Friday (06/11)

Red-flanked Bluetail – 1 still showing well from the Porth Hellick Loop Trail

Cattle Egret – 4 on Tresco viewed from Town Beach, St. Mary’s           

Greylag Goose  – 1 in the field opposite the entrance lane to Carn Vean Café

White-fronted Goose – 1 in the field opposite the entrance lane to Carn Vean Café

Woodcock  – 1 Pelistry, 1 Porth Hellick           

Jack Snipe – 2 Porth Hellick Pool

Iceland Gull – 1 in the pig field on the Garrison, it or another on rocks in Porth Cressa

Glaucous Gull – A juvenile at Pelistry, it or another on rocks in Porth Cressa

Red-backed Shrike – A 1st-winter bird in fields at the top of Watermill

Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 Lower Moors

Firecrest – 1 Pelistry, 1 Shooters’ Pool, Lower Moors

Black Redstart – 1 Porth Cressa

Whinchat – 1 Porth Hellick         

Lesser Redpoll – 1 Pelistry

Lapland  Bunting – 1 Borough Farm, St. Mary’s

Saturday (07/11)

Red-flanked Bluetail – 1 still showing well from the Porth Hellick Loop Trail

Dusky Warbler – 1 again on the Porth Hellick Loop Trail

Cattle Egret – 4 still on Tresco viewed from Town Beach, St. Mary’s

Woodlark  – 1 in a field at the top pf the Peninnis Farm Trail       

Greylag Goose  – 1 in the field opposite the entrance lane to Carn Vean Café

White-fronted Goose – 1 in the field opposite the entrance lane to Carn Vean Café

Little Egret – 1 Porth Cressa

Spoonbill – 2 Green Island, Samson

Bar-tailed Godwit – 9 Pendrethen

Jack Snipe – 1 Porth Hellick Pool

Woodcock – 1 on St. Martin’s

Mediterranean Gull – 1 in Porth Cressa

Iceland Gull – 1 in the pig field on the Garrison and then in Porth Cressa

Kingfisher – 1 Old Town Bay

Great Spotted Woodpecker – 1 Lower Moors

Swallow – 2 late birds over Hugh Town

Cetti’s Warbler – 2 Lower Moors

Yellow-browed Warbler – 3 Lower Moors, 1 Porthloo Lane, 1 Porth Hellick Loop

Siberian Chiffchaff – 3 Lower Moors, 1 Porth Hellick Loop

Firecrest –1 Porthloo Lane, 1 Porth Hellick Loop

Mistle Thrush –1 Porthloo Lane

Black Redstart – 1 Peninnis, 1 Church Street, Hugh Town

Siskin – 1 in a garden on Jackson’s Hill, Hugh Town and 2 over Peninnis

Sunday (08/11)

Dusky Warbler – 1 still on the Porth Hellick Loop (photo), 1 by the Swarovski Hide, Pool Road, Tresco

Cattle Egret – 4 Tresco

Red-backed Shrike – 1 still in the fields at the top of Watermill Lane

Iceland Gull – 1 on the Garrison

Greylag Goose  – 1 still in the field opposite the lane to Carn Vean Café

White-fronted Goose –  1 still in the field opposite the lane to Carn Vean Café

Spoonbill – 2 Samson

Lapwing – 1 Tresco

Bar-tailed Godwit – 9 Bar Point             

Jack Snipe – 1 still on Porth Hellick Pool

Mediterranean Gull – 8+ Bar Point

Kingfisher – 1 Old Town Quay, 1 St. Martin’

Great Spotted Woodpecker – 1 Parting Carn, 1 Tresco

Swallow – 2 still around Hugh Town

Cetti’s Warbler – 1 at Porth Hellick

Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 Porth Hellick Loop, 4 Tresco

Siberian Chiffchaff  – 3 Tresco

Firecrest – 2 Porth Hellick Loop, 1 Holy Vale

Black Redstart – 1 Holgate’s Green, 1 behind St. Mary’s Hall, 3 Porthloo

White Wagtail – 1 Garrison

Siskin – 5 in a garden on Jackson’s Hill, Hugh Town, 1 Salakee

Lapland  Bunting – 1 Tresco

Monday (09/11)

Dusky Warbler – 1 still on Porth Hellick Loop and 1 in brambles/bracken at the eastern end of the eastern runway on the airfield

Shelduck – 2 Samson

Spoonbill – 2 Samson

Little Egret – 1 Samson, 1 Bar Point

Bar-tailed Godwit – 9 Bar Point

Woodcock  – 1 Porth Hellick Loop          

Common Sandpiper – 1 Little Porth

Iceland Gull – 1 still on the Garrison it or another flew Porth Cressa

Swallow – Still 3 over Hugh Town

Cetti’s Warbler – 1 at the north end of Porth Hellick Loop

Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 Porth Hellick Loop 

Black Redstart – 1 Holgate’s Green, 1 Porthloo

(c) Dick Filby

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