Thursday (21/07)
Wilson’s Storm-petrel – a on the evening pelagic trip 3 miles west of Bishop Rock.
European Storm-petrel – 3 on the evening pelagic trip 3 miles west of Bishop Rock.
Cory’s Shearwater – 1 on the evening pelagic trip 3 miles west of Bishop Rock.
Balearic Shearwater – 1 on the evening pelagic trip 3 miles west of Bishop Rock.
Sooty Shearwater – 2 on the evening pelagic trip 3 miles west of Bishop Rock.
Manx Shearwater – 1500 on the evening pelagic trip 3 miles west of Bishop Rock.
Shoveler – 12 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Little Egret – 5 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Common Sandpiper – 7 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Wood Sandpiper – 1 on the Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Knot – 1 on South Beach, Tresco.
Common Gull – 1 on the Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Mediterranean Gull – 2 Porth Cressa Bay.
Quail – 1 flushed above Bread and Cheese Cove, St. Martin’s.
Cuckoo – A juvenile near the Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Fin Whale – on the evening pelagic trip 3 miles west of Bishop Rock.
Common Dolphin – 30 on the evening pelagic trip 3 miles west of Bishop Rock.
Silver-washed Fritillary – A female photographed on Bryher was the first record of this butterfly on Scilly.
Friday (22/07)
Shoveler – 12 still on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Pochard – 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Little Egret – 6 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Wood Sandpiper – 1 still on the Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Yellow-legged Gull – 3 on the Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Saturday (23/07)
Cory’s Shearwater – 2 past Peninnis and 1 past the mouth of Porth Hellick Bay.
Shoveler – 8 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Pochard – 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Little Egret – 4 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Common Sandpiper – 2 on the Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Wood Sandpiper – 1 on the Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Mediterranean Gull – 1 Porth Cressa Bay.
Kingfisher – 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Sunday (24/07)
Cory’s Shearwater – 57 past Porth Hellick Down, 12 past Giant’s Castle and 2 past Peninnis.
Great Shearwater –1 past Porth Hellick Down, 2 past Giant’s Castle and 2 past Peninnis.
Balearic Shearwater – 1 past Peninnis and 1 past Giant’s Castle.
Sooty Shearwater – 3 past Giant’s Castle.
Yellow-legged Gull – A juvenile in a garden behind the Star Castle on the Garrison.
Great Skua – 1 past Giant’s Castle.
Common Sandpiper – 1 Porth Hellick Pool.
Monday (25/07)
Wilson’s Storm-petrel – 2 on the evening pelagic trip 5 miles south of St. Mary’s (photo).
European Storm-petrel – 20 on the evening pelagic trip 5 miles south of St. Mary’s.
Cory’s Shearwater – 9 on the evening pelagic trip 5 miles south of St. Mary’s (photo).
Great Shearwater – 4 on the evening pelagic trip 5 miles south of St. Mary’s (photo).
Sooty Shearwater – 2 on the evening pelagic trip 5 miles south of St. Mary’s (photo).
Manx Shearwater – 1000 on the evening pelagic trip 5 miles south of St. Mary’s
Yellow-legged Gull – 3 on the evening pelagic trip 5 miles south of St. Mary’s.
Great Skua – 1 on the evening pelagic trip 5 miles south of St. Mary’s.
Short-beaked Common Dolphin – 50 on the evening pelagic trip 5 miles south of St. Mary’s.
Blue Shark – 2 caught and released on the evening pelagic trip 5 miles south of St. Mary’s.
Tuesday (26/07)
Wood Sandpiper – 1 still on the Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Common Sandpiper – 1 on the Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Yellow-legged Gull – 3 on the Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Kingfisher – 2 on the Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Wednesday (27/07)
Laughing Gull – An adult summer-plumage bird was on the Abbey Pool, Tresco in the afternoon. It then flew to South Beach before returning to Abbey Pool. This is probably the bird that was seen flying past Great Bay, St. Martin’s on July 10. Where is it hiding?
Common Sandpiper – 13 flew over Porth Hellick where 7 landed and 7 at Tregear’s Porth near Watermill. On Tresco 16 were on South Beach 10+were on the Great Pool and 3 were on the Abbey Pool. How many different birds were involved in these counts one can only guess, but there was a substantial arrival.
Green Sandpiper – 1 on Porth Hellick Pool (photo).
Knot – 1 on South Beach, Tresco.
Black-tailed Godwit – A summer-plumage bird was on Stony Island and it or another on Porth Hellick Pool (photo).
Whimbrel – 6on South Beach, Tresco.
Yellow-legged Gull – 5 on the Abbey Pool, Tresco.
