lower Moors.
St. Mary’s – 2 Tufted Ducks, 5 Black-tailed Godwits and 3 Greenshanks were on Porth Hellick Pool. 200+ Manx Shearwaters flew past Deep Point. Tresco – A Redshank, a Turnstone, a Common Sandpiper and 2 Whimbrels. Samson – A Whimbrel. Annet – 800+ Manx Shearwaters were offshore and the subadult Common Crane was on the island late evening.