Wednesday (14/10)
American Buff-bellied Pipit – 1 still on Shipmanhead Down, Bryher, before moving to Horse Point, St. Agnes (photo)
Swainson’s Thrush – 1 still in Popplestone Fields, Bryher
Radde’s Warbler – 1 at Little Arthur Farm, St. Martin’s
American Golden Plover – 1 still on Castle Down, Tresco, later seen flying Samson Hill, Bryher
Great White Egret – 1 flew over Hell Bay, Bryher
Little Bunting – 1 still on the track by Camel Rock, Porth Hellick (photo)
Greylag Goose – 1 Four Lanes
Pink-footed Goose – 7 Four Lanes, 4 in a field at Appletree Bay, Tresco
Shelduck – 1 Samson
Shoveler – A pair on the Great Pool, Tresco
Wigeon – 4 on the pool in the Standing Stones Field, Lower Moors, 1 Porth Hellick Pool
Balearic Shearwater –2 past Deep Point
Little Grebe – 1 Great Pool, Tresco
Spoonbill – 3 Samson
Lapwing – 1 seen flying St. Mary’s
Whimbrel – 1 Taylor’s Island, Porthloo
Jack Snipe – 2 Porth Hellick Pool (photo), 1 Lower Moors
Mediterranean Gull – 2 Carn Near, Tresco
Yellow-legged Gull – 1 on Porth Killier, St. Agnes
Great Skua – 1 past Deep Point
Puffin – A very late bird was seen of the Garrison flying towards St. Martin’s
Short-eared Owl – 1 on the Garrison, 1 Dropnose Point, Bryher
Kingfisher – 1 Old Town Bay
Great Spotted Woodpecker – 1 Holy Vale
Merlin – 1 over Porth Cressa, 1 Porthloo Lane, 1 over Pelistry,1 Castle Down, Tresco, 1 in of the sea on Bryher
Hobby – 1 over Pelistry, over Salakee and over Porth Hellick
Red-backed Shrike – 1 still behind Longstone Lodge
Hooded Crow – 1 Stinking Porth, Bryher, later seen on Tresco
Skylark – 1 over Porth Hellick. 1 over Sunnyside
Cetti’s Warbler – 1 Porth Hellick
Yellow-browed Warbler – 27 on St. Mary’s, 6 on Tresco –
Barred Warbler – 1 Watermill Cove, near the beach (photo)
Lesser Whitethroat – The putative Blythi was still in the sycamore near the Garrison Pottery
Firecrest – 1 at Hillside Farm, Bryher
Ring Ouzel – 1 near the Woolpack, Garrison, 2 Castle Down, Tresco, 1 north of Bryher Campsite, 2 in a field at the southern tip of Bryher
Redwing – A noticeable influx
Fieldfare – A noticeable influx
Mistle Thrush – 1 in a field on the west side of Peninnis
Spotted Flycatcher – 1 on the Garrison between Morning Point and Steval
Bluethroat – 1 below the Coastguards Café, St. Agnes (photo)
Black Redstart – 1 at the Steval on the Garrison
Redstart – 1 Salakee
Whinchat – 1 Porthloo Lane, 1 Higher Moors
Grey Wagtail – 1 Lower Moors Pool
Common Rosefinch – 1 Gugh
Crossbill – 1 Carreg Dhu Garden, 3 Carn Friars
Siskin – 4 Holy Vale, 10 Borough Farm, Tresco
Lapland Bunting – 2 flew over Peninnis, 1 at Borough Farm, St. Mary’s which was killed by a Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Pool, Bryher, 1 flew over St. Warna’s cove, St. Agnes
Snow Bunting – 1 below Peninnis Lighthouse (photo)
