Wednesday (06/01)

Humpback Whale – 1 off the west side of Peninnis, it or another in the Roads

Cattle Egret – 2 Longstone

Common Scoter – 3 in Crow sound

Spoonbill – 1 flew over Hugh Town Harbour then Old Town Bay and then at Porth Hellick, 1 Samson

Common Sandpiper – 1 Little Porth

Yellow-legged Gull – 1 again in a garden behind Star Castle on the Garrison

Glaucous Gull – 2 ranging between Morning Point and Porthloo

Glaucous Gull  hybrid – 1 again in a garden behind Star Castle on the Garrison, then on the beach below Mermaid Carpark

Iceland Gull – 1 again in a garden behind Star Castle on the Garrison, a possible fresh arrival at the dump, 1 later at Porthloo

Glaucous Gull Hybrid – 1 again in a garden behind Star Castle on the Garrison

Kingfisher – 1 Old Town Quay

Merlin –A male flew past St. Martin’s Vineyard

Raven – 2 at Higher Town, St. Martin’s

Black Redstart – 1 Porthloo

Thursday (07/01)

Siberian Stonechat – The bird found on Gugh on 16th October 2020 has been confirmed as this species (Saxicola maurus) by DNA analysis of droppings

Cattle Egret –4 Pool Road, Tresco

Brent Goose – 4 Pendrathen, 4 pale-bellied birds Samson

Siberian Pink-footed Goose – 1 Church Fields, Tresco

Russian  White-fronted Goose – 1 Church Fields, Tresco

Shoveler  – 1 Tresco

Wigeon – 4 Tresco

Pintail – 1 Tresco

Pochard – 1 Tresco

Tufted Duck – 1 Tresco

Eider – 1 Pendrathen

Common Scoter – 3 in Crow Sound from Innisidgen, 1 off South Beach, Tresco

Red-throated Diver – A juvenile in Crow Sound from Innisidgen

Great Northern Diver – 11 in Crow Sound from Innisidgen

Slavonian Grebe – 3 in Crow Sound from Innisidgen

Little Egret – 1 flying over Crow Sound towards Bar Point

Spoonbill – 3 Samson

Golden Plover – 4 flew from Tresco to St. Martin’s and then to St. Mary’s, 1 seen later on the Golf Course

Glaucous Gull – 1 flew over the Hugh Town Harbour, 1 at Porthloo

Glaucous Gull  hybrid – 1 again in a garden behind Star Castle on the Garrison

Iceland Gull – 2 Porthloo, 1 the dump

Great Spotted Woodpecker – 1 Tresco

Merlin – 1 Longstone

Jackdaw – 1 Church Fields, Tresco

Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 Pool Road, Tresco

Redwing – 30 on the school playing fields

Black Redstart – 1 Porthloo, 1 in a garden at High Lanes

Friday (08/01)

Brent Goose – 4 Bar Point

Great Northern Diver – 1 west past Peninnis

Slavonian Grebe – 1 close in off Par Beach, St. Martin’s

Spoonbill – 1 flew over Hugh Town

Golden Plover – 4 on the Garrison Football Pitch, 1 over Porth Cressa

Jack Snipe – 1 flushed from the path at Higher Moors

Mediterranean Gull – 6 Porth Cressa

Glaucous Gull hybrid – 1 off Morning Point, also seen in a garden behind Star Castle

Iceland Gull – 1 Porthloo, 1 Porth Mellon

Great Skua – 1 off Giant’s Castle

Great Spotted Woodpecker – 1 Higher Moors

Black Redstart – 1 Porth Cressa

Redwing – 12 in a garden behind Star Castle on the Garrison

Saturday (09/01)

Humpback Whale – 1 still south of Samson

Red-necked Grebe – 1 off Innisidgen. This a scarce bird on Scilly.

Cattle Egret – 4 near Pool Road, Tresco

Brent Goose – 4 Bar Point

Eider – 1 Pendrathen

Great Northern Diver – 2 west past Carn Wethers, St. Martin’s, 1 Great Bay, St. Martin’s 

Little Egret – 4 near Pool Road, Tresco

Hen Harrier – 1 still on St. Agnes

Lapwing – 1 flew towards Porth Hellick, 15 over Higher Moors, 5 on the airfield, 12 over Chapel Down, St. Martin’s

Golden Plover – 2 Carn Wethers, 11 Chapel Down, both St. Martin’s, 20 on the airfield, 35 on the Golf Course then the same number on the airfield

Whimbrel – 1 Newford Island, Porthloo

Common Sandpiper – 1 still Little Porth

Glaucous Gull – 1 Porthloo

Glaucous Gull /hybrid – The bird though to be a hybrid was back in the garden behind Star Castle, though there is now some debate about it, hybrid or pure Glaucous?

Iceland Gull – 1 again in a garden behind star Castle, 2 Porthloo, 1 flew through the Roads towards Annet, 1 Great Bay, St. Martin’s

Merlin – 1 Telegraph

Skylark – 1 airfield

Black Redstart – 2 Porthloo, 1 Porth Cressa

Sunday (10/01)

Brent Goose – 4 just north of Puffin Island

Eider – 1 Pendrathen, 1 off Skirt Island, Tresco

Common Scoter – 2 just north of the Eastern Isles

Red-throated Diver – The juvenile still off Innisidgen

Great Northern Diver – 1 Little Bay, St. Martin’s, 2 Lawrence Bay, St. Martin’s 

Slavonian Grebe – 3 off Innisidgen

Little Egret – 4 Porthloo, 1 Longstone, 1 Lawrence Bay, St. Martin’s

Lapwing – 1 north of Little Arthur Farm, St. Martin’s 

Golden Plover – 14 airfield

Whimbrel – 1 Halangy Point

Bar-tailed Godwit – 10 middle Town Beach, St. Martin’s 

Purple Sandpiper – 9 Great Bay, St. Martin’s 

Glaucous Gull – 1 Porthloo

Iceland Gull – 2 Porthloo

Great Skua –1 flying north past Great Bay, St. Martin’s

Great Spotted Woodpecker – 1 flew from Carn Friars towards Lunnon

Merlin – 1 airfield

Skylark – 1 in a field on the west side of Peninnis 

Redwing – 4 Longstone

Black Redstart – 2 Porthloo

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