Monday (28/10)
Radde’s Warbler – Yesterday’s bird had moved 150 metres and showed well on and off near the desalination plant.
Lesser Yellowlegs – 1 still on Simpson’s Field, Tresco.
Melodious Warbler – A Hippolais warbler seen briefly in the Dump Clump was though to be this species
Serin – 1 still behind the fire station at New Grimsby, Tresco.
Hoopoe – 1 still by Bryher Pool.
Red-breasted Flycatcher –1 still in the Parsonage Garden, St. Agnes.
Spotted Craske – 1 showed again briefly in Lower Moors.
Cattle Egret – 3 on St. Mary’s and 1 on Tresco.
Great White Egret – 1 Old Town Bay, 1 flew over the Dump towards Lower Moors, 1 Porth Hellick Bay, 2 roosted on Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Spoonbill – 3 on Green Island near Samson.
Golden Plover – 1 flew over Mount Todden.
Grey Plover – 1 on Green Island near Samson.
Woodcock – 1 flushed in the Dump Clump.
Mediterranean Gull – 1 Past Horse Point, St. Agnes.
Yellow-legged Gull – An adult on Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Arctic Skua – 1 Past Horse Point, St. Agnes.
Whooper Swan – 5 on Abbey Pool, Tresco and 6 flew from Bryher towards Abbey Pool.
Manx Shearwater – 1 Past Horse Point, St. Agnes.
Sooty Shearwater – 1 Past Horse Point, St. Agnes.
Cory’s Shearwater –230 Past Horse Point, St. Agnes.
Yellow-browed Warbler – On St. Mary’s: 1 Lower Moors, 1 Newford Duck Pond,1 by the Sussex Hide, Porth Hellick, 2 Porth Hellick Loop, 1 Carn Friars, 1 Salakee.2 in the Dump Clump, 1 on Content Lane, 9 on Tresco and 2 in the big pine tree near St. Agnes. Post Office
Firecrest – 2 Porth Hellick Loop, 1 Maypole and 1 in the Dump Clump.
Ring Ouzel – 1 on Castella Down, St. Agnes.
Black Redstart – 5 at Porthloo.
Tuesday (29/10)
Radde’s Warbler – 1 still was still near the desalination plant at Mount Todden.
Melodious Warbler – 1 still in the Dump Clump was thought to be this species
Red-breasted Flycatcher –1 still in the Parsonage Garden, St. Agnes.
Spotted Craske – 1 still roving very elusive in Lower Moors.
Hawfinch – 1 in the Lighthouse Garden, St. Agnes.
Whooper Swan – 6 on Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Pintail – 1 on Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Goldeneye – 2 on Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Golden Plover – 1 flew over St. Agnes Lighthouse.
Woodcock – 1 flew over Church Road, Hugh Town.
Purple Sandpiper – 19 on the Western Rocks, seen on the last pelagic trip pf the year.
Marsh Harrier – 1 on Annet and later seen over Porth Hellick.
Short-eared Owl – 1 on Wingletang Down, St. Agnes.
Great Northern Diver – 1 in the Roads.
Cory’s Shearwater – On the pelagic trip, 500 were seen between Krim and the Bishop Rock.
Great Shearwater – On the pelagic trip, 40 were seen between Krim and the Bishop Rock.
Sooty Shearwater – On the pelagic trip, 2 were seen between Krim and the Bishop Rock.
Manx Shearwater – On the pelagic trip, 12 were seen between Krim and the Bishop Rock.
Yellow-legged Gull – On the pelagic trip, 4 were behind the Sapphire off St. Agnes.
Great Skua – On the pelagic trip, 5 were seen between Krim and the Bishop Rock.
Puffin – On the pelagic trip, 1 was seen between Krim and the Bishop Rock.
Kingfisher – 1 at Porth Hellick.
Yellow-browed Warbler –1 trapped and ringed at Porth Hellick Ringing Station, 3 at Trenoweth, 7 on Tresco and 6 on St. Agnes.
Mistle Thrush – 1 near Porth Conger, St. Agnes.
Ring Ouzel – 1 still on Castella Down, St. Agnes.
Black Redstart – 1 in a garden on High Lanes and 1 by St. Nicholas’s Church, Tresco.
Brambling – 1 in the Parsonage Garden, St. Agnes.
Wednesday (30/10)
Red-flanked Bluetail – 1 found at Higher Moors was the 11th record for Scilly (photo).
Common Crane – 1 flew in over Bar Point, then over St, Mary’s, St. Agnes and continued over the Western Isles.
Radde’s Warbler – 1 still by the desalination plant at Mount Todden.
Red-breasted Flycatcher –1 still in the Parsonage Garden, St. Agnes.
Little Bunting – 1 caught and ringed at Porth Hellick Ringing Station.
Ortolan Bunting – 1 in a cow field between Great Bay and Green Bay, Bryher.
Lesser Yellowlegs – 1 still on Simpson’s Field, Tresco.
Hoopoe – 1 still at Green Bay, Bryher and then flew across the channel to Tresco.
Great White Egret – 1 Middle Town Beach, St. Martin’s and 2 roosting on Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Spotted Crake – 1 still in Lower Moors.
Cattle Egret – 3 at Pelistry Riding Stables.
Spoonbill – 3 still on Green Island, near Samson.
Little Egret – 18 roosting on Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Goldeneye – 2 on the Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Whooper Swan – 6 flew from Bryher towards Tresco and landed on Abbey Pool. 12 were back on Bryher Pool early afternoon.
Common Scoter – 3 past Blue Carn.
Great Northern Diver – 1 in the Roads and 3 off Innisidgen.
Cory’s Sherwater – 1 in Scilly waters seen from the Scillonian III on the crossing from Penzance to St. Mary’s and 2 seen from Hell Bay, Bryher.
Golden Plover – 1 flew east over Lower Moors and 1 over Longstone.
Jack Snipe – 2 on Lower Moors Pool.
Woodcock – 2 flushed from a field on Porthloo Lane.
Marsh Harrier – 1 over the north end of St. Agnes.
Kingfisher – 1 that was ringed on the mainland was trapped and released.
Great Spotted Woodpecker – 1 calling around Ennor Castle, Old Town and later seen on Bryher.
Yellow-browed Warbler – On St. Mary’s: 2 caught and ringed at Porth Hellick Ringing Station, 2 at Content, 1 by Porthloo Lane, 4 in Lower Moors, 4 Higher Moors 3 0n Tresco, 3 on St. Agnes, 2 Popplestone Fields Bryher, 4 on Bryher and 3 on St. Martin’s
Firecrest – 1 behind Bryher Tennis court and 1 Veronica Farm, Bryher.
Fieldfare – 50 at Content, 45 over Porthloo and 120 over Longstone.
Redwing – A large arrival of 100s over night
Ring Ouzel –1 on Peninnis by the Millstone, 3 Higher Moors, 2 on St. Agnes and 1 by King Charles’s Castle, Tresco.
Spotted Flycatcher – 1 50 meters west of Seven Stones Inn, St. Marti’s.
Black Redstart – 1 Porth Minnick, 3 Porthloo, 3 Hugh Town Quay and 2 Longstone.
Common Redstart – 1 St. Martin’s.
Tree Pipit – 1 at Content.
Grey Wagtail – 3 at Content, 1 Newford Duck Pond
Reed Bunting – 1 Higher Moors.
Siskin – 12 flew northeast over Longstone, 15 Bryher and 2 St. Martin’s.
Brambling – 3 at Content, 2 flew east over Longstone and 1 on Tresco.
