Thursday (29/04)
Red-footed Falcon – The female found on Monday was seen again again near the Old Quay, St. Martin’s
Purple Heron – 1 in flight over Lower Moors towards the airport appeared to land before Old Town Lane
Cattle Egret – 1 in a field north of Racket Town Lane, Tresco, 2 in the field in front of Longstone Café
Richard’s Pipit – 1 still on Bryher behind Great Bay/ Rushy Bay
Golden Oriole – A female at Higher Town, St. Martin’s-, a female flew from the loop trail towards the pool at Porth Hellick
Eider – A drake in Little Bay, St. Martin’s
Swift – 11 along the coastal path from Juliet’s Garden to the bottom of the Golf Course, 1 over Garn Gwaval, 1 over Higher Town, St. Martin’s
Cuckoo – 1 flew south over the Great Pool, Tresco, 1 Shipman Head Down, Bryher
Black-throated Diver – A summer plumage bird in Bull’s Porth, St. Martin’s (photo)
Whimbrel – 4 Porth Hellick Bay
Purple Sandpiper – 5 Little Bay, St. Martin’s
Iceland Gull – 1 at Porthloo, 1 Little Bay, St. Martin’s
Jackdaw – 2 Little Arthur Farm, St. Martin’s
Grasshopper Warbler – 1 in the pines on the bay side of Porth Hellick, 1 reeling by the entrance road to the Golf Course
Ring Ouzel – A male on the seaward side of Star Castle
Spotted Flycatcher – 1 in elms by the pond by cricket pitch on St. Martin’s (photo)
White Wagtail – 2 Great Pool, Tresco
Tree Pipit – 2 between the town and Popplestone Bay, Bryher