Wednesday (07/10) the birding is definitely improving, rarities from both east and west were found today
Swainson’s Thrush – 1 seen and photographed in the Standing Stones Field, Lower Moors
Red-eyed Vireo – 1 in Middle Town Pines, St. Martin’s
Arctic Warbler – 1 seen and photographed at Dolphin Cottage between New & Old Grimsby, Tresco
Little Bunting – 1 next to Longstone Lodge flew towards Telegraph
American Golden Plover – 1 still on Castle Down, Tresco
Pectoral Sandpiper – 1 still on Porth Hellick Pool
Brent Goose – 13 off the Garrison
Pink-footed Goose – 5 in a field west of Longstone Bungalow
Great Northern Diver – 1 off Watermill
European Storm-petrel 5 seen on a pelagic trip 9miles Northeast of St. Mary’s
Sooty Shearwater – 4 seen on a pelagic trip 9miles Northeast of St. Mary’s
Manx Shearwater – 1 seen on a pelagic trip 9miles Northeast of St. Mary’s
Little Egret – 1 Old Town Bay
Sparrowhawk – 1 flew through Carn Gwaval Quarry
Water Rail –2 Porth Hellick, 1 Dump Clump
Golden Plover – 2 still on Castle Down, Tresco
Bar-tailed Godwit – 1 on Taylor’s Island, Porthloo
Whimbrel – 3 Pelistry
Jack Snipe – 2 Porth Hellick Pool
Common Sandpiper – 1 Watermill
Mediterranean Gull – 1 south of the Garrison
Great Skua – 2 seen on a pelagic trip 9miles Northeast of St. Mary’s
Kingfisher – 1 Porth Hellick Pool
Wryneck – 1 Deep Point Quarry, 1 still on Gugh, 1 Wingletang, St. Martin’s
Great Spotted Woodpecker – 1 in the Garrison Pines, 1 calling in Lower Moors later moving to Porthloo Lane
Merlin – 1 over the Garrison Football Pitch
Hooded Crow – 1 Back Lane, Tresco
Raven – 1 over Old Town Bay
Skylark – 4 south west over Porth Hellick
Cetti’s Warbler – 1 at Higher Moors
Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 by the Stephen Sussex Hide, Porth Hellick, 1 Lower Broome, 1 in a garden on Church Street, 1 Porth Hellick Loop Trail, 1 behind Porthloo Duck Pond, 1 Carn Gwaval Quarry, 2 Newford Duck Pond, 2 Holy Vale, 2 Rowesfield Crossroads, Tresco, 1 Seven Stones, St. Martin’s, 1 Old Grimsby, Tresco
Lesser Whitethroat – 1 reported as “Blythi type” in sycamores through Garrison Arch
Firecrest – 1 just south of Carreg Dhu Gardens, 1 Garrison Campsite Garden, 1 Trenoweth,
Ring Ouzel – 1 on the coastal path blow the airfield turning circle
Spotted Flycatcher – 1 Porth Hellick Bank, 1 Carn Gwaval Quarry, 1 Holy Vale, 1 St. Martin’s
Pied Flycatcher – 1 Holy Vale, 1 Telegraph
Red-breasted Flycatcher – 1 in the Dump clump
Redstart – 1 in Carn Gwaval Quarry, 1 opposite Carn Friars Farm Shop
Whinchat – 1 Porth Hellick bank, 2 Higher Moors, 2 Porth Hellick Trail, 3 St. Martin’s
Olive-backed Pipit – A probable dropped into the wired apple orchard field on Carn Friars Farm but could not be relocated
Lesser Redpoll – 1 over Holy Vale
Crossbill – 6 flew east past Deep Point, 10 over Porth Hellick, 9 over Higher Moors, 5 over Salakee
Siskin – 1 Longstone Lodge, 25 Lunnon, 6 Garrison
