Sunday 6th October 2013 IoS Bird Sightings

Todays highlights include:

Arctic Warbler – 1 at Newford Duck Pond.

Purple Heron – 1 still at Lower Moors visiting Porth Hellick briefly in the afternoon.

Subalpine Warbler – 1 St. Agnes.

Short-toed Lark – 1 on the airfield and 1 St. Agnes.

Rose-coloured Starling – 1 on St. Agnes.

Bluethroat – 1 Lower Moors.

Spotted Crake – 1 Lower Moors.

Red-breasted Flycatcher – 1 Newford Duck Pond, 1 Holy Vale, 1 Old Town Churchyard 1 Bryher and 2 St. Agnes.

Wryneck – 1 Hugh Town, 2 Borough Farm, St. Mary’s, 3 Bryher and 1 St. Agnes.

Yellow-browed Warbler – 6 on St. Mary’s, 2 on Bryher, 2 on St. Agnes and 1 on Tresco.

Firecrest – 1 Old Town Churchyard and 1 on the Garrison.

Lapland Bunting – 1 Garrison, 1 Airfield and 2 on St. Martin’s.

Garganey – 1 Tresco.

Pintail – 3 Tresco.

Common Scoter – 1 off Hugh Town quay, 1 off Watermill and 3 off St. Agnes.

Balearic Shearwater – 2 off Giant’s Castle..

Golden Plover – 3 Porth Minnick.

Little Stint – 1 Tresco and 2 Bryher.

Jack Snipe – 1 Lower Moors.

Bar-tailed Godwit – 2 Porthloo.

Mediterranean Gull – 1st- winter Porthloo.

Turtle Dove – 1 Porth Minnick & 1 Garrison.

Kingfisher – 1 Lower Moors and 1 Porth Hellick.

Nightingale – 1 on St. Martin’s.

Common Redstart – 1 St. Agnes, 1 Gugh and 1 St. Martin’s.

Whinchat – 2 Lower Moors, 2 Porth Minnick, 2 Higher Moors, 1 Watermill, 2 Tresco, 2 St. Agnes and 14 Bryher.

Lesser Whitethroat – 1 Old Town Church.

Spotted Flycatcher – 1 Telegraph Road,1 Green Farm, 1 Lower Moors, 1 St. Agnes, 1 Gugh and 3 Tresco.

Pied Flycatcher – 2 Green Farm, 1 on the Garrison, 1 Old Town Churchyard, 2 St. Martin’s and 1 St. Agnes.

Lesser Redpoll – 1 Hugh Town, 1 Borough Farm, St. Mary’s and 1 Bryher.