OLEANDER HAWKMOTH – The first Scilly record of this beautiful moth was 1 trapped overnight (Sunday/Monday) at Old Town (photo)
Ortolan Bunting – 1 still on Periglis Beach, St. Agnes.
Roses-coloured Starling – A juvenile was in a bulb field next to Carn Vean Café.
Bluethroat – 1 still in Lower Moors.
Great Wite Egret – 1 on the shore below Troy Town Campsite and 3 on Middle Town Beach, St, Martin’s.
Dotterel –3 still on Castle Down.-
Lapwing – 1 on Simpson’s Field, Tresco.
Golden Plover – 2 flew over Hugh Town at 21:40.
Whimbrel – 2 St. Warna’s Porth, St, Agnes.
Merlin – 1 Chapel Down, St. Martin’s.
Kingfisher – 1 on rocks in Porth Cressa.
Great Spotted woodpecker – 1 in the pines south of Porth Hellick.
Wryneck – 1 still at Porth Wreck.
Firecrest – 2 on the coastal path between Old Town & Giant’s Castle, 1 in the garden of Carn Wethers Guesthouse on Green Farm Lane and 1 near the Seven Stones Inn, St. Martin’s.
Pied Flycatcher – 1 still in the Dump Clump.
Spotted Flycatcher – 2 near the Seven Stones Inn, St. Martin’s.
Whinchat – 2 at Carn Friars.
Common Redstart – 1 at Carn Friars and 1 Chapel Down, St. Martin’s.
Yellow Wagtail – 3 at Pelistry Riding Stables.
Grey Wagtail – 1 at Normandy.
Tuesday (24/09)
PADDYFIELD WARBLER – Unbelievably after last week bird another was trapped and ringed at Porth Hellick.
Western Bonelli’s Warbler – 1 in trees at the southeast corner of the Great Pool, Tresco (photo)
Ortolan Bunting – 1 still on Periglis Bank, St. Agnes.
Great White Egret – 4 on Samson and 1 Appletree Bay, Tresco.
Common Rosefinch – 1 at Porth Wreck and 1 in holy Vale.
Bluethroat – At least 1 was still by the Lower Moors Pool.
Yellow-browed Warbler – The first of the autumn were 3 or 4 on St, Martin’s, 2 on St. Agnes and 1 on Pool Road, Tresco.
Cory’s Shearwater – 15 on the last evening pelagic trip of the year, 8 km south of St. Mary’s.
Great Shearwater – 10 on the last evening pelagic trip.
Balearic Shearwater – 2 on the last evening pelagic trip.
European Storm=petrel – 5 on the last evening pelagic trip.
Great Skua – 3 on the last evening pelagic trip.
Pomarine Skua – 1 on the last evening pelagic trip.
Arctic Skua – 1 on the last evening pelagic trip.
Osprey – Still 2 around the islands.
Matsh Harrier – 1 flew behind Gweal Hill, Bryher.
Little Egret – 4 Merrick Island.
Dotterel – 2 on Castle Down, Tresco moving to Shipman Head Down.
Lapwing – 2 Simpson’s Field, Tresco
Golden Plover – 1 on the Golf Course and 6 Tregarthen Hill, Tresco.
Jack Snipe – 1 at the east end of the Great Pool, Treco.
Curlew Sandpiper – A juvenile at Perrnagie, St. Martin’s.
Purple Sandpiper – 5 on Corregan, Western Rocks.
Whimbrel – 1 flew east over Pool, Road.
Great Spotted Woodpecker – 1 in Elms west of Newford Duck Pond.
Wryneck – 1 Carn Friars Farm.
Firecrest – 2 Carreg Dhu Gardens, 1 Holy Vale, 1 Tremelethen Farm, 1 in the pines on Porth Hellick Down and 1 in willows behind the cricket pitch pool, St, Martin’s,
Spotted Flycatcher – 1 Old Town Lane, 1 in Holy Vale,1 Shooters’ Pool, Lower Moors, 2 Helvear and 3 on St. Martin’s.
Common Redstart – 1 Carn Friars Farm and1 near Telegraph and 1 still on Chapel Down, St. Martin’s.
Whinchat – 1 Perpitch, St. Martin’s.
Tree Pipit – 1 Shooters’ Pool, Lower Moors and 3 Helvear.
Grey Wagtail – 1 Helvear and 1 Simpson’s Field.
Blue Shark – 1 caught, tagged and released on the last evening pelagic trip.
