Monday (15/04)
Pallid Swift – Yesterday’s bird was hawking over the Deep Point area.
Purple Heron –1 was flushed from Lower Moors Pool and flew towards Shooters’ Pool, where it seemed to drop in.
Ring-necked Duck – The adult male was still on Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Woodchat Shrike – 1 on the airfield, on gorse between runways,
Hoopoe – 1 in vineyard on St. Martin’s.
Golden Oriole – 1 on the track from Longstone to Holy Vale and 2 behind the cricket field on St. Martin’s.
Pink-footed Goose – 2 near the church on Tresco.
Great Northern Diver – 2 off the Old Quay in St. Mary’s Harbour.
Cuckoo – 1 between Holy Vale and Port Hellick House.
Jackdaw – 1 flew over Telegraph.
Siberian Chiffchaff – 1 by the screen at Shooters’ Pool, Lower Moors.
Spotted Flycatcher – The first report of the year was of 1 in willows near the seaward end of .the Porth Hellick boardwalk.
Pied Flycatcher – 1 in the small quarry below Porth Hellick House.
Tuesday (17/04)
Ring-necked Duck – The drake was still on Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Pochard – 2 on Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Purple Heron – 1 flew west over Hugh Town.
Little Egret – 1 on Tresco.
Great Northern Diver – 1 in Porth Mellon.
Wood Sandpiper – 1 on the Project Pool between Lower Moors and the Dump (photo).
Purple Sandpiper – c20 at Horse Point, St. Agnes.
Hoopoe – 1 still in on St, Martin’s flew from the vineyard towards Little Arthur Farm.
Siberian Chiffchaff – 1 Still by Shooters’ Pool, St. Agnes.
Mediterranean/Spotted Flycatcher – The bird was still in the willows near the seaward end of the Porth Hellick boardwalk. It was thought by some observers to show characteristics of Mediterranean Flycatcher .
Wednesday (17/04)
Spotted/Mediterranean Flycatcher – After forensic examination, the flycatcher at Porth Hellick is now thought by some to be the Balearic race of Mediterranean Flycatcher (photo). 2 poo samples have been obtained and it is hoped that DNA analysis will confirm its identification. If it proves to be a Mediterranean it will be the first British record. It was relocated in the Salakee Farm fields in the evening,
Purple Heron – 1 seen at Lower Moors and the Porth Hellick.
Woodchat Shrike – 1 in gorse un the airfield.
Serin – 1 flew past the Salakee pines towards Porth Hellick.
Golden Oriole – 2 on Porth Hellick Loop.
Pink-footed Goose – 2 near the church on Tresco.
Great Northern Diver – 1 in Hugh Town Harbour.
Wood Sandpiper – 3 on the flood by the church on Tresco.
Whimbrel – 13flew over Hugh Town harbour.
Cuckoo – 1 singing in the pines on Middle Down, Tresco.
Jackdaw – 1 in a garden at Telegraph.
Siberian Chiffchaff – 1 still by the screen at Shooter’s Pool, Lower Moors.
Pied Flycatcher – 1 in the roadside hedge below Porth Hellick House and 1 in a garden off Garison Lane.
Thursday (18/04)
Spotted/Mediterranean Flycatcher – The “flycatcher” was seen briefly in the evening in pines on Salakee Farm, it then flew towards Porth Hellick.
Purple Heron – 1 in Lower Moors and it or another flew west over Bryher.
Common Crane – 1 high in thermals over St. Martin’s. It was then seen on Bryher before fling towards Tresco.
Hen Harrier – A ringtail was near the church on Tresco.
European Storm-petrel – 1 seen in Scilly waters from the Scillonian III on the morning crossing from Penzance to St. Mary’s.
Manx Shearwater – 31 seen in Scilly waters from the Scillonian III on the morning crossing from Penzance to St. Mary’s.
Wood Sandpiper – 1 still on the flood by the church on Tresco.
Whimbrel – 10 flew north over Porth Cressa,
Rook – 1 flew over the airfield, this is another scarce Corvid on Scilly.
Golden Oriole – 1 in the garden at Longstone Cottage, 1 in Lower Moors, 1 in elms west of Porthloo Duck Pond and 2 in the pine belt behind Carreg Dhu Gardens,
Grasshopper Warbler – 1 singing in the garden at Longstone Cottage.
Sedge Warbler – The first report of the year came from Lower Moors.
Risso’s Dolphin – 1 showed very well in Scilly waters from the Scillonian III on the morning crossing from Penzance to St. Mary’s
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Friday (19/04)
Woodchat Shrike – 1 still in gorse between the runways on the airfield.
Purple Heron – 1 on Lunnon Farm and 1 flew in off the sea and over Porth Hellick Pool.
Golden Oriole – 1 at Middle Town, St. Martin’s, 1 in a garden at Longstone.
