Thursday (05/05)
Golden Oriole – A male was in Carreg Dhu Gardens.
Garganey – The male was still on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Great Northern Diver – 1 off Guther’s Island and 1 off Drop Nose Point. Gugh.
Common Sandpiper – 1 at Cove Vean, St. Agnes.
Golden Plover – 3 near the Daymark on St. Martin’s.
Bar-tailed Godwit – a summer-plumaged bird at Beady Pool, St. Agnes.
Whimbrel – 3 flew west over Peninnis, 6 on Wingletang Down, St. Agnes and 1 at Beady Pool, St. Agnes.
Hobby – 1 over Carreg Dhu Gardens.
Cuckoo – 1 at Watermill.
Cetti’s Warbler – 2 in song at Higher Moors.
Ring Ouzel – The male was still on the Golf Course and another male on Wingletang Down, St. Agnes.
Pied Flycatcher – A male at Cove Vean, St. Agnes.
Black Redstart – The female type was still on Peninnis below the lighthouse.
Friday (06/05)
Golden Oriole – The male was still in Carreg Dhu Gardens.
Garganey – The male was still on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Scaup – The pair were still on Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Pochard – A pair with 4 ducklings were on Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Great Northern Diver – 3 including 2 summer-plumaged birds between St. Mary’s and St. Martin’s.
Golden Plover – 3 on Wingletang Down, St. Agnes (photo).
Purple Sandpiper – 5 on rocks off Horse Point, St. Agnes.
Bar-tailed Godwit – 1 in breeding plumage seen from Troy Town Campsite, St. Agnes.
Whimbrel – 1 in Old Town Bay, 1 Porthloo and 4 on Par Beach, St. Martin’s.
Siberian Chiffchaff – The ringed bird was feeding along the roadside at Sallyport.
Garden Warbler – 1 in the Community Orchard at Trenoweth.
Whitethroat – 1 near the Community Orchard at Trenoweth.
Saturday (07/05)
Golden Oriole – The male was still in Carreg Dhu Gardens which then flew north, it or another was at the top of Rocky Hill.
Garganey – The male was still on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Scaup – The pair were on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Great Northern Diver – 2 off Watermill, 1 off Deep Point and in Popplestone Bay, Bryher.
Golden Plover – 3 still on Wingletang Down, St. Agnes.
Purple Sandpiper – Still 3 on rocks off Horse Point, St. Agnes.
Common Sandpiper – 1 in St. Warna’s Cove, St. Agnes.
Swift – 1 flew over the Golf Course and 1 flew over Great Bat, St. Martin’s.
Sunday (08/05)
Turtle Dove – 1 northwest flew over Lower Moors.
Great Northern Diver – 1 south of Tresco, 1 near Teän 2 flew northwest between St. Agnes & the Garrison.
Purple Sandpiper – 1 on Men-a-vaur.
Whimbrel –5 on Tresco, 4 on Bryher and 2 on St. Helen’s.
Swift – 1 flew over the Garrison.
Tree Pipit – 1 on the Garrison and 1 at Pelistry Riding Stables.
White Wagtail – 2 on the Garrison.
Siberian Chiffchaff – The ringed bird was on Sallyport.
Black Redstart – 1 near Vine Café, Bryher.
Monday (09/05)
Corn Bunting – 1 was in the sallows on the east side of Porty Hellick. This is a rare species on Scilly, the last record was in 2017.
Golden Oriole – The male was still in Carreg Dhu Gardens and a female/immature male was in the Vine Farm fields on Bryher.
Garganey – The male was still on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Osprey – 1 flew over St. Mary’s.
Turtle Dove – Small arrival with 3 in bushes by Porth Hellick Pool, 3 in a field near the Porthloo Lane/Telegraph Road junction, 4 in a field at the top of Sandy Lane (photo),1 over Mount Todden in the morning and it or another behind Deep Point in the afternoon.
Great Northern Diver – 1 viewable form Juliet’s Garden Café.
Black-tailed Godwit – 1 flew over the Bryher Campsite towards the Big Pool.
Swift – 1 over Kittydown, 1 flew over the Porthloo Lane/Telegraph Road junction and 2 feeding over Bryher Pool.
Ring Ouzel – 1 was in a field on Salakee Farm Lane (photo).
