Monday (29/03)
Hoopoe – 1 Bread and Cheese Cove, St. Martin’s
Cattle Egret – 4 High Lanes
Shoveler – 4 on Porth Hellick Pool
Great Northern Diver – 1 Porth Cressa, 1 off St.Martin’s
Little Egret – 1 Porthloo
Golden Plover – 3 on the airfield
Iceland Gull – 1 Perseil, St. Martin’s
Sandwich Tern – 1 in the Roads, 4 in Tresco Channel
Short-eared Owl – 1 in off the sea on Bryher
Merlin – 1 St. Martin’s
Raven – 1 St. Martin’s
Swallow – 1 over Porth Hellick/ Carn Friars and 1 flew past Sallyport
House Martin – 2 on St. Martin’s were the first of the year
Willow Warbler – The first of the year was 1 in Bryher
Firecrest – 2 Bryher
Wheatear – 1 Perseil, St. Martin’s
Black Redstart – 1 Porth Cressa Beach, 2 St. Martin’s
Tuesday (30/03)
Shoveler – 5 (4 drakes & a female) Porth Hellick Pool
Little Egret – 1 Porthloo
Golden Plover – 2 flew east over Salakee
Green Sandpiper – 1 flew northeast over the Garrison towards Hugh Town
Woodcock – 1 Innisidgen
Iceland Gull – 2 Porthloo
Sandwich Tern – 1 flew north over Hugh Town
Sand Martin – 11 over Porth Hellick Pool, 10 over Lower Moors
Swallow – 2 over Porth Hellick Pool, 1 at the desalination plant behind Normandy, 2 Chapel Down, St. Martin’s, 1 Tresco
Cetti’s Warbler – 2 calling at Porth Hellick
Willow Warbler – 1 on the Garrison
Wheatear – 1 Porth Hellick Down
White Wagtail – 1 in a garden behind Star Castle
Redpoll – 1 Porth Hellick
Siskin – 4 Porth Hellick
Wednesday (31/03)
Mediterranean Gull – 1 Porthloo
Iceland Gull – 1 Porthloo
Sandwich Tern – 1 Porthloo
Willow Warbler – 2 at Newford Duck Pond and 2 caught and ringed at Porth Hellick
Redwing – 1 caught and ringed at Porth Hellick
Black Redstart – 1 Porthloo
Thursday (01/04)
Spring has sprung, migrants today included:
Ashy-headed Wagtail – What was thought to be this subspecies was photographed on Porth Hellick Beach. If confirmed this will either be the first or second record for Scilly. The bird seen on 01/05/2019 is still under consideration by the BBRC.
Sand Martin – 10 Porth Hellick, 3 on St.Martin’s
Swallow – 2 Porth Hellick, 5 on St. Martin’s
House Martin – 1 Porth Hellick, 1 over Longstone
Willow Warbler – 1 Porth Hellick, 4 on St.Martin’s, 1 Holy Vale
Sedge Warbler – The first of the year was one caught and ringed at Porth Hellick
Whitethroat – 1 at Longstone was the first of the year
Ring Ouzel – 2 in a field west of the golf course were the first of the year
Wheatear – 1 by the airfield turning circle
Yellow Wagtail – The first of the year was one that flew north over Porth Hellick
Shoveler – A pair on Porth Hellick Pool, these or another pair also seen on Lower Moors Pool.
