Monday (05/04)
Hoopoe – 1 in a garden behind Star Castle (photo)
Iceland Gull – 1 Porthloo, 1 in a ploughed field by Longstone Cottage
Great Spotted Woodpecker – 1 in the horse paddocks at Content
Ring Ouzel – 1 Carn Friars
Pied Flycatcher – A male in the horse paddocks at Content
Tree Pipit – 1 Rosehill (photo)
Siskin – 4 flew east over Rosehill
Tuesday (06/04)
Marsh Harrier – 1 over Lower Moors
Iceland Gull – 1 Porthloo
Rook – 1 flew over the Garrison
Fieldfare – 1 Maypole
Pied Flycatcher – 2 in the Vineyard, St. Martin’s
Redstart – 1a male on Lawrance’s Bay Beach, St. Martin’s and a male in the Vineyard, St. Martin’s
Siskin – A pair visiting a garden on Jackson’s Hill since Sunday, 2 Longstone, 1 in the Vineyard, St. Martin’s
Wednesday (07/04)
Golden Plover – 4 on the airfield
Purple Sandpiper – 6 Little Bay, St. Martin’s
Jack Snipe – 1 Porth Hellick
Iceland Gull – 1 Porthloo, 1 in a garden behind Star Castle
Ring Ouzel – 3 near Peninnis lighthouse, 2 Salakee Down
Wheatear – 2 near Peninnis lighthouse
Pied Flycatcher – 2 in the Vineyard, St. Martin’s
Redstart – A male still on the beach at Lawrance’s Bay, St. Martin’s
Black Redstart – 1 in the Vineyard, St. Martin’s
Wheatear – 2+ near Peninnis lighthouse
Thursday (08/04)
Cuckoo – The first of the year was 1 at Higher Town, St. Martin’s
Black-throated Diver – 1 Pentle Bay, Tresco
Golden Plover – 4 on the airfield
Common Sandpiper – 1 Porth Hellick Pool
Iceland Gull – 1 at Porth Mellon and another by the Mermaid Inn later at Porthloo, probably the same on the Golf Course
Sandwich Tern – 1 Porthloo, 1 in the Roads
Sand Martin – 1 over Porth Hellick Pool
Swallow – 4 over Porth Hellick Pool
Sedge Warbler – 1 Porth Hellick
Ring Ouzel – A male on the Golf Courses, 1 in a field south of High Lanes, 1 Salakee Down
Fieldfare – 1 on the airfield
Pied Flycatcher – A female in St. Martin’s Vineyard
Wheatear – 5 on the Golf Course, 3 on Peninnis, 12 on the airfield
Friday (09/04)
Hoopoe – 1 by Fraggle Rock Café, Bryher
Cattle Egret – 4 on Tresco
Shelduck – A pair on Porth Hellick Pool,1 on the sea at Lawrance’s Bay, St. Martin’s
Shoveler – A drake on Porth Hellick Pool
Eider – A female seen looking towards Tresco from the Golf course
Black-throated Diver – A summer-plumage bird seen looking towards Tresco from the Golf Course
Great Northern Diver – 21 seen looking towards Tresco from the Golf
Marsh Harrier – 1 flew High over Lower Moors, then over Longstone and landed in the reeds at Porth Hellick
Common Sandpiper – 1 Bryher
Yellow-legged Gull – 1 Tresco
Iceland Gull – 2 juveniles Porthloo
Merlin – 1 Chapel Down, St. Martin’s
Jackdaw – 1 Tresco
Cetti’s Warbler – 2 by the small pool in the Standing Stones Field, Lower Moors
Ring Ouzel – 1 Porth Hellick, 1 Giant’s Castle, 2 Bryher
Wheatear – 12 St. Martin’s
Saturday (10/04)
Wood Warbler – 1 singing on Porth Hellick Loop
Blue-headed Wagtail – 1 in the cow field at Higher Moors
Shoveler – The drake was still on Porth Hellick Pool
Marsh Harrier – A male flew over the airport and landed at the north end of Porth Hellick Pool
Iceland Gull – 1 Porthloo and another at Tregarthen’s Car Park
Ring Ouzel – 1 still in the field beside Porth Hellick boardwalk opposite the seaward hide
Yellow Wagtail – 1 in the cow field at Higher Moors
White Wagtail – 2 in the cow field at Higher Moors
Sunday (11/04)
Blue-headed Wagtail – 1 still in the cow field at Higher Moors
Shoveler – 3 drakes and a female on St. Agnes Pool
Marsh Harrier – The male was still moving around St. Mary’s
Whimbrel – 1 Lawrance’s Bay, St. Martin’s
Common Sandpiper – 1 on St. Agnes Pool
Iceland Gull – 2 Porthloo
Sandwich Tern – 10 at the Old Quay, St. Martin’s
Merlin – 1 on Wingletang, St. Martin’s
Cetti’s Warbler – 1 singing at the start of Porth Hellick Loop Trail
Ring Ouzel – 1 still in the field beside Porth Hellick boardwalk opposite the seaward hide
Pied Flycatcher – A female at the Old Quay, St. Martin’s
Yellow Wagtail – 1 still in the cow field at Higher Moors
White Wagtail – 3 Porthloo