Friday (16/10)
American Buff-bellied Pipit – 1 still at Horse Point, St. Agnes
Siberian Stonechat – 1 on Gugh
Olive- backed Pipit – 1 in an orchard on Carn Friars Lane just past the farm trail
Little Bunting – 1 feeding on Castle Down, Tresco, 1 Deep Point Quarry
Pallas’s Warbler – 1 on the track above Seven Stones pub, St. Martin’s (photo)
Great White Egret – 2 flew over Popplestone Bay heading towards Tresco, then seen later flying east over Sandy Lane and ending up on the Great Pool, Tresco
There were 4 species of goose on Scilly today!
Brent Goose – 4 Samson
Greylag Goose – 1 in a field at Four Lanes, 1 flying from Bryher to Tresco, 1 over Porthloo
Pink-footed Goose – 7 in a field at Four Lanes
White-fronted Goose – 1 albifrons at several sites on St. Mary’s
Shelduck – 1 Porthloo
Mandarin – The drake of unknown origin flew over Porthloo and landed on the pool in Lower Moors
Spoonbill – 3 Green Island
Little Egret – 1 Old Town Bay, 1 Porthloo
Hen Harrier – 1 over Porthloo towards Telegraph
Lapwing – 1 over Porthloo
Jack Snipe – 1 Lower Moors, 2 Porth Hellick
Mediterranean Gull – 23 in the Roads/ Tresco Channel, 2 Porthloo
Short-eared Owl – 1 over King Edward’s Road, Peninnis, later flew over Halangy, flew over Hugh Town at Duck
Great Spotted Woodpecker – 1 Sunnyside Trail & Holy Vale
Merlin – 1 Horse Point, St. Agnes (photo) 1 over Watermill, 1 perched at Pelistry, 1 over Longstone
Hobby – 1 Gugh
Red-backed Shrike – 1 still behind Longstone Lodge (photo)
Skylark – 1 King Edward’s Road, Peninnis, 1 in off the sea at Pelistry
Cetti’s Warbler – 1 Porth Hellick
Yellow-browed Warbler – 10 on St. Mary’s, 4 on St. Agnes, 1 on Bryher, 1 on Tresco and 1 on St. Martin’s
Lesser Whitethroat – 1 trapped and ringed at Porth Hellick Ringing Station was thought to be one of the eastern races. Feathers have been retained to send of for DNA identification
Firecrest – 1 Halangy, 1 near Old Town Church, 2 Carreg Dhu Gardens, 1 on the track above Seven Stones pub, St. Martin’s
Ring Ouzel – 1 Peninnis Farm Trail, 1 on the west side of Peninnis, 1 Bar Point, 1 on Gugh
Redwing – an increase from the 15th
Fieldfare – increase from the 15th
Mistle Thrush – 1 in the sunken garden at the junction of Telegraph Road northern end of Porthloo Lane, 1 on the west side of Peninnis
Nightingale – 1 still at Little Porth
Pied Flycatcher – 1 in the Fruit Cage, St. Agnes, 1 on the track above Seven Stones pub, St. Martin’s
Red-breasted Flycatcher – 1 Peninnis Allotments, 1Carn Gwaval, 1 at the Higher Moors end of Lower Moors, 1 on the track above Seven Stones pub, St. Martin’s (photo)
Black Redstart – 1 between Giant’s Castle & Porth Hellick, 4 Porthloo, 1 St. Warna’s Cove, St. Agnes, 1 St. Agnes Churchyard, 1 Popplestone Brow, Bryher
Redstart – 1 in a field on Salakee Farm
Crossbill – 1 Abbey Drive
Reed Bunting – 1 Gugh
Lapland Bunting – 1 in the garden of the Golf Farm House
Snow Bunting – 1 still below Peninnis lighthouse
