Red-backed Shrike (M.Goodey)
A selection from Monday’s bird log:
Sora Rail – Still showing well from the Swarovski hide on Tresco.
Cattle Egret – 2 were seen flying round the island and were seen on the ground at Trewince and Porth Hellick Pool.
American Golden Plover – 1 was on the St. Mary’s Airfield.
Buff-bellied Sandpiper – 1 was on the St. Mary’s Airfield.
Bluethroat – 1 in the quarry below Buzza Tower.
Red-breasted Flycatcher – 2 on the Garrison.
Common Rosefinch – 1 on Bryher.
Wryneck – 1 Peninnis, 1 Garrison and 1 Porth Killier, St. Agnes.
Great Spotted Woodpecker – 1 on the Garrison and 1 on Tresco.
Red-backed Shrike – 1 on the Garrison.
Osprey – 1 flew over the Great Pool, Tresco.
Firecrest – 1 on the Garrison and 1 in the “Dump Clump”.
Yellow-browed Warbler – 3 on St. Mary’s, 2 on Tresco, 1 on Bryher and 1 on St. Agnes.
Lapland Bunting – 2 on Bryher, 1 on the Airfield and 1 on the Garrison.
Black-necked Grebe – 1 in Porthcressa Bay.
Grey Phalarope – 2 off Horse Point, St. Agnes.
Pale-bellied Brent Geese – 6 Tresco.
Common Scoter – 1 in Porthcressa Bay.
Balearic Shearwater – 1 off Horse Point, St, Agnes.
Little Egret – 16 Tresco Channel and 2 St. Agnes.
Marsh Harrier – 1 Tresco.
Hobby – 1 Tresco
Great Northern Diver – 1 flew over Bryher.
Golden Plover – 1 on St. Mary’s Airfield.
Whimbrel – 1 Porth Hellick and 1 St. Agnes.
Black-tailed Godwit – 1 Porth Hellick Pool.
Great Skua – 8 seen from the Scillonian III crossing form Penzance to St. Mary’s and 1 off Morning Point, Garrison.
Common Gull – 2 flew over the Great Pool, Tresco.
Mediterranean Gull – 5 adult, 1 2nd-winter and 4 1st-winter birds in Tresco Channel.
Garden Warbler – 1 Shooters’ Pool, Lower Moors.
Spotted Flycatcher – 3 on Tresco and 2 on the Garrison.
Pied Flycatcher – 1 in Holy Vale, 1 on the Garrison and 1 at Rowesfield Crossroads, Tresco.
Common Redstart – 1 on Tresco and 2 on St. Agnes.
Whinchat – 4 on Tresco, 1 at Salakee, 1 on Bryher and 1 on St. Agnes.