Saturday (19/12)

Fin Whale – 1 off Giant’s Castle

Cattle Egret – 4 Rowesfield, Tresco

Red-throated Diver – 1 flew past Giant’s Castle

Great Northern Diver – 1 Porth Cressa, 1 flew past Giant’s Castle, 1 Great Bay, St. Martin’s

Sooty Shearwater – 2 flew past Giant’s Castle

Manx Shearwater – 2 flew past Giant’s Castle 

Spoonbill – 2 Samson

Purple Sandpiper – 6 Great Bay, St. Martin’s

Iceland Gull – 1 Porth Cressa, 1 behind Hugh Town Quay

Merlin – A female at Middle Town, St. Martin’s

Cetti’s Warbler – 1 Porth Hellick Loop

Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 still in Lower Moors, 1 still in a garden at Middle Town, St. Martin’s

Siberian Chiffchaff – 1 Little Porth, 1 Lower Moors

Firecrest – 1 Porth Hellick Loop, 1 Lower Moors

Black Redstart – 1 Little Porth, 1 Porth Cressa

Sunday (20/12)

Little Bunting – A brief view of what was almost certainly this species at the “Dump” allotments

Great Northern Diver – 2 in Porth Cressa, 2 Higher Town Bay, St. Martin’s 

Spoonbill – 2 Samson

Hen Harrier – 1 over the Eastern Isles towards Chapel Down and later over Higher Town, St. Martin’s

Iceland Gull – 2 Porthloo

Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 still in Lower Moors

Black Redstart – 1 Porthloo

Snow Bunting – 1 again at Launceston Close, Old Town

Monday (21/12)

Fin Whale – 1 possibly 2 off giant’s Castle

Great Skua – 2 flew past Giant’s Castle

Yellow-legged Gull – A 1st-winter bird at Porthloo 

Iceland Gull – 2 at Porthloo, a 3rd winter  bird flew past Giant’s Castle

Tuesday (22/12)

Little Bunting – 1 was again in the “Dump” allotments

Snow Bunting – In Old Town 1 was in Launceston Close before flying towards Ennor Close

Shoveler – 1 Great Pool, Tresco

Wigeon – 7 Great Pool, Tresco

Pintail – 1 Great Pool, Tresco

Pochard – 5 Abbey Pool, Tresco

Tufted Duck – 1 Great Pool, Tresco

Eider – An immature male near Teän, it or another at Pendrathen

Great Northern Diver – 1 Porth Cressa,  4 near Teän, 2 Great Bay, St. Martin’s

Spoonbill – 3 Samson

Bar-tailed Godwit – 13 Bar Point

Purple Sandpiper – 8 Great Bay, St. Martin’s, 2 off the Blockhouse, Tresco

Iceland Gull – 2 Porthloo, 1 flew over Carn Gwaval

Hen Harrier – 1 over Lower Moors later seen over Holy Vale

Great Spotted Woodpecker – 1 in Lower Moors

Merlin – 1 Borough Farm, Tresco

Jackdaw – 1 Pool Road, Tresco

Swallow – A “possible flew towards the Garrison and another or the same “possible” Porthloo. Even though late it is not unprecedented as there have been late December records in past years

Cetti’s Warbler – 2 Porth Hellick Loop

Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 Porth Hellick Loop, 1 Higher Moors, 1 in Lower Moors, 1 at Abbey Crossroads, Tresco

Siberian Chiffchaff – 1 in Lower Moors

Firecrest – 1 in Lower Moors

Black Redstart – 2 Porthloo

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