Monday (19/07)
Balearic Shearwater – 2 on a evening pelagic trip 6 miles south of St. Mary’s.
Sooty Shearwater – 1 on the evening pelagic trip.
European Storm-petrel – 1 on the evening pelagic trip.
Dark-bellied Brent Goose – The unseasonal bird was in Bathinghouse Porth, Tresco.
Pochard – 5 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Green Sandpiper – 1 flew over Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Mediterranean Gull – 2 Porth Cressa.
Common Gull – 1 Deep Point.
Swift – 7 over New Grimsby, Tresco and 1 Deep Point.
Spotted Flycatcher – 1 (an early retuning bird?) in vine Farm fields, Bryher.
Wally the walrus was on St. Martin’s Flats. And back on his pontoon in Hugh Town Harbour in the evening.
Short-beaked Common Dolphin – 150+ on the evening pelagic trip.
Tuesday (20/07)
Rose-coloured Starling – 1 in The Chaplaincy Garden on Church Street. And then in the New Zealand Flame Tree on Back Lane behind St. Mary’s Hall.
Iceland Gull – 1 Great Bay, St. Martin’s.
Pochard – 5 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Green Greenshank – 5 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Knot – 3 Tresco.
Sanderling – 112 Tresco, 2 Great Bay, St. Martin’s.
Dunlin – 11 Tresco.
Whimbrel – 8 Tresco.
Common Sandpiper – 9 Tresco.
Mediterranean Gull – 12 over Hugh Town, 4 Tresco Channel, 1 by North Bartholomew Buoy and 2 Great Bay, St. Martin’s.
Yellow-legged Gull – 2 Tresco.
Swift – 6 over New Grimsby, Tresco and 2 flying round the C of E church on Church Road.
Wally the walrus was still on a pontoon in Hugh Town Harbour.
Wednesday (21/07)
Rose-coloured Starling – 1 still in the New Zealand Flame Tree on Back Lane behind St. Mary’s Hall and also in the Flame Tree in Banksea Close.
Eider – 1 still near Guther’s Island (photo).
Whimbrel – 1 flew over the airport.
Common Sandpiper – 1 Porth Hellick.
Iceland Gull – 1 still in a field at Telegraph.
Swift – 6 over Hugh Town.
Wally the walrus was by Craggy Ellis east of Tresco.
Thursday (22/07)
Rose-coloured Starling – 1 still in the New Zealand Flame Tree in Banksea Close.#
Green Sandpiper – 2 Porth Hellick Pool.
Mediterranean Gull – 2 Porthloo.
Swift – 2 over Holy Vale.
Wally the walrus was by Craggy Ellis and Crow Beacon east of Tresco.
Friday (23/07
Eider – 1 St. Martin’s Flats.
Hobby – 1 Tresco.
Cuckoo – A juvenile on St. Martin’s.
Wally the walrus was still by Craggy Ellis.
Saturday (24/07)
Mediterranean Gull – 12+ Plumb Island.
Yellow-legged Gull –A juvenile on Tresco.
Grey Heron – 21 on Tresco.
Little Egret – 4 on Tresco.
Common Sandpiper – 2 on St. Agnes.
Dunlin – 21 on Tresco.
Sanderling – 300 on Tresco.
Knot – 1 on Tresco.
Bar-tailed Godwit – 1 on Tresco.
Whimbrel – 6 on Tresco.
Mistle Thrush – 1 at Bishop’s View.
Wally the walrus was back on his pontoon in Hugh Town Harbour.
Sunday (25/07)
European Storm-petrel – 6 trapped and ringed overnight at Porth Wreck and another British-ringed control.
Hobby – 1 Tresco.
Pochard – 5 on the Great Pool, Tresco
Eider – 1 still near Guther’s Island.
Yellow-legged Gull – 4 Tresco.
Sandwich Tern – 21 at Porth Cressa.
Swift – 2 over the church in Hugh
Siskin – 3 Pungies Lane.
Wally the walrus was between Crow and Craggy Ellis and later returned to his pontoon in the harbour.
