October 2018

A selection from Monday’s log call:

Tawny Pipit – 1 Bryher.

Pectoral Sandpiper – 2 on the Great Pool, Tresco.

Buff-breasted Sandpiper – 1 briefly on the Great Pool, Tresco and what was probably the samebird was seen later on Porth Hellick Beach,

Rose-coloured Starling – A juvenile on St. Martin’s.

 Spoonbill – 1 on Green Island, Samson.

Hobby – A juvenile over Port Hellick.

Red-breasted Flycatcher – 1 on Pool Road, Tresco.

Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 Holy Vale and 1by the Great Pool, Tresco.

Lapland Bunting – 1 Golf Course. (more…)

A selection from Monday’s log call were:

Tawny Pipit – 1 Bryher.

Common Rosefinch – 2 St. Agnes.

Pectoral Sandpiper – 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco.

Rose-coloured Starling – A juvenile on St. Martin’s.

Spoonbill – 1 on Green Island, Samson.

Hobby – 1 over Higher Moors.

Red-breasted Flycatcher – 2 on Pool Road, Tresco.

Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 Lower Moors, 1 Bryher, 1 Tresco, 1 St. Martin’s and 1 on St. Agnes. (more…)

A selection from Sunday’s log call were:

Tawny Pipit – 1 Bryher.

Common Rosefinch – 1 Bryher & 1 St. Agnes.

Little Bunting – 1 was photographed by a non-birder on the coastal path from Porth Hellick Bay to Old town Bay.

Pectoral Sandpiper – 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco.

Wryneck – 1 St. Agnes.

Spoonbill – 1 on Green Island, Samson.

Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 Newford Duck Pond, 1 on the Garrison and 1 on St. Agnes. (more…)

Highlights from the first Log call of the Scilly Season were:

Tawny Pipit – 1 Bryher.

Common Rosefinch – 2 St. Agnes.

Ortolan Bunting – 1 Peninnis.

Pectoral Sandpiper – 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco.

Wryneck – 1 St. Agnes.

 Spoonbill – 1 on Green Island, Samson.

Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 Newford Duck Pond.

Lapland Bunting – 1 Golf Course. (more…)