Sunday (18/10)

American Buff-bellied Pipit – 1 still Horse Point, St. Agnes

Siberian Stonechat – 1 still on Gugh

Dusky Warbler – 1 in the Tamarisks behind the boatsheds at Porthloo, 1 in the Parsonage Garden, St. Agnes

Pallas’s Warbler – 1 in the Parsonage Garden, St. Agnes

Red-throated Pipit – 1 flew over the Garrison football pitch,1 flew over Longstone, 1 on Tresco Cricket Pitch,

Richard’s Pipit – 1 on Tresco Cricket Pitch

Little  Bunting – 1  near the big Pool, St. Agnes flew towards the lighthouse, 1 behind New Grimsby, Tresco

Brent Goose  – 4 Tresco Channel

Greylag Goose  – 1 in a field at Four Lanes

Pink-footed Goose – 4 in a field at Four Lanes

White-fronted Goose – 1 flew over Telegraph towards Tresco, later 2 in a field at Four Lanes

Shelduck –2 over Tresco flying towards Bryher

Mandarin – The drake of unknown origin flew across Porthloo

Wigeon – 4 on Lower Moors Pool

Spoonbill – 3 on Green Island

Buzzard – 1 flew over Tresco Cricket pitch

Lapwing –1 on Pungies Lane, 1 flew over Samson Hill, Bryher, 2 flew over Tresco

Golden Plover – 1 over the Golf Course

Bar-tailed Godwit – 9 Bar Point

Whimbrel – 2 The Rass

Woodcock  – 1 Porth Hellick                    

Jack Snipe –  1 on the Great Pool, Tresco, opposite David Hunt hide

Mediterranean Gull –8 Bar Point, 19 from Pendrathen

Yellow-legged Gull – 1 Periglis

Barn Owl – 1 in a tree on Pool Road, Tresco (a genuine Scilly Rarity)

Short-eared Owl – 1 Troy Town, St. Agnes

Great Spotted Woodpecker – 1 still in Holy Vale

Merlin – 1 over St. Martin’s, 1 Gugh, 2 Telegraph

Hooded Crow – 1 Dolphin House, Tresco

Skylark – 24 Porth Hellick, 1 Peninnis, 4 Bryher

Cetti’s Warbler – 1 Lower Moors

Siberian Chiffchaff – 1 Bryher

Yellow-browed Warbler – Numbers were down on the past week, 7 on St. Mary’s, 2  on Tresco, 3 St. Martin’s and 2 St. Agnes

Firecrest – 1 by the Tennis Courts on Bryher

Ring Ouzel – 1 on the west side of Peninnis, 1 Troy Town, St. Agnes, 1 west of St. Martin’s School, 2 behind the Reading Room Cottage, Tresco

Spotted Flycatcher – 1 in the Parsonage Garden, St. Agnes

Nightingale – 1 still Little Porth

Pied Flycatcher – 1 Dolphin House, Tresco, 1 behind Seven Stones Pub, St. Martin’s, 1 in the Parsonage Garden, St. Agnes

Red-breasted Flycatcher – 1 Carn Gwaval, 1 Gugh, 1 above the Seven Stones Pub, St. Martin’s

Black Redstart –  A noticeable increase, 25+, 4 on St. Martin’s, 3 on St. Agnes,  3  Gugh, 2 on Tresco  and 2 on Bryher

Whinchat – 1 Bryher Dump

Yellow Wagtail – 1 over Harry’s Walls

Grey Wagtail – 2 Town Beach

Brambling – 1 or 2 in a large finch flock at the bottom of Rocky Hills, 1 Bryher

Crossbill – 1 over the Garrison football field, 2 Golf Course, 1 Bryher

Siskin – 11 Porth Hellick Loop, 1 Bryher

Snow Bunting – 1 still below Peninnis lighthouse

(c) Craig Robson
(c) James Walsh
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