Wednesday (25/09)
Western Bonelli’s Warbler – 1 still on Tresco.
Great White Egret – Still 4+ around the islands, at various locations and in varying numbers.
Ortolan Bunting – 1 still at Periglis, St. Agnes.
Red-breasted Flycatcher – 1 in the in the shelter bely pines along the path from Porth Hellick to Salakee Down.
Osprey – Still at least 1 on the islands.
Cory’s Shearwater – .17 past Horse Point, St. Agnes in 30 minutes,1 past Peninnis, 13 in Scilly waters, seen from the Scillonian III on the morning crossing from Penzance to St. Mary’s and 9 on the return sailing.
Great Shearwater – 2 in Scilly waters, seen from the Scillonian III on the afternoon crossing from St. Mary’s to Penzance
Great Skua – 1 in Scilly waters, seen from the Scillonian III on the afternoon crossing from St. Mary’s to Penzance.
Arctic Skua – 1 harassing Sandwich Terns of Peninnis.
Mediterranean Gull – 20 in Porth Cressa.
Pochard – 2 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Little Grebe – 21 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Pintail – A drake on Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Dotterel – 3 on Castle Down, Tresco.
Golden Plover – 8 on the airfield, 2 Chapel Down and 1 on Castle Down, Tresco.
Merlin – 1 on Peninnis.
Kingfisher – 1 on Shooters’ Pool, Lower Moors and 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Firecrest – 2 still in Carreg Dhu Gardens, 1 at Trenoweth, 1 Porth Hellick Loop, 1 Tremelethen Farm, 1 in the Parsonage Garden, St. Agnes and in the pines at Middle Town, St. Martin’s.
Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 at the Abbey Crossroads and 1 in Apple Tree Glade, Bryher.
Grasshopper Warbler – 1 flushed at Perpitch, St. Martin’s.
Pied Flycatcher – 1 still in the Dump Clump, 1 at Trenoweth and 2 on Bryher.
Spotted Flycatcher – 3 on the Garrison and 2 on Bryher.
Grey Wagtail –2 in a field at Normandy Corner.
Lesser Redpoll – 1 near Troy Town Farm, St. Agnes.
Thursday (26/09)
Spotted Crake – 1 on the western end of the Great Pool, Tresco. (photo).
Great White Egret – 3 roosting on the eastern side of Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Ortolan Bunting – 1 still at Periglis, St. Agnes.
Leach’s Storm-petrel – 1 seen in Scilly waters from the Scillonian III on the morning crossing from Penzance to St. Mary’s.
Red-breasted Flycatcher – A very vocal but elusive bird in in willows at the beach end of Porth Hellick.
Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 still on St. Martin’s along the track from Church Town Farm Cottages to the school.
Bluethroat – The male was still showing off and on by Lower Moors Pool.
Osprey – Still at least 1 on the islands.
Dotterel – 3 on Castle Down, Tresco.
Jack Snipe – 1 on the western end of the Great Pool, Tresco.
Golden Plover – 9 Giant’s Castle and 10 on Castle Down, Tresco.
Little Egret – 5 on the Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Pintail – A drake on the Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Pochard – 2 drakes on the Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Cory’s Shearwater – 30 past Giant’s Castle, 4 seen in Scilly waters from the Scillonian III on the morning crossing from Penzance to St. Mary’s and 80 on the return trip.
Great Shearwater – 4 seen in Scilly waters from the Scillonian III on the morning crossing from Penzance to St. Mary’s and 80 on the return trip.
Sooty Shearwater – 2 seen in Scilly waters from the Scillonian III on the morning crossing from Penzance to St. Mary’s.
Balearic Shearwater – 1 seen in Scilly waters from the Scillonian III on the early evening crossing from St. Mary’s to Penzance.
European Storm-petrel – 2 seen in Scilly waters from the Scillonian III on the morning crossing from Penzance to St. Mary’s and 2 on the return trip.
Great Skua 1 seen in Scilly waters from the Scillonian III on the early evening crossing from St. Mary’s to Penzance.
Merlin – 1 over Porth Hellick Down.
Raven – 1 at Carn Vean.
Firecrest – 2 at Salakee Farm, 1 in Carreg Dhu Gardens and 1 in Apple Tree Glade, Bryher.
Spotted Flycatcher – 3 on St. Mary’s and 2 on Bryher.
Pied Flycatcher – 6 on St. Mary’s.
Whinchat – 1 on Bryher.
