Wednesday (19/04)

Tawny Pipit – 1 still on the Golf Course.

Woodchat Shrike – 1 still at Carron Farm, St. Martin’s and 1 still on Gugh.

Snow Bunting – 1 still on St. Agnes Cricket Pitch.

Cattle Egret – 5 Parting Carn and 2 at Trewince.

Pink-footed Goose – 1 still at Little Arthur Farm, St. Martin’s.

Great Northern Diver – 1 off Peninnis and 1 in the Roads.

Little Ringed Plover – 1 still on Periglis Beach, and 1 Troy Town Farm, St. Agnes.

Common Sandpiper – 2 on Porth Hellick Pool, 1 at Porth Minnick and 1 still on Periglis Beach, St. Agnes.

Whimbrel – 4 Porth Killier, St. Agnes and 1 on Pentle Beach, Tresco.

Bar-tailed Godwit – 7 flew over Porth Killier, St. Agnes and 3 on Pentle Beach, Tresco.

Common Tern – 1 off the Eastern Isles.

Merlin – 1 flew over the airfield and was later seen over Porth Mellon.

Common Swift – the first of the year was 1 over Troy Town Farm, St. Agnes.

Cuckoo – The first of the year was on Castella Down, St. Agnes.

Rook – 1 on the Golf Course.

Skylark – 1 southeast of Longstone.

Cetti’s Warbler – 1 in the Standing Stones Field, Lower Moors.

Sedge Warbler – 1 in the Standing Stones Field, Lower Moors.

Pied Flycatcher – a female in trees behind the Water Treatment Plant on Bryher.

Ring Ouzel – 2 on the Golf Course, 4 around Periglis area, St. Agnes, 1 Pound Lane, St. Martin’s and 1 on White Island.

Tree Pipit – 1 on St. Martin’s Cricket Pitch. 

Yellow Wagtail – 1 on the east of St. Agnes.

Blue-headed Wagtail – 2 on Tresco Heliport.

White Wagtail – 1 Porth Hellick Beach and 4 at Periglis, St. Agnes.

Thursday (20/04)

GULL-BILLED TERN – An adult summer bird was seen flying past a boat from St. Mary’s to Tresco. This is only the sixth record for Scilly, the last one been seen on St. Mary’s 23 years ago.

Tawny Pipit – 1 still on the Golf Corse.

Night Heron – 1 flushed from Pol Road flew to the south side of the Great Pool, Tresco.

Woodchat Shrike – 1 was still near the Woolpack Battery on the Garrison. 

Cattle Egret – 1 Parting Carn and 1 on Simpson’s Field, Tresco.

Snow Bunting – The male was still on St. Agnes cricket pitch.

Wood Warbler – 2 Rushy Bay, Bryher.

Great Northern Diver – 2 in the Roads.

Little Egret – 1 at Porth Hellick.

Pink-footed Goose – 1 still at Little Arthur Farm, St. Martin’s.

Shoveler – 3 on Tresco.

Pintail – 1 on Tresco.

Pochard – 7 on Tresco.

Ruff – 1 Porth Couse, St. Agnes.

Common Sandpiper – 2 Shark’s Pit, Porth Couse, St. Agnes and 3 on Tresco.

Green Sandpiper – 1 circling Troy Town StAgnes and later seen at Porth Warna.

Bar-tailed Godwit – 2 on Martin’s Flats. And 2 on Periglis Beach, St. Agnes.

Whimbrel – 5 on the Golf Course, 18 on Martin’s Flats and 10 on the south shore of Trsco.

Merlin – 1 flew past Rushy Bay, Bryher and 1 Chapel Down, St. Martin’s.

Common Swift – 1 over Hugh Town and 1 over Olivia’s Café, Bryher.

Cuckoo – 1 on the Golf Course, 1 calling between Trenoweth & McFarland’s Down and 1 calling on west coast of Tresco.

