Monday (01/03)
BrentGoose – 1 in Hugh Town Harbour
Red-breasted Merganser – 1 Lawrence Bay, St. Martin’s
Whimbrel – 4 Pelistry
Iceland Gull – 1 at Tregarthen’s Hotel car park
Raven – 1 Salakee
Mistle Thrush – 1 Salakee
Black Redstart – 1 Porthcressa
White Wagtail – 4 in a garden behind Star Castle, 1 Riding Stables, 1 St. Martin’s
Tuesday (02/03)
Humpback Whale –1 off Peninnis
Iceland Gull – 2 Porthloo
Firecrest – 1 Carreg Dhu
Redpoll – A “Mealy” was in the Lower Moors/Sunnyside area
Wednesday (03/03)
Common Seal – 1 at Porth Hellick, was by far the rarest sighting, apparently seen 2 weeks ago. This is a real rarity for Scilly (Photo)
Wheatear – 1 on Bryher was the first of the year (photo)
Slavonian Grebe – 2 off Par Beach, St. Martin’s
Golden Plover – 2 Bryher
Mediterranean Gull – 2 behind Hugh Town harbour wall
Great Northern Diver – 1 seen off Bryher had a crossed bill (photo)
Iceland Gull – 2 Porthloo, 1 off Carn Near, Tresco
Merlin – 1 at Bread and Cheese Cove, St. Martin’s
Skylark – 1 Bryher
Black Redstart – 1 east of Higher Town, St. Martins, 2 Bryher
Grey Wagtail – 1 Bryher
White Wagtail – 8 Bryher
Brambling – 1 Longstone
Thursday (04/03)
Little Egret – 1 Old Town Bay
Golden Plover – 7 on the golf course
Woodcock – 1 Porth Hellick
Iceland Gull – 1 again in a garden behind Star Castle, 2 Porthloo
Kingfisher – 1 Porth Hellick
Merlin – 1 over the Garrison Pine Belt, 1 Porth Hellick
Firecrest – 2 Salakee Farm, 1 Carreg Dhu Gardens, 1 Porth Hellick
Black Redstart – 1 Porthloo, 1 Porth Hellick
Grey Wagtail – 1 in Lower Moors, bearing a silver ring on its right leg
White Wagtail – 15 briefly behind Star Castle before landing in the nearby horse paddock, 1 Longstone, 4 Porth Hellick
Friday (05/03)
Fin Whale – 2 off Peninnis
Osprey – 1 flew east over Hugh Town
Mediterranean Gull – 4 Bar Point
Siberian Chiffchaff– 1 Longstone
Wheatear – 1 Blue Carn
White Wagtail – 17 commuting between the garden behind Star Castle and the Garrison
Saturday (06/03)
Hoopoe – The first of the spring on St. Agnes
Bar-tailed Godwit – 12 by the Old Quay, St. Martin’s
Purple Sandpiper – 2 Old Town Bay
Mediterranean Gull – 6 off Bar Point
Iceland Gull – 2 Porthloo
Raven – 2 over Cruthers, St. Martin’s
Siberian Chiffchaff– 1 Kittydown
Fieldfare – 1 in a field behind the fish & chip café, St. Martin’s
Redwing – 1 in a field behind the fish & chip café, St. Martin’s
Black Redstart – 2 Porthloo, 1 in a garden on Jackson’s Hill, Hugh Town, 1 Porth Cressa slipway
Grey Wagtail – 2 Porth Hellick
White Wagtail – 1 Porth Hellick
Sunday (07/03)
Hoopoe – 1 still by the boatshed at Cove Vean, St. Agnes
Great Northern Diver – 14 off Innisidgen
Slavonian Grebe – A near summer-plumage bird off Tresco and a winter-plumage bird off Innisidgen
Whimbrel – 1 on White Island, St. Martin’s
Purple Sandpiper – 5 on White Island, St. Martin’s
Glaucous Gull – An immature flew east past the mouth of Porth Hellick Bay
Iceland Gull – 2 Porthloo, 1 behind the quay wall in Hugh town
Great Spotted Woodpecker –
Skylark – 2 St. Martin’s
Mistle Thrush – 1 Cove Vean, St. Agnes
Black Redstart – 1 Little Porth, Cove Vean, St. Agnes
Wheatear – 1 on White Island, St. Martin’s
