Wednesday 20th October 2010 IoS Bird Reports

Highlights from Wednesday night’s log:-

Red-flanked Bluetail & Grey-cheeked Thrush on St. Martin’s and Subalpine Warbler on the track to Mount Todden Farm.

Barnacle Goose – 1 Bryher.

Red-throated Diver – 1 St. Martin’s.

Spoonbill – 1 Samson

Marsh Harrier – 1 St. Agnes.

Merlin – 1 St. Martin’s

Spotted Crake – 1 Tresco.

Grey Plover – 2 Bryher.

Lapwing – 1 St. Martin’s

Jack Snipe – 1 Porth Hellick Pool and 2 Lower Moors.

Great Skua – 1 off the Daymark, St. Martin’s.

Mediterranean Gull – A first-winter Morning Point and an adult in Hugh Town Harbour.

Turtle Dove – 1 Porth Mellon.

Short-eared Owl – 1 Bryher.

Hoopoe – 1 St. Martin’s

Richard’s Pipit – 1 Telegraph and 1 St. Martin’s.

Ring Ouzel – 1 Peninnis.

Icterine Warbler – 1 Bryher.

Melodious Warbler – 1 St. Martin’s.

Dartford Warbler – 1 St. Martin’s

Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 Porth Hellick and 1 Lower Moors.

Firecrest – 7 on St. Mary’s and 1 on St. Martin’s.

Brambling – 1 Tresco

Crossbill – 1 Tresco and 1 at the Riding Stables.

Hawfinch – 2 Maypole.

Lapland Bunting– 2 Peninnis and 4 Bryher.

Snow Bunting – 2 Giant’s Castle and 1 Golf Course.