Wednesday (04/11)
Cattle Egret – 1 still on Sandy Lane, 3 Tresco
Greylag Goose – 1 still in the field opposite the lane to Carn Vean Café
White-fronted Goose – 1 still in the field opposite the lane to Carn Vean Café
Great Northern Diver – 1 flew northwest past Morning Point, the Garrison
Spoonbill – 3 on Green Island, Samson
Little Egret – 1 Old Town Bay & 1 Porth Cressa
Harrier sp – A ringtail over Samson
Golden Plover – 2 flew over Longstone
Bar-tailed Godwit – 9 Bar Point
Mediterranean Gull – 3 Porth Cressa, 9 Tresco
Iceland Gull – 2 on the Garrison 1 later on rocks behind the quay and 1 in the roost at Porth Cressa
Yellow-legged Gull – An adult and a 3rd-winter bird at Periglis, St. Agnes
Great Spotted Woodpecker – 1 Porth Hellick, 1 Tresco
Merlin – 1 Garrison
Skylark – 1 in a field along King Edward’s Road
Cetti’s Warbler – 3+ Porth Hellick
Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 in a Garden on Church Road, 2 Porth Hellick, 4 Lower Moors, 1 Newford Duck Pond, 1 in the Parsonage Garden, St. Agnes, 3 Tresco
Siberian Chiffchaff – 1 St. Agnes
Firecrest – 2 Lower Moors and on the Garrison 1 in the Campsite garden, 1 in Star Castle garden, 2 Longstone, 1 Old Town Churchyard, 1 St. Martin’s
Redwing & Fieldfare – A cold weather movement of both winter thrushes
Black Redstart – 1 Little Porth
Brambling – 2 flew over Star Castle
Chaffinch – A noticeable influx
Crossbill – 1 Longstone
Siskin – Some in with the Chaffinch movement
Lapland Bunting – 1 flew in/off on Peninnis and landed in a field along King Edward’s Road, 1 flew south over the Star Castle garden on the Garrison
Thursday (05/11)
Red-flanked Bluetail – 1 at Porth Hellick initially in the trees alongside the path from the road to the hides, then moving to Porth Hellick Loop where it showed very well on and off. This was the 10th record for Scilly (photo)
Dusky Warbler – 1 Porth Hellick Loop Trail
American Wigeon – A female which flew from Lower Moors towards Porth Hellick, was thought to be this species
Great Northern Diver – 1 in Little Bay, St. Martin’s
Mediterranean Gull – 3 on rocks in Porth Cressa
Iceland Gull – A juvenile in the horse field on the Garrison, 1 on rocks in Porth Cressa
Yellow-browed Warbler – 4 Lower Moors, 2 Porth Hellick Loop
Siberian Chiffchaff – 1 on the Dead Pine Walk, 1 Lower Moors
Firecrest – 1 Porth Hellick Loop
Mistle Thrush – 1 flew south over the Garrison, 1 in the sunken garden at the junction of Telegraph Road and the north end of Porthloo Lane
Black Redstart – 2 Old Quay, St. Martin’s
Lapland Bunting – 1 In fields on the southwest of Peninnis
