Thursday 10th October 2013 IoS Bird Sightings

SORA RAIL – 1 still on the Great Pool, Tresco.

Arctic Warbler – 1 still at Newford Duck Pond.

Purple Heron – 1 still at Lower Moors.

Short-toed Lark – 1 still on St. Agnes.

Rose-coloured Starling – 1 on St. Agnes.

Richard’s Pipit – 1 Telegraph.

Bluethroat – 1 still in Lower Moors.

Red-backed Shrike – A juvenile near the Blockhouse on Tresco.

Spotted Crake – 1 still in Lower Moors.

Red-breasted Flycatcher –1 Rocky Hills and 1 St. Agnes.

Wryneck – 1 below the Golf Course.

Yellow-browed Warbler – 11 on St. Mary’s, 3 on Tresco, 2 on St. Agnes and 1 on Bryher.

Chiffchaff – A Tristis type was at Content.

Firecrest – Carreg Dhu Gardens .

Lapland Bunting – 1 on Peninnis.

Snow Bunting – 1 on Peninnis.

Garganey – 1 still on Tresco.

Barnacle Goose – 3 past St. Martin’s.

Common Scoter – 2 Tresco.

Balearic Shearwater – 3 past Peninnis and 3 past Tresco.

Merlin – 1 Carn Friars and 1 St. Agnes.

Jack Snipe – 2 Lower Moors and 1 Tresco.

Woodcock – 1 Tresco.

Black-tailed Godwit – 1 Tresco.

Bar-tailed Godwit – 2 Porthcressa.

Whimbrel – 1 Old Town and 1 Porthloo

Grey Phalarope – 1 past Tresco.

Great Skua – 1 past Bryher and 2 past Tresco.

Mediterranean Gull – 1 Porthcressa and 2 on Tresco.

Short-eared Owl – 1 on Peninnis.

Kingfisher – 2 Lower Moors and 1 on Bryher.

Whinchat – 1 at Borough Farm, St. Mary’s and 1 on Tresco.

Spotted Flycatcher – 1 on Harry’s Walls.

Lesser Whitethroat – 1 at Nowhere.

Pied Flycatcher – 1 Old Town Churchyard and 1 Rocky Hills.

Lesser Redpoll – 2 on Bryher.