St. Mary’s – With no wind and flat calm conditions were ideal for looking at the sea. Watches from the Garrison, MacFarland’s Down and Innisidgen produced 3 Slavonian Grebes, a Black-necked Grebe, a Black-throated Diver, 43 Great Northern Divers, 30+ Shelduck, 7 Common Scoters and a Whimbrel. Also seen were 15+ Harbour Porpoise. At Lower Moors there were 3 Siberian Chiffchaffs, a Redpoll and a Great Spotted Woodpecker. The Water Pipit and Black Redstart were still on the beach below the quay car park.

Tresco - An adult Mediterranean Gull offshore.

Samson - 2 Spoonbills.

St. Mary’s – An Eider, 7 Common Scoters, 14 Great Northern Divers and a Slavonian Grebe on the sea viewed from Star Castle. Seen from Bar Point were another 15 Great Northern Divers, another Slavonian Grebe, 3 Whimbrel , 3 Bar-tailed Godwits and a third-winter Yellow-legged Gull. A Siberian Chiffchaff was at Porth Hellick and a Merlin was seen to catch a Turnstone on Porthloo Beach, the Turnstone managed to escape!

Bryher - A Black-necked Grebe near Hangman’s Island.

Samson – 2 Spoonbills on Green Island.

St. Mary’s – 4 Siberian Chiffchaffs & 3 Firecrests at Porth Hellick, 3 Firecrests in Lower Moors and 7 Great Northern Divers off Bar Point & 2 Waxwings over

St. Mary’s – A female Cetti’s Warbler, 4 Siberian Chiffchaffs. a Firecrest, a Skylark and 3 Blackcaps

St. Mary’s – 3 Siberian Chiffchaffs & 3 Firecrests at Lower Moors, a Firecrest at Porth Hellick, a Firecrest at Rosehill, a Black Redstart at Little Porth and 3 Pale-bellied Brent Geese at Porth Mellon

St. Mary’s – The Water Pipit & Black Redstart were still by the quay car park, the Black Redstart was still at Little Porth and the 3 Pale-bellied Brent Geese & the Red-breasted Merganser were still at Porth Mellon. 2 Firecrests, 4 Siberian Chiffchaffs, a Yellow-browed Warbler, a Common Buzzard and 2 Jack Snipe were in Lower Moors. 5 Siberian Chiffchaffs, 2 Firecrests and a Little Grebe were at Porth Hellick.

Tresco – A female Scaup. a drake Goldeneye, a drake Shoveler, 4 Pink-footed Geese and 3 Long-tailed Tits, the latter being a very scarce species on Scilly.

St. Mary’s – The 3 Pale-bellied Brent Geese and the female Goldeneye were still at Porthloo. 14 Snipe flew over High Lanes, the Water Pipit was still on the beach below the quay car park and 2 Common Gulls, 20 Sanderlings & a male Black Redstart were at Little Porth. On the airfield there were 150+ Golden Plovers, 30+ Lapwings, 19 Ringed Plovers, 6 Dunlin, 3 Snipe, 20 Redwings, 3 Fieldfares, a Mistle Thrush and 2 Skylarks.

St. Mary’s – 3 Pale-bellied Brent Geese, 7 Dunlin & 5 Common Gull at Porthloo. There was an impressive flock of waders on the airfield, with 300+ Golden Plovers, 50+ Lapwings, 20+ Ringed Plovers, 5 Dunlin, 5 Snipe and 3 Turnstones. At Porth Hellick there were 2+ Siberian Chiffchaffs, 2 Firecrest, a Common Buzzard, a Little Grebe, and a Jack Snipe. The Water Pipit & the Black Redstart were still on the beach below the quay car park, a Firecrest was in the Dump Clump and in Lower Moors were 5 Siberian Chiffchaffs and a Yellow-browed Warbler. A Black Redstart, 2 Shelduck, 2 Little Egret and 20 Sanderling were at Porthcressa.

St. Mary’s – A female Goldeneye, a Red-breasted Merganser and 3 Pale-bellied Brent Geese at Porthloo. The Water Pipit & Black Redstart were still on the beach below the quay car park and a Little Grebe,12 Teal, a Jack Snipe, 6 Greenshank, a Redshank, a Grey Plover & 2 Firecrests were at Porth Hellick.

St. Agnes – A Jack Snipe.

St. Martin’s – A Waxwing.

Tresco – 2 Slavonian Grebes, 12 Great Northern Divers, a Pale-bellied Brent Goose, 4 Pink-footed Geese, 5 Shovelers, 14 Wigeon, 70 Teal, 6 Tufted Ducks, 4 Scaup, a drake Goldeneye, a female Goosander, 6 Common Snipe, a Jack Snipe, 14 Dunlin, a Knot, 8 Common Gulls, 5 Short-eared Owls, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Kingfisher, a Firecrest, a Black Redstart, 2 Siskin, a Brambling and a Reed Bunting.

St. Mary’s – The cold weather continued to push much larger numbers of Snipe, Fieldfare, Redwing, Golden Plover & Lapwing than is usual on Scilly, e.g 200+ Lapwing and 120+ Golden Plover across with flocks of 85 Lapwing and 45 Golden Plover at Carn Friars. 3 Pale-bellied Brent Geese, a female Goldeneye, a pair of Shoveler, a Merlin and 11 Dunlin were at Porthloo. A Whimbrel, a Great Northern Diver and 10 Teal were at Porthcressa. The Water Pipit & the Black Redstart were still on the beach below the quay carpark wall and 3 Lapland Buntings flew over Giant’s Castle. 4 Grey Plovers were at Porth Mellon and a drake Mandarin flew across the bay, Mandarins are no longer kept on the islands so its origin is unknown. 12 Woodcock were at Trenoweth and 7 were at Carn Friars. A female Wigeon, 2 Firecrests, a Siberian Chiffchaff and 44 Teal were at Porth Hellick, this is an exceptionally high count for St. Mary’s.

St. Agnes – A pair of Goosander ( a very scarce bird on Scilly) flew past.