Species reported at the first Bird Log of October included:
PECTORAL SANDPIPER – Juv still on Porth Hellick Pool
Great Spotted Woodpecker – 1 on the Garrison
Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 Lower Moors, 1 Newford Duck Pond, 1 Higher Moors and 3 on Bryher
Grey Phalarope – 5 on a pelagic trip offshore
Firecrest – 6 on St Mary’s and 3 on Tresco
Jack Snipe – 1 Lower moors and 1 on Porth Hellick Pool
Pintail – Female on the Great Pool, Tresco
Shoveler – Female on the Great Pool, Tresco
Red-throated Diver – summer plumaged bird still in Porthcressa Bay
Balearic Shearwater – 4 seen from the Scillonian crossing from Penzance
European Storm Petrel – 2 from Pelagic Trip offshore
Golden Plover – 2 on Golf Course
Green Sandpiper – 1 Lower Moors
Sanderling – 50+ on Tresco
Merlin – 1 Porth Hellick and 1 Longstone
Garden Warbler – 1 Longstone
Whinchat – 1 Porth Hellick and 2 Bryher
Reed Bunting – 1 on Bryher