Monday (17 /06)
Solitary Sandpiper – The bird seen briefly on Porth Hellick Pool on last Thursday, reappeared on the Project Pool, Lower Moors early afternoon and remained until mid-evening when it flew off south.
Goldeneye – The female was still on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Great Northern Diver – An adult summer-plumaged bird was in the Roads
Common Whitethroat – The bird seen regularly on Salakee Down has fledged at least 3 chicks. This species is only a sporadic breeder on Scilly
Tuesday (18/06)
Solitary Sandpiper – It was back on the Project Pool (photo).
Hobby – 1 over the Riding Stables.
Common Swift – 3 near the Great Pool, Tresco.
Cetti’s Warbler – 2 newly fledged bird #s by the path to the Project Pool.
Garden Warbler – 1 singing at New Grimsby, Tresco.
Wednesday (19/06)
Wilson’s Storm Petrel – The first of the season was 1 seen on the evening pelagic trip 5 km south of Bishop Rock.
European Storm-petrel – 20 seen on the evening pelagic trip 5 km south of Bishop Rock.
Sooty Shearwater – 2 seen on the evening pelagic trip 5 km south of Bishop Rock.
Manx Shearwater – 40 seen on the evening pelagic trip 5 km south of Bishop Rock.
Grey Phalarope – 1seen on the evening pelagic trip 5 km south of Bishop Rock.
Quai – 1 ran across a path in fields between Content and Telegraph.
Fin Whale – 1 seen in Scilly waters from the Scillonian III on the return trip from St. Mary’s to Penzance.
Bottlenose Dolphin – 1 seen on the evening pelagic trip 5 km south of Bishop Rock.
Short-beaked Common Dolphin – 12 seen on the evening pelagic trip 5 km south of Bishop
Blue Shark – 2 caught, tagged and released on the evening pelagic trip 5 km south of Bishop Rock.
Thursday (20/06)
European Storm-petrel – 8 on the evening pelagic trip 5 km south of Bishop Rock.
Bar-tailed Godwit – 4 on Stony Island.
Mediterranean Gull – 1 on St. Martin’s Flats.
Arctic Skua – 1 on the evening pelagic trip 5 km south of Bishop Rock.
Yellow Wagtail – 1 possibly 2 with cows in a field along the path to Mount Todden Farm.
Friday (21/06)
Mediterranean Gull – 2 off Bar Point
Saturday (22/06)
No reports.
Sunday (23/06)
Common Sandpiper – 3 on South Beach, Tresco.
Whimbrel – 1 on Samson.
Mediterranean Gull – 4 on South Beach, Tresco.
Common Tern – 6 south of Annet, including a pair displaying.
Common Swift – 3 over Tresco.
Common Whitethroat – The fledglings were still being fed on Salakee Down. This is the first proven breeding for over a decade.
