Saturday (19/12)
Fin Whale – 1 off Giant’s Castle
Cattle Egret – 4 Rowesfield, Tresco
Red-throated Diver – 1 flew past Giant’s Castle
Great Northern Diver – 1 Porth Cressa, 1 flew past Giant’s Castle, 1 Great Bay, St. Martin’s
Sooty Shearwater – 2 flew past Giant’s Castle
Manx Shearwater – 2 flew past Giant’s Castle
Spoonbill – 2 Samson
Purple Sandpiper – 6 Great Bay, St. Martin’s
Iceland Gull – 1 Porth Cressa, 1 behind Hugh Town Quay
Merlin – A female at Middle Town, St. Martin’s
Cetti’s Warbler – 1 Porth Hellick Loop
Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 still in Lower Moors, 1 still in a garden at Middle Town, St. Martin’s
Siberian Chiffchaff – 1 Little Porth, 1 Lower Moors
Firecrest – 1 Porth Hellick Loop, 1 Lower Moors
Black Redstart – 1 Little Porth, 1 Porth Cressa
Sunday (20/12)
Little Bunting – A brief view of what was almost certainly this species at the “Dump” allotments
Great Northern Diver – 2 in Porth Cressa, 2 Higher Town Bay, St. Martin’s
Spoonbill – 2 Samson
Hen Harrier – 1 over the Eastern Isles towards Chapel Down and later over Higher Town, St. Martin’s
Iceland Gull – 2 Porthloo
Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 still in Lower Moors
Black Redstart – 1 Porthloo
Snow Bunting – 1 again at Launceston Close, Old Town
Monday (21/12)
Fin Whale – 1 possibly 2 off giant’s Castle
Great Skua – 2 flew past Giant’s Castle
Yellow-legged Gull – A 1st-winter bird at Porthloo
Iceland Gull – 2 at Porthloo, a 3rd winter bird flew past Giant’s Castle
Tuesday (22/12)
Little Bunting – 1 was again in the “Dump” allotments
Snow Bunting – In Old Town 1 was in Launceston Close before flying towards Ennor Close
Shoveler – 1 Great Pool, Tresco
Wigeon – 7 Great Pool, Tresco
Pintail – 1 Great Pool, Tresco
Pochard – 5 Abbey Pool, Tresco
Tufted Duck – 1 Great Pool, Tresco
Eider – An immature male near Teän, it or another at Pendrathen
Great Northern Diver – 1 Porth Cressa, 4 near Teän, 2 Great Bay, St. Martin’s
Spoonbill – 3 Samson
Bar-tailed Godwit – 13 Bar Point
Purple Sandpiper – 8 Great Bay, St. Martin’s, 2 off the Blockhouse, Tresco
Iceland Gull – 2 Porthloo, 1 flew over Carn Gwaval
Hen Harrier – 1 over Lower Moors later seen over Holy Vale
Great Spotted Woodpecker – 1 in Lower Moors
Merlin – 1 Borough Farm, Tresco
Jackdaw – 1 Pool Road, Tresco
Swallow – A “possible flew towards the Garrison and another or the same “possible” Porthloo. Even though late it is not unprecedented as there have been late December records in past years
Cetti’s Warbler – 2 Porth Hellick Loop
Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 Porth Hellick Loop, 1 Higher Moors, 1 in Lower Moors, 1 at Abbey Crossroads, Tresco
Siberian Chiffchaff – 1 in Lower Moors
Firecrest – 1 in Lower Moors
Black Redstart – 2 Porthloo