A selection from Friday’s log call:
Red-eyed Vireo – 1 was found mid-afternoon on Bryher.
Olive-backed Pipit – 1 thought to be this species was heard fling over St. Agnes.
Red-throated Pipit – 1 Airfield and 1 St. Agnes.
Surf Scoter – 1 still near Teän.
Little Bunting – 1 Porth Mellon and 1 Peninnis.
Richard’s Pipit – 1 Pungies Lane
Cetti’s Warbler – 1 Porth Hellick.
Cattle Egret – 2 Tresco.
Rose-coloured Starling – 1 St. Martin’s and 1 Bryher.
Water Pipit – 1 Porth Mellon.
Hawfinch – 1 St. Agnes.
Grey Phalarope – 6 on a pelagic trip.
Red-throated Diver – 1 off Bryher and 1 off St. Martin’s.
Lapland Bunting – 1 Peninnis.
Great Spotted Woodpecker – A male on St. Martin’s.
Yellow-browed Warbler – 11 on St. Mary’s, 1 on St. Martin’s, 4 on St. Agnes and 6 on Tresco.
Firecrest – 2 Innisidgen and 1 Porth Hellick.
Spoonbill – 2 on Green Island, Samson.
Red-breasted Merganser – 1 in Old Town Bay → Porth Hellick and it or another off St. Martins.
Great Shearwater – 95+ on a pelagic trip.
Sooty Shearwater – 6 on a pelagic trip.
Black Redstart – 16 on St. Mary’s, 5 on St. Agnes and 1 on Bryher.
Whooper Swan – 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Pintail – A female on Abbey Pool.
Pochard – 2 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Common Scoter – 1 near Teän and 4 from Deep Point.
Great Northern Diver – 2 off Innisidgen and 1Tresco Channel.
Little Egret – 4 Tresco Channel and 1 St. Agnes.
Whimbrel – 2 Deep Point.
Black-tailed Godwit – 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Wood Sandpiper – 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Mediterranean Gull – 3 Pelistry.
Great Skua – 1 on a pelagic trip.
Kingfisher – 1 Porthcressa, 1 Porth Hellick and 1 Old Town Bay.
Merlin – 1 Porthloo and 1 St. Agnes.
Skylark – 7St. Martin’s, 15 on St. Mary’s and 2 on Bryher.
Lesser Whitethroat – 1 Lower Moors.
Ring Ouzel – 1 Peninnis and 1 Bryher.
Fieldfare – 18 on St. Mary’s, 20-30 and 3 on St. Agnes.
Redwing – 200 -300 across the islands.
Mistle Thrush – 1 Longstone.
Pied Flycatcher – 1 Bryher.
Redstart – 1 Porthcressa and 1 Maypole.
Yellow Wagtail – 1 Lower Moors.
Brambling – 15 St. Mary’s.
Siskin – 2 Carreg Dhu Gardens, 2 Trenoweth and 1 Bryher.
Reed Bunting – 2 Standing Stones Field and 1 Porth Hellick.