Hen Harrier – 1 at Brandy Point, St. Martin’s.
Great Northern Diver – 1 Porth Mellon.
Black-tailed Godwit –1 on Bryher Pool.
Whimbrel – 15 on Bryher.
Common Sandpiper – 1 at Horse Point, St. Agnes.
Short-eared Owl – 1 on St. Martin’s.
Merlin – 2 on Bryher.
Ring Ouzel – A male and female on Gugh,
Saturday (20/04)
Purple Heron –1 on a path east of Pool Road, Tresco and 1 on Shooters’ Pool, Lower Moors.
Woodchat Shrike – 1 still in the gorse strip between the runways on the airfield.
Quail – 1 singing late evening near Longstone.
Golden Oriole – A male on Porth Hellick Loop Trail and 2 at Carreg Dhu.
Marsh Harrier – A cream-crowned bird on St. Agnes and later seen over the Great Pool, Tresco.
Great Northern Diver – 1 Porth Killier, St. Agnes.
Whimbrel – 2 on St. Agnes.
Cuckoo – 1 at Cove Vean, St. Agnes and 1 at Middle Town, St. Martin’s.
Hooded Crow – 1 flew south over Porth Hellick Down
Lesser Whitethroat – 1, the first of the year, was on St. Agnes.
Grasshopper Warbler – 1 reeling on the hillside behind the New Inn, Tresco.
.Ring Ouzel – 1 on Castle Down, Tresco., 1 on Porth Hellick Down and 1 at Trewince.
Lesser Redpoll – 1 north of Higher Town Bay, St. Martin’s
Sunday (21/04)
10 species of raptor were seen on the islands today: Red-footed Falcon, Hobby, Merlin, Peregrine, Kestrel, Hen Harrier, Marsh Harrier, Common Buzzard, Red Kite and Sparrowhawk.
Red-footed Falcon – A male was flushed off a stump near the Woolpack accommodation block.
Richard’s Pipit – 1 was on Bryher.
Red Kite – A small influx of 10+ birds across the islands,
Purple Heron – 1 spent all day in the field adjacent to Rosehill Memorial Gardens (photo) and another flew over L:ower Moors.
Woodchat Shrike – 1 still in gorse between the runways on the airfield and 1 between Carn Near and the Heliport on Tresco.
Hen Harrier – 1 flew over Shooters’ Pool. Lower Moors, and also seen over, Porth Hellick, the Golf Course and over Vane Hill, Tresco.
Marsh Harrier – 1 flew from Longstone towards Parting Carn and what was presumed to be the same bird was later seen on Tresco.
Golden Oriole – 2 in Carreg Dhu . 1 on Samson hill, Bryher and 1 on St. Martin’s.
Pink-footed Goose – 2 still on the flood by St. Nicholas’ Church, Tresco.
Great Northern Diver – 3 in the Samson Flats area.
Hobby – The first report of the year was 1 hunting over Longstone and it or another on Tresco.
Merlin – 1 fighting with the Hobby on Tresco and 2 on St. Mary’s.
Common Buzzard – 1 was seen mobbing a Red Kite over Porth Hellick House.
Wood Sandpiper – 1 on Bryher.
Common Sandpiper – 1 at Porth Killier, St. Agnes.
Black-tailed Godwit – 1 on Bryher.
Bar-tailed Godwit – 1 on Samson.
Whimbrel – 30+ flew over St. Agnes Pool, 30 on Samson, 10 flew north over Porth Hellick House and 2 Stony Island.
Common Swift – 2 flew north along Sandy Lane, 1 over Higher Moors and 1 on Bryher.
Cuckoo – 1 calling in the pines north of Trenoweth and 1 calling on Gugh.
Firecrest – 1 in Carreg Dhu Gardens.
Siberian Chiffchaff – 1 still by Shooters’ Pool, Lower Moors.
Lesser Whitethroat – 1 ringed at Porth Hellick Ringing Station and 1 in St. Warna’s Cove, St. Agnes.
Common Whitethroat – 1 on Bryher.
Reed Warbler – 1 ringed at Porth Hellick Ringing Station.
Sedge Warbler – 1 singing in a garden on the Garrison and 3 ringed at Porth Hellick Ringing Station.
Grasshopper Warbler – 1 reeling near the Woolpack accommodation block.
Ring Ouzel – 1 on the western side of Peninnis, a female at Salakee and a male at Bryher Campsite.
Common Redstart – 1 on the Golf Course.
Black Redstart – 1 on the Golf Course, 1 on Bryher and 1 on St. Agnes.
Whinchat – 1 in the horse paddocks east of the football field on the Garrison.
Spotted Flycatcher – 1 in the Dead Pine Walk on the Garrison.
Pied Flycatcher – A female at Content and 1 on Bryher.
Yellow Wagtail – 4 on Tresco cricket pitch.
Tree Pipit – 1 on Bryher.
