Sunday (27/12)

Little Bunting – 1 still at the Dump Allotments

Great Northern Diver – 1 Porth Cressa

Whimbrel – 3 in Bread and Cheese Cove, St. Martin’s

Woodcock – 1 Lower Moors

Iceland Gull – 2 Porthloo

Great Spotted Woodpecker – 1 Porth Hellick Loop

Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 Porth Hellick Loop

Siberian Chiffchaff – 2 Shooters’ Pool, Lower Moors

Firecrest – 1 Lower Moors

Redpoll – 1 Shooters’ Pool, Lower Moors

Monday (28/12)

Little Bunting – 1 still at the Dump Allotments

Cattle Egret – 4 with cattle near Longstone

Brent Goose – 4 pale-bellied birds Lawrence’s Bay, St. Martin’s

Eider – 1 off the Old Quay, St. Martin’s

Great Northern Diver – 2 Lawrence’s Bay, St. Martin’s

Hen Harrier – 1 over Wingletang, St. Agnes was reported by locals as been around for a few days

Bar-tailed Godwit – 2 Lawrence’s Bay, St. Martin’s 

Jack  Snipe– 1 flew from the field opposite Porthloo Duck Pond 

Mediterranean Gull – 2 Morning Point (photo)

Yellow-legged Gull – 8 at Morning Point, a record count for Scilly (photo)

Glaucous Gull – 2 juveniles off Morning Point (photo)

Iceland Gull – 2 Porth Mellon, 1 Morning Point

Great Skua – 2 off Morning Point (photo)

Siberian Chiffchaff – 2 Dump Clump

Redpoll – A potential “mealy” at Sunnyside

Tuesday (29/12)

Humpback Whale – 1 still off Samson

Little Bunting – 1 still at the Dump Allotments

Cattle Egret – Still 2 at Longstone

Glaucous Gull – Probably still 2 birds1 Porthloo, 1 Morning Point

Iceland Gull –  3 or 4 commuting around St. Mary’s, reports of 2 Porthloo, 1 at Mermaid Carpark, 2 Morning Point

Redpoll – A probable “Mealy” still Sunnyside

Wednesday (30/12)

Cattle Egret – 4 Longstone

Great Northern Diver – 1 Pendrathen

Spoonbill – 1 Samson

Whimbrel – 1 Pendrathen

Bar-tailed Godwit – 1 Pendrathen

Yellow-legged Gull – A 1st-winter Porthloo

Glaucous Gull – 1 Porthloo

Iceland Gull – 1 Porthloo, 1 Tregarthen’s Carpark, 1 on the Dump

Raven – A pair over Steval, the Garrison

Firecrest – 1 Sunnyside

Redwing – 30 on the school playing field

Black Redstart – 1 Old Town slipway

Redpoll – The probable “ Mealy” was still at Sunnyside

Thursday (31/12)

The islands were cetacean central today with up to 10 Whales, and several Dolphins and Porpoises around the islands, Also a leaping Tuna was seen

Humpback Whale – A minimum of 5 and probably 7 in island waters an astounding number

Finn Whale – 2 probably 3 in island waters

Cattle Egret – 4 Longstone

Shelduck – 5 St. Agnes

Hen Harrier – 1  St. Agnes

Short-eared Owl – 1 St. Agnes

Glaucous Gull – 1 Porthloo

Iceland Gull – 2 Porthloo, 1 in a garden behind Star Castle on the Garrison 

Merlin – 1 St. Agnes, 1 St. Martin’s

Siberian Chiffchaff – 1 Cove Vean, St. Agnes

Black Redstart – 1 Porthloo, 1 Porth Cressa

Fieldfare – 1 in a garden behind Star Castle on the Garrison in island waters

Redpoll – The “probable” Mealy was in a field at the bottom of Rocky hill

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