Monday (02/09)
Scopoli’s Shearwater – 1 on an evening pelagic trip 10 km southeast of St. Mary’s.
European Storm-petrel – 25 on the evening pelagic trip,
Cory’s Shearwater – 50 on the evening pelagic trip,
Great Shearwater – 80 on the evening pelagic trip,
Sooty Shearwater – 1 on the evening pelagic trip
Pomarine Skua – 1 on the evening pelagic trip,
Arctic Skua – 2 on the evening pelagic trip,
Osprey – 1 flew past the south end of Tresco and was later seen at various locations on St. Mary’s.
Common Redstart – 1 at Helvear.
Spotted Flycatcher – 1 at Borough Farm, St. Mary’s.
Pied Flycatcher – 1 in the garden of St. Martin’s Re4ading Room, 2 in the Borough Farm (St. Mary’s) area,
Tree Pipit – 1 by the Mainland Marketing shed below the airport.
White Wagtail – 1 by the Mainland Marketing shed below the airport.
Tuesday (03/09)
Wilson’s Storm-petrel – 1 on an evening pelagic trip 12 km south of St. Mary’s,
Cory’s Shearwater – 250 on the evening pelagic trip.
Great Shearwater – 20 on the evening pelagic trip.
Sooty Shearwater – 2 on the evening pelagic trip and 2 just east of
Hanjague.
Manx Shearwater – 100+ just east of Hanjague.
Arctic Skua – 1 on the evening pelagic trip.
Yellow-legged Gull – A juvenile on the evening pelagic trip.
Mediterranean Gull – 5 on Tresco.
Little Grebe – 2 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Common Sandpiper – 1 on Porth Hellick.
Osprey – 1 seen around St. Mary’s, wandering to the Tresco/Bryher/Samson area and then back on St. Mary’s.
Ortolan Bunting– 1 on Porth Hellick Down.
Pied Flycatcher – 10 on St, Mary’s, 3 on Tresco and 4 on Bryher.
Spotted Flycatcher – 2 on St. Mary’s and 1 on Tresco,
Short-beaked Common Dolphin – 20 on the evening pelagic trip.
Blue Shark – 2 on the evening pelagic trip.
Ocean Sunfish – 1 on the evening pelagic trip.
Bluefin Tuna – Several “boils” seen at various locations around the islands.
Wednesday (04/09)
Ortolan Bunting – 1 still on Porth Hellick down.
Osprey – 1 around Bryher and Tresco.
Great Shearwater – 6 off Porth Hellick Down
Grey Phalarope – 1 off Porth Hellick Down
Green Sandpiper – 3 on Porth Hellick Pool and 1 on Lower Moors Pool.
Little Egret – 1 on Porth Hellick Pool.
Wryneck – 2 in Porth Wreck.
Cetti’s Warbler – 1 by Porth Hellick Pool.
Common Whitethroat – 2 Carn Friars.
Pied Flycatcher – 9 on St. Mary’s
Spotted Flycatcher – 9 on St. Mary’s
Whinchat – 1 on the Garrison.
Common Redstart – 1 on the Garrison.
Yellow Wagtail –1 flew over Porth Hellick Down.
Thursday (05/09)
Osprey – 1 fishing in Porth Hellick Bay
Cory’s Shearwater – 39 in Scilly waters seen from the Scillonian III on the crossing from Penzance to St, Mary’s and 35 on the return to Penzance.
Great Shearwater – 73 in Scilly waters seen from the Scillonian III on the crossing from Penzance to St, Mary’s and 35 on the return to Penzance.
Sooty Shearwater – 1 in Scilly waters seen from the Scillonian III on the crossing from Penzance to St, Mary’s.
Arctic Skua – 1 in Scilly waters seen from the Scillonian III on the return crossing from St. Mary’s to Penzance.
Wryneck – 1 still at Porth Wreck, Deep Point.
Pied Flycatcher – 2 at the entrance to the track to Salakee,
Spotted Flycatcher – 1 Carn Friars.
