Sunday (27/12)
Little Bunting – 1 still at the Dump Allotments
Great Northern Diver – 1 Porth Cressa
Whimbrel – 3 in Bread and Cheese Cove, St. Martin’s
Woodcock – 1 Lower Moors
Iceland Gull – 2 Porthloo
Great Spotted Woodpecker – 1 Porth Hellick Loop
Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 Porth Hellick Loop
Siberian Chiffchaff – 2 Shooters’ Pool, Lower Moors
Firecrest – 1 Lower Moors
Redpoll – 1 Shooters’ Pool, Lower Moors
Monday (28/12)
Little Bunting – 1 still at the Dump Allotments
Cattle Egret – 4 with cattle near Longstone
Brent Goose – 4 pale-bellied birds Lawrence’s Bay, St. Martin’s
Eider – 1 off the Old Quay, St. Martin’s
Great Northern Diver – 2 Lawrence’s Bay, St. Martin’s
Hen Harrier – 1 over Wingletang, St. Agnes was reported by locals as been around for a few days
Bar-tailed Godwit – 2 Lawrence’s Bay, St. Martin’s
Jack Snipe– 1 flew from the field opposite Porthloo Duck Pond
Mediterranean Gull – 2 Morning Point (photo)
Yellow-legged Gull – 8 at Morning Point, a record count for Scilly (photo)
Glaucous Gull – 2 juveniles off Morning Point (photo)
Iceland Gull – 2 Porth Mellon, 1 Morning Point
Great Skua – 2 off Morning Point (photo)
Siberian Chiffchaff – 2 Dump Clump
Redpoll – A potential “mealy” at Sunnyside
Tuesday (29/12)
Humpback Whale – 1 still off Samson
Little Bunting – 1 still at the Dump Allotments
Cattle Egret – Still 2 at Longstone
Glaucous Gull – Probably still 2 birds1 Porthloo, 1 Morning Point
Iceland Gull – 3 or 4 commuting around St. Mary’s, reports of 2 Porthloo, 1 at Mermaid Carpark, 2 Morning Point
Redpoll – A probable “Mealy” still Sunnyside
Wednesday (30/12)
Cattle Egret – 4 Longstone
Great Northern Diver – 1 Pendrathen
Spoonbill – 1 Samson
Whimbrel – 1 Pendrathen
Bar-tailed Godwit – 1 Pendrathen
Yellow-legged Gull – A 1st-winter Porthloo
Glaucous Gull – 1 Porthloo
Iceland Gull – 1 Porthloo, 1 Tregarthen’s Carpark, 1 on the Dump
Raven – A pair over Steval, the Garrison
Firecrest – 1 Sunnyside
Redwing – 30 on the school playing field
Black Redstart – 1 Old Town slipway
Redpoll – The probable “ Mealy” was still at Sunnyside
Thursday (31/12)
The islands were cetacean central today with up to 10 Whales, and several Dolphins and Porpoises around the islands, Also a leaping Tuna was seen
Humpback Whale – A minimum of 5 and probably 7 in island waters an astounding number
Finn Whale – 2 probably 3 in island waters
Cattle Egret – 4 Longstone
Shelduck – 5 St. Agnes
Hen Harrier – 1 St. Agnes
Short-eared Owl – 1 St. Agnes
Glaucous Gull – 1 Porthloo
Iceland Gull – 2 Porthloo, 1 in a garden behind Star Castle on the Garrison
Merlin – 1 St. Agnes, 1 St. Martin’s
Siberian Chiffchaff – 1 Cove Vean, St. Agnes
Black Redstart – 1 Porthloo, 1 Porth Cressa
Fieldfare – 1 in a garden behind Star Castle on the Garrison in island waters
Redpoll – The “probable” Mealy was in a field at the bottom of Rocky hill
