Monday (11/01)
Cattle Egret – 2 Longstone
Whimbrel – 1 Pendrathen
Bar-tailed Godwit – 12 Pendrathen
Woodcock – 1 by the Telegraph Radio mast
Mediterranean Gull – 1 Morning Point on the Garrison
Glaucous Gull – 1 in a garden behind Star Castle
Iceland Gull – 2 Porthloo
Merlin – 1 over Carn Thomas, Hugh Town
Tuesday (12/01)
Only 3 reports
Glaucous Gull – 1 again in a garden behind the Star Castle on the Garrison
Iceland Gull – 1 Porthloo
Firecrest – 1 in a garden behind the Star Castle on the Garrison
Wednesday (13/01)
Humpback Whale – 1 close in of the west side of the Garrison, it or another also seen between
Common Scoter – 1 seen off shore on a walk from Pendrathen to Deep Point
Red-throated Diver – 1 seen off shore on a walk from Pendrathen to Deep Point
Great Northern Diver – 14 seen off shore on a walk from Pendrathen to Deep Point
Slavonian Grebe – 2 seen off shore on a walk from Pendrathen to Deep Point
Little Egret – 3 Porthloo
Kingfisher – 1 seen on a walk from Pendrathen to Deep Point
Glaucous Gull – Again in a garden behind the Star Castle on the Garrison before flying towards Porth Cressa
Iceland Gull – 2 Porthloo
Thursday (14/01)
Cattle Egret – 3 Longstone
Yellow-legged Gull – A second-winter Morning Point
Glaucous Gull – 1 again in the usual garden behind Star Castle.
Iceland Gull – 1 still in the usual garden behind Star Castle, 2 Porthloo
Redwing – 16 Longstone
Brambling – 1 Holy Vale
Friday (15/01)
Humpback Whale – 1 south of Samson
Cattle Egret – 3 Longstone
Eider – 1 off Skirt Island, Tresco
Common Scoter – 3 off Innisidgen, 1 off Great Bay, St. Martin’s, 1 off South Beach, Tresco
Black-throated Diver – 1 Great Bay, St. Martin’s (photo)
Great Northern Diver – 16 from Innisidgen
Slavonian Grebe – 3 near the Eastern Isles seen from Innisidgen
Bar-tailed Godwit – 11 Middle Town Beach, St. Martin’s
Purple Sandpiper – 2 Samson, 6 Little Bay, St. Martin’s
Iceland Gull – 1 Porthloo, an apparently new juvenile bird on Samson
Buzzard – 1 Pool Road, Tresco
Great Spotted Woodpecker – 1 Pool Road, Tresco
Merlin – 1 Wingletang, St. Agnes, 1 St. Martin’s
Raven – 2 Chapel Down, St. Martin’s
Cetti’s Warbler – 1 Pool Road, Tresco, the first record away from St. Mary’s
Redpoll – A “Mealy” in a weedy field at Sunnyside
Saturday (16/01)
Cattle Egret – 3 Longstone (photo)
Spoonbill – 1 Samson
Common Sandpiper – 1 Porth Cressa Beach
Glaucous Gull – 1 on the Garrison
Iceland Gull – The usual individual in a garden behind Star Castle, later at Porthloo where it was joined by another
Firecrest – 1 in a garden behind Star Castle
Sunday (17/01)
Fin Whale – 1 off Peninnis
Cattle Egret – 4 Longstone, 1 Trewince
Russian White-fronted Goose – 1 still in the fields by the church on Tresco
Siberian Pink-footed Goose – 1 still in the fields by the church on Tresco
Eider – 1 Pendrathen, 1 Pentle Bay, Tresco
Common Scoter – 3 seen in a trip around island waters
Water Rail – 12 Lower Moors
Great Northern Diver – 25 around the islands
Little Egret – 2 Lawrence Bay, St. Martin’s
Bar-tailed Godwit – 12 Lawrence Bay, St. Martin’s
Purple Sandpiper – 4 Samson, 6 Great Bay, St. Martin’s
Woodcock – 3 Lower Moors
Yellow-legged Gull – An adult Samson
Glaucous Gull – 1 again in a garden behind Star Castle, seen later at Steval before flying towards Hugh Town
Iceland Gull – 2 Town Beach, 1 Porthloo
Short-eared Owl – 1 Lower Moors
Cetti’s Warbler – 1 Lower Moors
Siberian Chiffchaff– 1 Lower Moors
