A selection from Tuesday’s log call:
Surf Scoter – 1 still near Teän.
Common Rosefinch – Sightings at the dump, Porth Mellon and Sunnyside most likely involved just 1 individual.
Barn Owl – 1 Porth Hellick Loop. This a very scarce bird on Scilly.
Barred Warbler – 1 Porth Hellick.
Rose-coloured Starling – A juvenile on St. Martin’s.
Water Pipit – 1 by the pool on Bryher.
Red-breasted Flycatcher – 1 Carreg Dhu Gardens.
Red-backed Shrike – 1 St. Agnes and 1 Pelistry.
Yellow-browed Warbler – 11 on St. Mary’s.
Firecrest – 1 Carreg Dhu Gardens and 1 Porth Hellick.
Spoonbill – 2 on Green Island, Samson.
Grey Phalarope – 3 on a pelagic trip.
Sooty Shearwater – 1 on the pelagic trip.
Black Redstart – 9 on St. Mary’s, 1 on St. Martin’s and 7 on St. Agnes.
Brent Goose – 5 in the Roads.
Whooper Swan – 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Common Scoter – 3 near Teän.
Little Egret – 1 Pelistry, 1 Porthloo, 1 Porthcressa and 1 Old Town Bay.
Grey Plover – 2 on the pelagic trip and 1 on Bryher.
Whimbrel – 2 Porth Hellick Beach, 1 Porthloo and 1 Tresco.
Bar-tailed Godwit – 1 Porthloo, 1 Bar and 2 on Tresco.
Wood Sandpiper – 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Mediterranean Gull – 3 Telegraph and 2 in the Roads.
Merlin – 2 or 3 on St. Mary’s.
Skylark – 11 St. Mary’s.
Lesser Whitethroat – 1 Airport Lane.
Ring Ouzel – 1 Peninnis and 1 Carn Friars.
Redwing – 15 over Pungies Lane, 2 Garrison and 1 Peninnis.
Mistle Thrush – 1 St. Agnes.
Spotted Flycatcher – 1 St. Martin’s.
Pied Flycatcher – 1 Tremelethen and 1 Holy Vale.
Redstart – 5 on St. Mary’s.
Whinchat – 1 Porth Hellick, 2 Pelistry, 1 Golf Course and 1 Standing Stones Field.
Yellow Wagtail – 1 Porthcressa, 1 Longstone, 1 Airfield. 1 Riding Stables, 1 Carreg Dhu Gardens, 1 Maypole and an eastern/ southern type bird commuting between the airfield and Porth Hellick.
White Wagtail – 3 Longstone.
Tree Pipit 1 Lower Moors.
Brambling – 1 Peninnis.
Lesser Redpoll – 2 on St. Martin’s and 1 Lower Moors.
Reed Bunting – 2 Standing Stones Field, Lower Moors, and 2 St. Martin’s