Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Tuesday evening from Porthlow

Tuesday evening from Porthlow Bank/beach .......Robin Mawer

Sunday, April 21, 2024

Sunday evening Porthlow

Sunday evening Sunset Time from above the middle of Porthlow Beach.......Robin Mawer


Purple Heron

This fairly rare Purple Heron was by the far hedge of a field next to the Rosehill Nature Trail seen from a gate on the road to Telegraph.

It was there all day as far as I have heard !.....Robin Mawer



Saturday Sunset Time from in front of my old Cow House at Porthlow Farm.

Saturday Sunset Time from in front of my old Cow House at Porthlow Farm........Robin Mawer

Saturday, April 20, 2024

Saturday Sunset from Porthlow.

Saturday Sunset from Porthlow.......Robin Mawer

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Tuesday Aftersun

Tuesday Aftersun pinched from Altamira Holidays Webcam......Robin Mawer

Monday, April 15, 2024

Monday Porthlow Sunset

Monday evening from the road at Porthlow Beach corner. .....Robin Mawer

Sunday, April 14, 2024

Sunday Sunset from Altamira Holidays Webcam

Tonight's Sunset again grabbed from Altamira Holidays Webcam . By the time I could get to my window I was too late !......Robin Mawer

Saturday, April 13, 2024

Saturday sunset

Saturday evening sunset from my garden at Porthlow .........Robin Mawer

Friday, April 12, 2024

Woodchat Shrike

This first for the year - Woodchat Shrike was found by a visitor this afternoon at Pendrathen . They are scarce annual visitors most years to Scilly.......Robin Mawer

Tuesday, April 09, 2024

Tuesday evening from Altamira webcam

The best I could manage this Tuesday evening for Sunset time was this view from the Altamira Holidays Webcam !!!....Robin Mawer

Saturday, April 06, 2024

Bacon Ledge is breaking just outside Taylors

Saturday, Porthlow at High Tide with a large swell from Irish Storm Kathleen. Here the Bacon Ledge is breaking just outside Taylors Island .......Robin Mawer

Monday, March 25, 2024

Monday evening from Porthlow

Monday evening from Porthlow.......Robin Mawer

Sunday, March 24, 2024

Dwarf Narcissus " Canaliculatus "

The pretty little sweet scented Dwarf Narcissus " Canaliculatus ".....Robin Mawer


Friday, March 22, 2024

Pittosporum crassifolium flowering at the moment

Pittosporum crassifolium flowering at the moment . This is the tree from New Zealand which is most commonly used for shelter hedges for the flower fields in Scilly ......Robin Mawer

Some of the later flowering flowers.

Some of the later flowering flowers..........Robin Mawer




Old & New

Old & New A fairly old photo (before St. Mary's Hall was built) looking down Church Road from Mathews Field (old photo posted by Brian Lindsay Sanford) to compare with one I took today (22.3.24) from as near as I could work out to where the old one was taken - not very easy !!!...........Robin Mawer


Thursday, March 21, 2024

Possibly Cornish Niveth daffodil

Possibly Cornish Niveth daffodil in front of Hugh House ........Robin Mawer