Sunday (03/11)
Little Bunting – 2 still on the Sunnyside Farm Trail.
Lesser Yellowlegs – 1 still on Simpson’s Field, Tresco.
Hawfinch – 1 flew over the Sunnyside Farm Trai and 1 on Tresco.
Cattle Egret – 2 still in the cow field behind Sage House.
Spoonbill – 3 on Green Island near Samson.
Cory’s Shearwater – 2 flew past.. Horse Point
Whooper Swan – 7 on Tresco.
Barnacle Goose – 1 in the fire station field, St. Martin’s.
Pintail – A drake on Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Goldeneye – 2 on Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Common Scoter – 1 flew past Horse Point
Little Grebe – 2 on Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Lapwing – 5 flew over Carn Friars.
Golden Plover – 1 flew over the Sunnyside Farm Trail.
Mediterranean Gull – 28 on Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Skylark –33 flew over the Newford/Trenoweth area and 22 Kittydown.
Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 on the Sunnyside Farm Trail, 1 trapped and ringed at Porth Hellick Ringing Station, 5 in the Newford. Trenoweth area (photo) and 4 on Tresco.
Siberian Chiffchaff – 2 in the Newford/Trenoweth area.
Willow Warbler – 2 “Northern type” in the Newford/Trenoweth area
Firecrest – 1 Tremelethen Trail, 1 Longstone and 2 on Treso.
Ring Ouzel – 1 Kittydown and Mount Todden.
Black Redstart – 8 Little Porth and 4 on Tresco.
Siskin – 21 in the Newford/Trenoweth area.
Brambling – 1 Sunnyside Farm Trail and 3 Newford (photo)
Reed Bunting – 2 in the Newford/Trenoweth area.
Monday (04/11)
Little Bunting – 2 still on the Sunnyside Farm Trail.
Hoopoe – 1 still at Timmy’s Hill, Bryher (photo).
Hawfinch – 2 flew over Porth Cressa heading towards the Garrison, where 1 landed in a garden behind Star Castle.
Bullfinch – 1 at Longstone, this is a very scarce species on Scilly.
Cattle Egret – 2 still in the field with cattle behind Sage House.
Great Wite Egret – 1 in Porth Hellick Bay and 1 in Appletree Bay, Bryher.
Cory’s Shearwater – 1 south of Peninnis, 7 flew past Tolman’s Point between 15:20 & 15 :50 and 2 seen in Scilly waters from the Scillonian III on the crossing from Penzance to St. Mary’s.
Sooty Shearwater – 1 flew past Tolman’s Point between 15:20 & 15 :50.
Manx Shearwater – 4 seen in Scilly waters from the Scillonian III on the crossing from Penzance to St. Mary’s.
Mediterranean Gull – 20 seen in Scilly waters from the Scillonian III on the crossing from Penzance to St. Mary’s.
Osprey – 1 fishing close inshore off the Garrison was also seen over Green Bay, Bryher and at Porth Hellick.
Marsh Harrier – A male over Lower Moors.
Whooper Swan – 12 still on Bryher Pool.
Common Scoter – A drake in the Roads.
Lapwing – 12 over the airfield.
Grey Plover – 2 flew north through the Roads.
Golden Plover – 34 flew past the Golf Course and 27 flew over the airport terminal.
Jack Snipe – 1 on Lower Moors Pool and 1 on Porth Hellick Pool.
Great Spotted Woodpecker – 1 at Longstone.
Yellow-browed Warbler – 5 in Lower Moors, 1 at Watermill and 1 behind Island Fish, Bryher. 1 of the Lower Moors birds was photographed and seen to be colour-ringed and had originally been ringed on Lundy Island on 23/10/24.
Siberian Chiffchaff – 1 by the sewage plant at the Old Town end of Lower Moors and 1 at Watermill.
Lesser Whitethroat – 1 that was possibly one of “Siberian” races was at Pendrathen by the boat yard.
Firecrest – 2 in Lower Moors and 1 still at Timmy’s Hill, Bryher.
Ring Ouzel – 1 still by the Millstone on King Edward’s Road, Peninnis.
Mistle Thrush – 1 in the ploughed field at the Peninnis end of the Peninnis Farm Trail.
Brambling – 3 in Lower Moors.
Siskin – 15 in Lower Moors.
Tuesday (05/11)
Wilson’s Snipe – What was thought to be the bird seen last month was back on Lower Moors
Pool.
Blyth’s Reed Warbler – A “possible” was in the Dup Clump.
Little Bunting – 2 still on the Sunnyside Farm Trail.1 of the birds is ringed.
Hawfinch – 1 in the orchard maze on the Carn Friars Farm Track and 1 briefly in a garden of the staff accommodation for Star Castle on the Garrison.
Barnacle Goose – 1 still in the fire station field, St. Martin’s.
Spoonbill – 3 still on Green Island, near Samson.
Lapwing – 3 flew over Telegraph and 23 flew over the Golf Course and then over Telegraph Road.
Golden Plover – 8 at Porthloo.
Green Sandpiper – 1 flew east over Telegraph Road and dropped onto Lower Moors Pool.
Jack Snipe – 6 on Lower Moors Pool.
Woodcock – 5+ in the Porth Hellick area and 1 flew over the Sunnyside Farm Trail.
Cory’s Shearwater – 2 off Deep Point.
Osprey – 1 flew over St. Mary’s Hospital.
Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 in the bushes by Higher Moors pumping station, 5 in Lower Moors, 2 in the Dump Clump and 1 in the orchard maze on the Carn Friars Farm Track.
Siberian Chiffchaff – 1 in the Standing Stones Field.
Firecrest – 1 in the bushes by Higher Moors pumping station.
Fieldfare – 1 in the orchard maze on the Carn Friars Farm Track.
Redwing – c20 in the orchard maze on the Carn Friars Farm Track.
Ring Ouzel – 1 in the orchard maze on the Carn Friars Farm Track.
Black Redstart – 1 in a garden of the staff accommodation for Star Castle on the Garrison.
Grey Wagtail – 2 in a garden of the staff accommodation for Star Castle on the Garrison.
Brambling – 1 on the Sunnyside Farm Trail.
