Saturday 12th October 2013 IoS Bird Sightings

GREY-CHEEKED THRUSH – The bird seen last Monday was seen again in Old Town Churchyard at 10:30 and 17:00, both times very briefly.

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

Purple Heron – 1 still at Lower Moors.

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

Rose-coloured Starling – 1 on St. Agnes.

Red-breasted Flycatcher –1 Old Town Churchyard and 1 St. Agnes.

Great Spotted Woodpecker – 1 in Lower Moors..

Yellow-browed Warbler – 6 on St. Mary’s, 1 on St. Agnes and 1 on St. Martin’s.

Firecrest – Still 2 in Carreg Dhu Gardens .

Lapland Bunting – 2 on Peninnis and 1 on St. Agnes.

Snow Bunting – 1 on Peninnis.

Garganey – 1 still on Tresco

Merlin – 1 St. Mary’s, 1 St. Martin’s and 1 St. Agnes.

Jack Snipe – 3 Shooters’ Pool, Lower Moors, 4 Porth Hellick, 1 on the Project Pool, 1 Newford Duck Pond and 1 Tresco.

Red-breasted Merganser – 1 off Higher Town Quay, St. Martin’s.

Common Scoter – 9 in The Roads.

Sooty Shearwater – 1 off Old Town.

Balearic Shearwater – 1 off Old Town and 2 on the Scillonian crossing from Penzance to St. Mary’s.

European Storm-petrel – 2 on the Scillonian crossing from Penzance to St. Mary’

Knot – 1 on Tresco.

Black-tailed Godwit – 1 Tresco.

Whimbrel – 1 Old Town and 1 St. Martin’s.

Arctic Skua – 1 in The Roads.

Great Skua – 2 on the Scillonian crossing from Penzance to St. Mary’s.

Mediterranean Gull – 1 on St. Martin’s.

Turtle Dove – 1 on St. Martin’s.

Short-eared Owl – 1 on St. Martin’s.

Kingfisher – 1 Lower Moors and 1 Porth Hellick.

Common Redstart – 1 on St. Martin’s .

Ring Ouzel – 1 Content, 1 Carn Friars and 2 on St. Martin’s.

Mistle Thrush – 1 Lower Moors.

Spotted Flycatcher – 1 on St. Martin’s and 1 on St. Agnes.

Lesser Whitethroat – 1Higher Moors, 1 Shooters’ Pool and 1 on St. Martin’s.

Pied Flycatcher – 1 Old Town Churchyard, 1 on St. Agnes and 1 St. Martin’s.

Reed Bunting – 2 at Porth Hellick.