Grey Wagtail – 1 in the field opposite the sign to Porth Hellick Burial Chamber.
White Wagtail – 1 in the field opposite the sign to Porth Hellick Burial Chamber.
Friday (06/09)
Osprey – 1 still around Porth Hellick. And then flew to Bar Point,
Cory’s Shearwater – 103 in Scilly waters seen from the Scillonian III on the crossing from Penzance to St, Mary’s and 3 around Retarrier Ledges, Western Rocks.
Great Shearwater – 96 in Scilly waters seen from the Scillonian III on the crossing from Penzance to St, Mary’s.
Sooty Shearwater – 1 in Scilly waters seen from the Scillonian III on the crossing from Penzance to St, Mary’s.
Green Sandpiper – 1 on Porth Hellick Pool and 1 on St. Agnes.
Common Sandpiper – 1 on Porth Hellick Pool and 2 Toll’s Porth.
Knot – 3 on St. Martin’s Flats.
Bar-tailed Godwit – 15 on St. Martin’s Flats.
Whimbrel – 1 Toll’s Porth.
Little Egret – 1 on Porth Hellick Beach.
Marsh Harrier 1 flew over Longstone and then Sandy Lane.
Kingfisher – 1 on Porth Hellick Beach.
Wryneck – 1 still at Porth Wreck, 1 at Carn Morval, 1 in a field on King Edward’s Road, Peninnis, 1 at Salakee, 1 at Borough Farm, St. Mary’s, 1 on the coastal path between the airfield turning circle & Giant’s Castle and 1 on a roadside wall between Porth Hellick House and the Higher Moors road entrance.
Common Whitethroat – 3 in Lower Moors and 1 at Maypole.
Common Swift –1 over Pungies Lane.
Spotted Flycatcher –18 on St. Mary’s
Pied Flycatcher – 4 on St. Mary’s and 1 on Bryher.
Whinchat –1 Pungies Lane, 1 Borough Farm, St. Mary’s, 6 on St. Agnes and 1 on the west side of Bryher Pool.
Redstart – 1 at Maypole,
Yellow Wagtail – 3 with the cows in a field at Salakee.
Saturday (07/09)
Melodious Warbler – 1 seen briefly on Carn Friars Farm.
Bluethroat – 1 early evening seen from the ISBG hide in Lower Moors.
Ortolan Bunting – 1 in a field at Normandy Corner.
Osprey – 1 still around Treco and St. Mary’s.
Cory’s Shearwater – 2 off Porth Hellick Down, 25 on a pelagic trip south of St. Mary’s and 16 seen in Scilly waters from the Scillonian III on the return trip from St. Mary’s to Penzance.
Great Shearwater – 4 on a pelagic trip south of St. Mary’ and 170 seen in Scilly waters from the Scillonian III on the return trip from St. Mary’s to Penzance.
Sooty Shearwater– 4 seen in Scilly waters from the Scillonian III on the return trip from St. Mary’s to Penzance.
European Storm Petrel – 4 seen in Scilly waters from the Scillonian III on the return trip from St. Mary’s to Penzance.
Arctic Skua – 1 chasing Sandwich Terns of the south end of Gugh.
Pintail – 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Spotted Redshank – 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco. This is a scarce bird on Scilly.
Common Sandpiper – 1 at Content and 1 on Porth Hellick Pool.
Bar-tailed Godwit – 2 on Porthloo Beach.
Kingfisher – 1 at Content 1 on Porth Hellick Pool.
Wryneck – 1 in the Standing Stones Field, 1 at Content, and 1 near Christmas House on the Garrison.
Common Swift – 2 over the Great Pool, Tresco.
Common Whitethroat – 1 in the Standing Stones Field.
Garden Warbler – 1 in the Standing Stones Field and 1 on the Garrison.
Pied Flycatcher – 9 on St. Mary’s.
Spotted Flycatcher – 8 on St. Mary’s.
Whinchat – 1 on the Garrison and 1 at Content.
Yellow Wagtail – 2 at Content.