Wednesday 29th July to Saturday 1st August 2015 IoS Bird Sightings
Wednesday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – A Mediterranean Gull was at Porthcressa. At sea – A Pomarine Skua was seen from the Scillonian III on the evening crossing from St. Mary’s to Penzance. Thursday’s...
View ArticleSunday 2nd to Tuesday 4th August 2015 IoS Bird Sightings
Sunday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – 3 Crossbills flew north over the Garrison. At sea – A morning short-range pelagic trip recorded 1 Balearic Shearwater, 2 Sooty Shearwaters, a Pomarine Skua and 2...
View ArticleWednesday 5th and Thursday 6th August 2015 IoS Bird Sightings
Wednesday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – The Pectoral Sandpiper was still on Porth Hellick Pool and 4 Mediterranean Gulls were in Porthcressa Bay. Tresco – 11 Greenshanks, 2 Redshanks, 2 Knots, a...
View ArticleFriday 7th to Sunday 9th August 2015 IoS Bird Sightings
Friday’s birds were: St. Agnes – 36 Dunlin, 18 Common Sandpipers, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Sanderlings, 15 Ringed Plovers and a Quail. At sea – A Cory’s, a Sooty and 3 Balearic Shearwaters were seen from...
View ArticleMonday 10th to Thursday 13th August 2015 IoS Bird Sightings
Monday’s birds were: At sea – An evening pelagic trip produced 5 Great Shearwaters, 2 Sooty Shearwaters, 80 European Storm-petrels, 5 Great Skuas, a Blue Shark and an Ocean Sunfish, Tuesday’s birds...
View ArticleFriday 14th to Sunday 16th August 2015 IoS Bird Sightings
Friday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – A Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshanks & a Kingfisher were at Porth Hellick Pool, 2 Wheatears were at Pelistry and another was at Deep point. 2 Spotted Flycatchers were...
View ArticleMonday 17th to Wednesday 19th August 2015 IoS Bird Sightings
Monday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – Pied Flycatchers widespread with 1 in a garden at High Lanes, 1 at Tremelethen, 2 in Carreg Dhu Gardens, 1 at Parting Carn, 1 by the Police Station in Hugh Town and 1...
View ArticleThursday 20th to Sunday 23rd August 2015 IoS Bird Sightings
Thursday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – A Whinchat was in the Standing Stones Field at Lower Moors and another was on Salakee Down, where there were also 2 Common Whitethroats. 2 Pied Flycatchers were at...
View ArticleMonday 24th and Tuesday 25th August 2015 IoS Bird Sightings
Tuesday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – 2 Ruff, a Green Sandpiper, 11Greenshanks & a Kingfisher were at Porth Hellick Pool and a Black Redstart was on Porthloo Beach. A Cory’s Shearwater flew past Deep...
View ArticleWednesday 26th and Thursday 27th August 2015 IoS Bird Sightings
Thursday’s birds were: St. Mary’s – The Western Bonelli’s Warbler was seen again in the pines halfway along Sandy Lane. St. Martin’s – A Dowitcher sp. was reported flying from White Island to Teän,...
View ArticleFriday 27th to Sunday 30th August 2015 IoS Bird Sightings
Friday’s birds were: Bryher – 7 Cory’s Shearwaters flew past Shipman Head. At sea – 4 Cory’s & 8 Balearic Shearwaters, 15 European Storm-petrels and 2 Grey Phalaropes were seen from the Scillonian...
View ArticleTuesday 1st September 2015 IoS Bird Sightings
St. Mary’s – 2 Whinchats, a Spotted & a Pied Flycatcher were on Peninnis, single Pied Flycatchers were at Longstone & Holy Vale and 2 more Whinchats were in Lower Moors. 9 Greenshanks were at...
View ArticleWednesday 2nd September 2015 IoS Bird Sightings
St. Agnes – A Golden Plover, a Ruff, a Common Sandpiper, a Green Sandpiper, a Wryneck,a White Wagtail, a Tree Pipit, 15+ Wheatears, 2 Whinchats, a Barred Warbler and a Lesser Whitethroat. St. Mary’s –...
View ArticleThursday 3rd September 2015 IoS Bird Sightings
St. Agnes – A Wryneck, a Barred Warbler and a Spotted Flycatcher. St. Mary’s – A Hippolais warbler was seen briefly in Carreg Dhu Gardens, it was thought to be a Melodious Warbler but Icterine Warbler...
View ArticleFriday 4th September 2015 IoS Bird Sightings
St. Agnes – The Wryneck and the Barred Warbler were still present. St. Martin’s – A male Common Redstart, a Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Ruffs and a Mediterranean Gull. St. Mary’s – A Common Sandpiper at Hugh...
View ArticleSaturday 5th September 2015 IoS Bird Sightings
St. Mary’s – 2 Ruffs were at Porth Hellick, a Green Sandpiper & a Spotted Flycatcher were in Lower Moors, a Pied Flycatcher was at Longstone and 5 Siskins (the first of the autumn) were at...
View ArticleSunday 6th September 2015 IoS Bird Sightings
Bryher – 2 juvenile Rose-coloured Starlings were on the campsite. St. Mary’s – A Common Snipe was in Lower Moors, a Wryneck was in a field along King Edward’s Road, Peninnis and a Yellow Wagtail was at...
View ArticleMonday 7th September 2015 IoS Bird Sightings
St. Agnes – A Paddyfield Warbler showed briefly in the scrub at the east end of the campsite. Also on the island were: a Teal, 2 Ruffs, a Common Snipe, 2 Common Sandpipers, a Merlin, a Turtle Dove, a...
View ArticleTuesday 8th September 2015 IoS Bird Sightings
St. Mary’s – A Common & 2 Green Sandpipers and a Grey & 5 Yellow Wagtails were at Porth Hellick. Another Grey Wagtail was in Hugh Town, a Pied Flycatcher was at Longstone, 10 Siskins were at...
View ArticleWednesday 9th September 2015 IoS Bird Sightings
St. Mary’s – A Hobby, a Green Sandpiper & a Common Sandpiper were at Porth Hellick, a Green Sandpiper & 4 Siskins were in Lower Moors and 20+ Siskins flew over Hugh Town. Tresco – A Merlin, a...
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