Friday 11th October 2013 IoS Bird Sightings

SORA RAIL – 1 still on the Great Pool, Tresco.

Purple Heron – 1 still at Lower Moors.

Short-toed Lark – 1 still on St. Agnes.

Rose-coloured Starling – 1 on St. Agnes and 1 on Bryher.

Bluethroat – 1 at Porth Hellick.

Spoonbill – 1 flew over Hugh Town.

Red-breasted Flycatcher –1 Old Town Churchyard.

Wryneck – 1 Porth Minnick.

Yellow-browed Warbler – 4 on St. Mary’s, 1 on Tresco and 1 on St. Agnes.

Firecrest – Still 2 in Carreg Dhu Gardens .

Lapland Bunting – 2 on Peninnis and 1 on Gugh.

Snow Bunting – 1 on Peninnis and 1 on St. Agnes.

Garganey – 1 still on Tresco

Merlin – 1 St. Mary’s, 1 Tresco and 1 St. Agnes.

Jack Snipe – 2 Lower Moors, 3 Porth Hellick and 2 on Tresco.

Woodcock – 1 St. Mary’s.

Black-tailed Godwit – 1 Tresco.

Bar-tailed Godwit – 4 Green Island, Samson.

Whimbrel – 1 Old Town and 1 St. Martin’s.

Great Skua – 1 on the Scillonian crossing from Penzance to St. Mary’s.

Mediterranean Gull – 1 on Tresco.

Common Tern – A juvenile in Porth Hellick Bay.

Turtle Dove – 1 still at Porth Minnick.

Kingfisher – 1 Lower Moors.

Common Redstart – 1 on the Golf Course.

Whinchat – 2 on Tresco.

Ring Ouzel – 1 on St. Agnes.

Fieldfare – The first arrivals of the autumn were 30 over Porth Hellick.

Redwing – A noticeable influx with 300+ on St,. Mary’s and 20+ on St. Agnes.

Spotted Flycatcher – 1 on Harry’s Wall

Pied Flycatcher – 1 Old Town Churchyard.

Reed Bunting – 1 in Lower Moors and 1 at the junction of Higher Lanes and Telegraph Road.