Thursday’s birds were:
St. Mary’s – The female Little Bittern was still on the pool at Lower Moors and the Night Heron flew from the reeds at 21:20. A Whinchat was on Peninnis, a Hooded Crow was on the Golf Course, an Osprey was seen from MacFarland’s Down and a Hobby was over Porth Hellick.
Bryher – A Golden Oriole, a magnificent full summer Grey Plover, a Whinchat, 12 Spotted Flycatchers and 14 Common Whitethroats.
St. Martin’s – A Golden Plover, a Hobby and probably the same Osprey that was seen from MacFarland’s Down.
Tresco – A Common Buzzard.
Inter-island waters – A Great Northern Diver was seen from the Scillonian III off the Eastern Isles. Another 15 Great Northern Divers, 5 Common Terns and 450+ Manx Shearwaters were seen on the ‘Shearwater Special’ trip in the evening.
Friday’s birds were:
St. Mary’s – A Hooded Crow was on the Golf Course, a Common Sandpiper was on Porth Hellick Pool and a Merlin was at Porthloo.
Saturday’s birds were:
St. Mary’s – The female Little Bittern was still on Lower Moors Pool.
St. Agnes – A Quail flew in off the sea and landed on Wingletang Down.
Sunday’s birds were:
St. Mary’s – The female Little Bittern was still on Lower Moors Pool.
St. Agnes – 4 Whimbrels, a Common Redstart and a Lesser Whitethroat.
Bryher – A real Scilly rarity – a Yellowhammer!