Thursday (01/10)
Brent Goose – 13 Samson Flats
Greylag Goose – 2 came into Porth Hellick Pool to roost at dusk
Pink-footed Goose – Up to 6 birds seen at various locations on St. Mary’s, 4 on Tresco
Shelduck – 1 flew over Carn Near onto the Abbey Pool, Tresco
Shoveler – 2 on the Great Pool, Tresco
Pochard – 2 Abbey Pool, Tresco
Sooty Shearwater – 1 past Horse Point, St. Agnes
Balearic Shearwater – 1 from the Scillonian III on “the Scilly side”
Spotted Crake – 1 still on the Great Pool, Tresco
Grey Plover – 1 Samson Flats
Dotterel – 2 on Castle Down, Tresco
Whimbrel – 4 Watermill Cove
Bar-tailed Godwit – 8 Samson Flats
Sanderling – 80+ Samson Flats
Common Sandpiper – 1 Old Town Bay, 1 Watermill Cove
Jack Snipe – 1 Porth Hellick Pool
Short-eared Owl – 4 on Tresco between Pentle Beach and the Abbey Crossroads in the evening
Wryneck – 1 on the rocks below Dibble & Grub Café, Porth Cressa, 1 near Peninnis Lighthouse, 1 New Grimsby, Tresco
Merlin – 1 over Peninnis, 1 Pelistry
Red-backed Shrike – 1 still behind Longstone Lodge
Cetti’s Warbler – 2 Porth Hellick
Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 calling by the Standing Stones Field, Lower Moors, 1 near the Hilda Quick Hide, Lower Moors, 1 Shooters’ Pool, Lower Moors, 1 near the School
Barred Warbler – 1 at the junction of Telegraph Road and the top end of Porthloo Lane
Firecrest – 1 Porth Hellick, 1 Carreg Dhu Gardens, 1 Shooters’ Pool, Lower Moors
Spotted Flycatcher – 1 Carn Gwaval, 1 in the Parsonage Garden, St Agnes
Nightingale – 1 still in the sallows by the Dump Clump
Pied Flycatcher –1 between the school and the Dump Clump, 1 behind Porth Hellick Loop, 1 Holy Vale, 2 in the Parsonage Garden, St Agnes
Black Redstart – A female on the rocks below Dibble & Grub Café, Porth Cressa
Redstart – 1 Rosehill
Whinchat – 2 Porth Hellick, 1 Standing Stone Field, Lower Moors, 1 Telegraph, 5 St. Martin’s
Yellow Wagtail – 1 at the lighthouse end of Peninnis
Grey Wagtail – 1 Rosehill/Rocky Hills Junction–
Brambling – 1 (the first of the autumn) Rosehill/Rocky Hills Junction
Crossbill – 3 Sandy Lane, 2 over the Garrison Campsite, 2 over Porth Hellick and 1 lingering at Carn Friars
Lapland Bunting – 1 at the lighthouse end of Peninnis, 1 Gimble Porth, Tresco