Wednesday (06/01)
Humpback Whale – 1 off the west side of Peninnis, it or another in the Roads
Cattle Egret – 2 Longstone
Common Scoter – 3 in Crow sound
Spoonbill – 1 flew over Hugh Town Harbour then Old Town Bay and then at Porth Hellick, 1 Samson
Common Sandpiper – 1 Little Porth
Yellow-legged Gull – 1 again in a garden behind Star Castle on the Garrison
Glaucous Gull – 2 ranging between Morning Point and Porthloo
Glaucous Gull hybrid – 1 again in a garden behind Star Castle on the Garrison, then on the beach below Mermaid Carpark
Iceland Gull – 1 again in a garden behind Star Castle on the Garrison, a possible fresh arrival at the dump, 1 later at Porthloo
Glaucous Gull Hybrid – 1 again in a garden behind Star Castle on the Garrison
Kingfisher – 1 Old Town Quay
Merlin –A male flew past St. Martin’s Vineyard
Raven – 2 at Higher Town, St. Martin’s
Black Redstart – 1 Porthloo
Thursday (07/01)
Siberian Stonechat – The bird found on Gugh on 16th October 2020 has been confirmed as this species (Saxicola maurus) by DNA analysis of droppings
Cattle Egret –4 Pool Road, Tresco
Brent Goose – 4 Pendrathen, 4 pale-bellied birds Samson
Siberian Pink-footed Goose – 1 Church Fields, Tresco
Russian White-fronted Goose – 1 Church Fields, Tresco
Shoveler – 1 Tresco
Wigeon – 4 Tresco
Pintail – 1 Tresco
Pochard – 1 Tresco
Tufted Duck – 1 Tresco
Eider – 1 Pendrathen
Common Scoter – 3 in Crow Sound from Innisidgen, 1 off South Beach, Tresco
Red-throated Diver – A juvenile in Crow Sound from Innisidgen
Great Northern Diver – 11 in Crow Sound from Innisidgen
Slavonian Grebe – 3 in Crow Sound from Innisidgen
Little Egret – 1 flying over Crow Sound towards Bar Point
Spoonbill – 3 Samson
Golden Plover – 4 flew from Tresco to St. Martin’s and then to St. Mary’s, 1 seen later on the Golf Course
Glaucous Gull – 1 flew over the Hugh Town Harbour, 1 at Porthloo
Glaucous Gull hybrid – 1 again in a garden behind Star Castle on the Garrison
Iceland Gull – 2 Porthloo, 1 the dump
Great Spotted Woodpecker – 1 Tresco
Merlin – 1 Longstone
Jackdaw – 1 Church Fields, Tresco
Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 Pool Road, Tresco
Redwing – 30 on the school playing fields
Black Redstart – 1 Porthloo, 1 in a garden at High Lanes
Friday (08/01)
Brent Goose – 4 Bar Point
Great Northern Diver – 1 west past Peninnis
Slavonian Grebe – 1 close in off Par Beach, St. Martin’s
Spoonbill – 1 flew over Hugh Town
Golden Plover – 4 on the Garrison Football Pitch, 1 over Porth Cressa
Jack Snipe – 1 flushed from the path at Higher Moors
Mediterranean Gull – 6 Porth Cressa
Glaucous Gull hybrid – 1 off Morning Point, also seen in a garden behind Star Castle
Iceland Gull – 1 Porthloo, 1 Porth Mellon
Great Skua – 1 off Giant’s Castle
Great Spotted Woodpecker – 1 Higher Moors
Black Redstart – 1 Porth Cressa
Redwing – 12 in a garden behind Star Castle on the Garrison
Saturday (09/01)
Humpback Whale – 1 still south of Samson
Red-necked Grebe – 1 off Innisidgen. This a scarce bird on Scilly.
Cattle Egret – 4 near Pool Road, Tresco
Brent Goose – 4 Bar Point
Eider – 1 Pendrathen
Great Northern Diver – 2 west past Carn Wethers, St. Martin’s, 1 Great Bay, St. Martin’s
Little Egret – 4 near Pool Road, Tresco
Hen Harrier – 1 still on St. Agnes
Lapwing – 1 flew towards Porth Hellick, 15 over Higher Moors, 5 on the airfield, 12 over Chapel Down, St. Martin’s
Golden Plover – 2 Carn Wethers, 11 Chapel Down, both St. Martin’s, 20 on the airfield, 35 on the Golf Course then the same number on the airfield
Whimbrel – 1 Newford Island, Porthloo
Common Sandpiper – 1 still Little Porth
Glaucous Gull – 1 Porthloo
Glaucous Gull /hybrid – The bird though to be a hybrid was back in the garden behind Star Castle, though there is now some debate about it, hybrid or pure Glaucous?
Iceland Gull – 1 again in a garden behind star Castle, 2 Porthloo, 1 flew through the Roads towards Annet, 1 Great Bay, St. Martin’s
Merlin – 1 Telegraph
Skylark – 1 airfield
Black Redstart – 2 Porthloo, 1 Porth Cressa
Sunday (10/01)
Brent Goose – 4 just north of Puffin Island
Eider – 1 Pendrathen, 1 off Skirt Island, Tresco
Common Scoter – 2 just north of the Eastern Isles
Red-throated Diver – The juvenile still off Innisidgen
Great Northern Diver – 1 Little Bay, St. Martin’s, 2 Lawrence Bay, St. Martin’s
Slavonian Grebe – 3 off Innisidgen
Little Egret – 4 Porthloo, 1 Longstone, 1 Lawrence Bay, St. Martin’s
Lapwing – 1 north of Little Arthur Farm, St. Martin’s
Golden Plover – 14 airfield
Whimbrel – 1 Halangy Point
Bar-tailed Godwit – 10 middle Town Beach, St. Martin’s
Purple Sandpiper – 9 Great Bay, St. Martin’s
Glaucous Gull – 1 Porthloo
Iceland Gull – 2 Porthloo
Great Skua –1 flying north past Great Bay, St. Martin’s
Great Spotted Woodpecker – 1 flew from Carn Friars towards Lunnon
Merlin – 1 airfield
Skylark – 1 in a field on the west side of Peninnis
Redwing – 4 Longstone
Black Redstart – 2 Porthloo