Monday (15/03)
Common Tern – 1 flying east past Carn Near, Tresco was the first of the year
Cattle Egret – 4 in the cattle field behind High Lanes
GreylagGoose – 1 Tresco
Russian White-fronted Goose – 1 Tresco
Great Northern Diver – 1 Porth Cressa
Iceland Gull – 1 Porthloo, 2 Tresco
Firecrest – 2 Tresco
Tuesday (16/03)
Cattle Egret – 4 still in the cattle field at High Lanes
Hen Harrier – A ring-tail over Kittydown
Short-eared Owl – 1 on Samson
Iceland Gull – 2 Porthloo
Cetti’s Warbler – 1 Porth Hellick Loop and 1 by the small pool on Carn Friars Farm
Black Redstart – 1 Porth Hellick Down
Grey Wagtail – 1 Carn Friars
Wednesday (17/03)
Spoonbill – 1 Samson
Wheatear – 1 Deep Point
Black Redstart – 1 Porthloo
Thursday (18/03)
Sand Martin –The first of the year were 3 at Higher Moors/Porth Hellick and 1 at Lower Moors
Cattle Egret – 2 Roosting at Porth Hellick flew off and landed near Longstone, 1 dropped in towards Porth Hellick mid-afternoon
Purple Sandpiper – 1 Peninnis
Merlin – 1 Porth Hellick Down
Firecrest – 1 Carreg Dhu Gardens, 1 at the school end of the Standing Stones Field
Black Redstart – 1 Porth Wreck
Friday (19/03)
Cattle Egret – 4 south of High Lanes and then on Sandy Lane
Great Northern Diver – 1 in Crow Sound
Iceland Gull – 2 Porthloo
Saturday (20/03)9
Cattle Egret – 4 in a field behind High Lanes
Snow Bunting – 1 Samson (photo)
Shoveler – A pair on Porth Hellick Pool
Pintail – 1 on Hell Bay, Bryher
Eider – A female off the Golf Course and a female off Innisidgen
Common Scoter – A female off Innisidgen
Black-throated Diver – 1 off the Golf Course
Great Northern Diver – 21 off the Golf course and another 12 of Innisidgen
Manx Shearwater – A flock of 45+ sat on the sea south of Porth Hellick Down
Whimbrel – 1 flew past the Daymark, St. Martin’s
Iceland Gull – 1 flew from Porthloo towards Porth Mellon
Sandwich Tern – The first of the year was off Samson (photo)
Short-eared Owl – 1 Bryher
Raven – 1 flew past the Daymark, St. Martin’s
Skylark – 2 Samson
Sand Martin – 1 over Peninnis allotments
Swallow – 1 over Little Arthur Farm, St. Martin’s
Firecrest – 1 Tresco
Fieldfare – 2 Bryher
Redwing – 1 Little Arthur Farm, St. Martin’s
Wheatear – 1 Chapel Down, St. Martin’s, 2 Tresco, 1 Bryher (photo)
Sunday (21/03)
Cattle Egret – 2 in a field at High Lanes, 1 on Tresco and 3 flew from St. Mary’s towards Tresco early evening
Snow Bunting – 1 Pentle Bay, Tresco
GreylagGoose – 1 Tresco
Russian White-fronted Goose – 1 Tresco
Shoveler – A pair on Lower Moors Pool
Eider – 1 off Tresco
Grey Plover – 3 Lawrence’s Bay
Woodcock – 1 Tresco
Mediterranean Gull –
Yellow-legged Gull –
Glaucous Gull – A juvenile off Morning Point, also seen on the Golf Course
Iceland Gull – 1 Porthloo, 1 Tresco,
Great Spotted Woodpecker – 1 Tresco
Skylark – 1 on the airfield
Sand Martin – 28 on the pools on Tresco
Firecrest – 1 at the Garrison Campsite, 1 near the cricket pitch on St. Martin’s
Fieldfare – 4 on the airfield, 9 Salakee Farm fields
Redwing – 50 in Parting Carn chicken field, 23 St. Martin’s