Great Northern Diver – 1 flew past St. Martin’s towards the Eastern Isles
Grey Plover – 1 St. Martin’s
Purple Sandpiper – 3 St. Martin’s
Mediterranean Gull – 2 Porthloo
Iceland Gull – 1 following a tractor at Normandy before flying to Porth Hellick Pool, 2 Porthloo
Merlin – 1 Chapel Down, St. Martin’s
Firecrest – 2 Longstone
Black Redstart – 2 Porthloo
Redpoll – 1 Porth Hellick, 1 St. Martin’s
Siskin – 1 Longstone, 1 Porth Hellick
Friday (02/04)
Ashy-headed Wagtail – 1 still at Porth Hellick
Blue-headed Wagtail – 2 at Porth Hellick, 1 at Lower Town Quay, St. Martin’s, 2 St. Agnes
Hoopoe – 1 still on St. Martin’s
Cattle Egret – 4 Tresco
Shelduck – A pair on Porth Hellick Pool
Shoveler – A pair on Porth Hellick Pool
Eider – 1 Lawrance’s Bay, St. Martin’s
Golden Plover – 1 in a field above Higher Town , St. Martin’s
Bar-tailed Godwit – 1 St. Martin’s
Purple Sandpiper – 7 Great Bay, St. Martin’s
Iceland Gull – 1 in a garden behind Star Castle
Sandwich Tern – 6 Tresco,6 Lawrance’s Bay, St. Martin’s
Skylark – 1 on the Airfield
Sand Martin – 40 Porth Hellick, 60 Tresco, 5 St. Martin’s
Swallow – 25 Porth Hellick, 2 Lower Moors, 30 Tresco, 35 St. Martin’s
House Martin – 2 Porth Hellick, 60 Tresco, 20 St. Martin’s
Cetti’s Warbler – 1 Porth Hellick
Willow Warbler – 4 Lower Moors, 1 in a garden behind Star Castle, 6 St. Martin’s, 6 Tresco
Whitethroat – 1 by the Cricket Pitch, St. Martin’s (photo)
Fieldfare – 1 Little Arthur Farm, St. Martin’s
Redwing – 1 flew over Higher Town, St. Martin’s
Wheatear – 5 on the airfield, 1 Peninnis, 1 near the Daymark, St. Martin’s
Redstart – A male at Higher Town, St. Martin’s was the first of the year
Grey Wagtail – 1 Porth Hellick Beach
White Wagtail – 5 Porth Hellick Beach, 2+ St. Martin’s, 4 Tresco
Saturday (03/04)
Hoopoe – 1 on Toll’s Hill which then moved to Pelistry Farm
Wryneck – The first of the year was 1 on the road at Maypole Triangle, a unusual bird on Scilly in spring
Blue-headed Wagtail – 1 at Porth Hellick Pool
Shelduck – 1 Lawrance’s Bay, St. Martin’s
Shoveler – The pair flew from Lower Moors towards Porth Hellick
Great Northern Diver – 1 off Par Beach, St. Martin’s
Marsh Harrier – A male flew east over Hugh Town and then to Lower Moors
Jack Snipe – 1 Lower Moors
Iceland Gull – A juvenile Porthloo
Sandwich Tern – 10 on the buoys in Porth Mellon
Great Spotted Woodpecker – 1 in the pines at Maypole
Merlin – 1 in the Garrison horse paddocks
Jackdaw – 3 flew east over Mount Todden and then over Pelistry Riding Stables
Cetti’s Warbler – A ringed bird was by the small pool in the Standing Stones Field, Lower Moors, 1 calling next to the Dump Clump
Ring Ouzel– 1 at the Steval, the Garrison, 1 St. Agnes
Fieldfare – 1 on the Golf Course
Wheatear – 4 on the west side of the Garrison, 1 Toll’s Hill
Pied Flycatcher – 1 at Pelistry Riding Stables was the first of the year
Redstart – 2 Lawrance’s Bay, St. Martin’s
White Wagtail – 2 Lawrance’s Bay, St. Martin’s, 2 in the Garrison horse paddocks
Siskin – 4 flew west over Pelistry Farm
Sunday (04/04)
Shoveler – A drake still on Lower Moors Pool
Eider – 1 off South Beach, Tresco
Red-throated Diver – 1 off Samson
Black-throated Diver – 2 off South Beach, Tresco
Great Northern Diver – 33 on the looking from the Golf Course towards Samson, 1 Perpitch Bay, St. Martin’s
Marsh Harrier – Presumably yesterday’s male was seen over Porth Hellick and Lower Moors
Hen Harrier – 1 at Browarth, St. Agnes
Whimbrel – 11 Toll’s Island, 1 Bull’s Porth, Tresco
Iceland Gull – 1 flew NW over Porth Hellick
Puffin – The first of the spring were 6 off Mincarlo
Merlin – 1 flew over Porth Hellick
Jackdaw – 2 flew over Salakee
Rook – 1 flew over Porth Hellick towards Kittydown ( a scarce bird on Scilly
Skylark – 1 on the airfield
Cetti’s Warbler – 1 near the Dump Clump and 1 in the Standing Stones Field behind the skateboard park
Willow Warbler – 1 Samson, 30 Bryher
Whitethroat – 2 Samson, 2 Bryher
Ring Ouzel – 1 in Salakee Farm fields, 2 Bryher
Wheatear – 3 Deep Point,1 Carn Morval, 1 near Spray View, 1 Samson, 2 in a field below the airport, 12 Bryher
Black Redstart – 1 at Pendrathen
Redstart – 1 behind the vet’s surgery in Old Town, 1 near the fish shop on St. Martin’s
Grey Wagtail – 1 Higher Town, St. Martin’s
Tree Pipit – 1 on Samson and 2 on Bryher were the first of the year
Redpoll – 1 flew over Porth Hellick
Siskin – 1 in a feeder on St. Agnes, where it has been present for about a week