Rook – 1 still on the Golf Course.

Skylark – 1 on the Golf Course.

Ring Ouzel – 3 on the Golf Course, 1 on Wingletang Down, St. Agnes.

Tree Pipit – 1 on Chapel Down, St. Martin’s.

Yellow Wagtail – 1 flew over Castella Down, St. Agnes.

Blue-headed Wagtail – 1 in the overgrown pasture opposite Pelistry Riding Stables, on the beach below Karma Hotel, St. Martin’s and 4 on Tresco Heliport

White Wagtail – 1 Porth Coose, St. Agnes and 1 on Bryher.

Vagrant Emperor Wagtail – 1 near Richard Pearce Studios on Bryher.

Friday (21/04)

Woodchat Shrike –1 still on the edge of the airfield above Salakee Down, 1 still at Carron Farm, St. Martin’s and 1 still on Gugh

Cattle Egret – 2 Parting Carn, 4 at Trewince and 1 on Simpson’s Field, Tresco.

Snow Bunting – The male was still on St. Agnes cricket pitch.

Ruff – 1 Porth Couse, St. Agnes.

Pochard – 7 on Abbey Pool, Tresco.

Common Sandpiper – 4 on Tresco, 1 on Periglis Beach, St. Agnes and 2 at Shark’s Pit.

Bar-tailed Godwit – 1 Porth Coose & 2 Periglis Beach, both St. Agnes, 4 in Pentle Bay, Tresco and 1 Porthloo.

Whimbrel – 3 Porth Coose and 3 on Tresco south shore.

Common Tern – 1 Cove Vean, St. Agnes

Common Buzzard – 1 flew high over Holy Vale.

Merlin – 1 on Wingletang Down, St. Agnes.

Common Swift – 1 over Porth Hellick/Higher Moors,1 feeding over the fields just north of Juliet’s Garden Café and 1 flying around St.Mary’s Parish Church in the evening and possibly roosting.

Cuckoo – 1 on Gugh.

Common Whitethroat – A female near the Steven Sussex hide at Porth Hellick.

Ring Ouzel – 3 on the Golf Course, 1 on Tresco, 3 on the hotel pitch and putt course, Bryher.

Fieldfare – 1 on Porthloo Lane near the Golf Club entrance.

Black Redstart – 1 in a garden on High Lanes. 

Whinchat – 1 on Tresco Heliport.

Blue-headed Wagtail – 5 on Tresco Heliport.

Vagrant Emperor Wagtail – 1 by Hell Bay Hotel entrance, Bryher.

Saturday (22/04)

Cattle Egret – 4 at Trewince and Parting Carn.

Pink-footed Goose – 1 still east of at Little Arthur’s Café, St. Martin’s.

Pintail – A drake on the Abbey Pool, Tresco.

Pochard – 5 on the Abbey Pool, Tresco.

Common Sandpiper – 2 on the Great Pool, Tresco.

Bar-tailed Godwit – 4 Porthloo and 2 Periglis, St. Agnes. 

Great Northern Diver – 1 off Nut Rock, Tresco.

Common Swift – 1 over Porthloo.

Rook – 1 still on the Golf Course.

Skylark – 1 on the Golf Course.

Cetti’s Warbler – 1 by the pool in the Standing Stones Field, Lower Moors.

Common Whitethroat – 1 on the Standing Stones Field, Lower Moors, 1 Parting Carn, 1 on the Golf Course and Castella Down, St. Agnes.

Ring Ouzel –2 on Peninnis and 3 on the Golf Course.

Common Redstart – A female at Redan C along the Garrison walls.

Whinchat – A male on the golf Course.

Tree Pipit – 1 at Porth Hellick House, 1 behind Longstone Lodge and 2 at Little Arthur’s Café, St. Martin’s.

Yellow Wagtail – 1 on the Golf Course and 1 Periglis, St. Agnes.

White Wagtail – 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco.

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