A selection from Monday’s log
Isabelline Wheatear – 1 still on St. Mary’s Airfield.
American Golden Plover – 1 still on Porth Hellick Beach.
Rose-coloured Starling – A juvenile on Buzza Hill.
Spotted Crake – 1 still in Lower Moors.
Spoonbill – 1 on Green Island, Samson.
Hawfinch – 3 Green Lane/Maypole, 1 Lower Moors, 1 Borough Farm, Tresco and 1 St. Agnes.
Wryneck – 1 on St. Martin’s.
Snow Bunting – 3 on St. Martin’s.
Yellow-browed Warbler – 8 on St. Mary’s, 1 on St. Agnes, and 1 on St. Tresco.
Firecrest – 7 on St. Mary’s, 1 on Tresco and 1 on St. Agnes.
Yellow-legged Gull – 2 on a pelagic trip.
Grey Phalarope – 1 on a pelagic trip.
Sooty Shearwater – 2 on a pelagic trip.
Pink- footed Goose – 8 on Tresco.
Pale-bellied Brent Goose – 2 still at Porth Mellon.
Wigeon – 1 on Abbey Pool, Tresco
Pintail – A drake on Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Common Scoter – 3 in the Roads.
Great Northern Diver – 2 off Innisidgen.
Little Grebe – 2 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Whimbrel – 1 Watermill and 1 Porthloo.
Bar-tailed Godwit – 2 Porthloo.
Woodcock – The first of the autumn was 1 at Carn Friars.
Jack Snipe – 1 in Lower Moors.
Artic Skua – 1 on a pelagic trip.
Great Skua – 7+ on a pelagic trip.
Mediterranean Gull – 1 off the Garrison, 1 Tresco Channel 2 on a pelagic trip.
Turtle Dove – 1 in a garden in Hugh Town.
Merlin – A female around St. Mary’s and a female Gugh.
Redwing – 1 Porthloo.
Spotted Flycatcher – 1 Holy Vale and 1 on St. Agnes.
Common Redstart – 1 Porthcressa.
Whinchat – 1 on the Airfield and 1 at the Dump.
White Wagtail – 1 Telegraph.
Lesser Redpoll – 1 Lower Moors and 1 Tresco.
Siskin – 4 Tresco.
Reed Bunting – 1 Carn Friars/Porth Hellick.