Tuesday (10/11)

Dusky Warbler – 1 still on Porth Hellick Loop

Cattle Egret – 4 on Tresco viewed from Holgate’s Green

Richard’s Pipit – Late news from yesterday (Monday), 1 seen near Middle Town Beach, St. Martin’s

Greylag Goose  – 1 in a field adjacent to the Kittydown Track

Pink-footed Goose – 

White-fronted Goose – 1 in a field adjacent to the Kittydown Track

Shelduck – 6 Samson

Common Scoter – 1 off Watermill

Great Northern Diver – 3 off Watermill

Spoonbill – 2 Green Island

Little Egret – 1 Porthloo

Whimbrel – 2 Porth Hellick Bay

Iceland Gull – 1 still on the Garrison

Great Spotted Woodpecker – 1 Lower Moors

Raven – 2 on Peninnis

Skylark – 2 on Peninnis

Swallow – 2 over Holgate’s Green

Cetti’s Warbler – 1 Higher Moors

Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 at the junction of Porthloo Lane and Rocky Hills, 1 Porth Hellick Loop, 2 Lower Moors

Firecrest – 2 in trees near the Garrison tennis court, 1 Porth Hellick Loop, 2 Lower Moors, 1 St. Martin’s

Black Redstart – 1 in a garden on High Lanes, 4 Porthloo, 1 Hugh Town

Whinchat – 1 Pelistry

Brambling – 1 Porth Hellick Loop, 1 Pelistry

Lesser Redpoll – 1 in fields above Pelistry Bay

Siskin – 1 in fields above Pelistry Bay

Wednesday (11/11)

Cattle Egret – 4 still on Tresco

Greylag Goose  – 1 in a field at the top of Kittydown

White-fronted Goose – 1 in a field at the top of Kittydown

Bar-tailed Godwit – 7 Pendrethen

Whimbrel – 1 Newford Island, Porthloo

Iceland Gull – 1 still in the pig field behind the Star Castle, on the Garrison, later at Porthloo

Kingfisher – 1 Porth Hellick

Swallow – 2 over Buzza

Firecrest – 1 Sallyport

Black Redstart – 3 Porth Mellon Beach, 3 Porthloo Beach, 4 on the beach blow the Mermaid Carpark

Brambling – 1 Holy Vale 

Siskin – 10 in a garden on Jackson’s Hill, Hugh Town

Thursday (12/11)

Glossy Ibis – 1 St. Agnes

Cattle Egret – 4 still in trees near Rowesfield, Tresco

Hen Harrier – 1 flew east over Lower Moors

Brent Goose  – 4 pale-bellied birds off Samson

Greylag Goose  – 1 still in a field at Kittydown

White-fronted Goose – 1 still in a field at Kittydown

Shelduck – 2 Porthloo, 12 Green Island

Spoonbill – 1 Samson

Little Egret – 6 Porthloo

Bar-tailed Godwit – 9 Pendrethen

Whimbrel – 2 Porthloo

Woodcock  – 2 Longstone, 1 Pelistry     

Iceland Gull – 1 Porthloo

Kingfisher – 1 Lower Moors

Jackdaw – 1 on Veronica House on the Garrison (this is a scarce bird on Scilly)

Swallow – 3 over the Mermaid Carpark

Cetti’s Warbler – 1 Higher Moors

Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 Lower Moors, 1 at the junction of Porthloo Lane & Rocky Hills, 1 Porth Hellick Loop, 1 between Porth Minnick and Old Town

Firecrest – 1 Pelistry

Black Redstart – 1 Jackson’s Hill, 1 Church Street, 2 Porthloo Beach, 5 on the beach below Mermaid Carpark, 2 Porth Minnick, 1 Giant’s Castle

Brambling – 1 Pelistry

Friday (13/11)

Blyth’s Reed Warbler – 1 on Pool Road, Tresco

Dusky Warbler – 1 still Porth Hellick Loop, 1 Holy Vale (photo) and a third bird at Longstone

Pallas’s Warbler – 1 on Pool Road, Tresco

Cattle Egret – 4 flew from their roost in trees near Rowesfield, Tresco at 08:31

Slavonian Grebe – 1 off Carn Near, Tresco before flying east and then seen off Innisidgen

Greylag Goose  – 1 still in a field at Kittydown

White-fronted Goose – 1 still in a field at Kittydown

Shelduck – 2 Porthloo

Wigeon – 3 Tresco

Common Scoter – A female/immature of Innisidgen

Red-throated Diver – 1 off Watermill

Great Northern Diver – 4 off Watermill/Innisidgen, 2 between St. Martin’s and Pentle Bay, Tresco 

Little Egret – 7 Tresco

Whimbrel – 3 off Innisidgen      

Jack Snipe – 1 Higher Moors

Iceland Gull – 1 Porthloo

Great Spotted Woodpecker – 1 Porth Hellick Loop and Holy Vale, 1 Tresco

Merlin – 1 Porthloo

Cetti’s Warbler – 2 singing at Higher Moors

Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 between Salakee and the Porth Hellick Loop Trail, 1 still at the junction of Porthloo Lane and Rocky Hills, 2 Tresco

Siberian Chiffchaff – 3 Tresco

Firecrest – 1 Holy Vale, 1 Tresco

Black Redstart – 3 Porth Mellon Beach, 1 Watermill cove, 4 Porthloo Beach, 5 on the beach below the Mermaid Carpark 

Grey Wagtail – 1 Porthloo, 1 on the beach below the Mermaid Carpark

White Wagtail – 1 Porthloo

(c) Dick Filby

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