Friday (21/05)
Shelduck – 2 Porth Hellick Pool
Turtle Dove – 1 in Old Town Churchyard
Water Rail – 1 in Lower Moors was unseasonably late
Iceland Gull – 1 Porthloo
Cetti’s Warbler – 1 Porth Hellick, 1 Lower Moors
Yellow Wagtail – 1 Porth Hellick
Saturday (22/05)
Cattle Egret – 1 Tresco
Hen Harrier – A male harrier, thought to be this species seen between the Daymark and Great Bay, St. Martin’s
Swift – 2 Gugh, 1 Peninnis
Cuckoo – 1 in flight near St. Agnes Lighthouse
Great Northern Diver – 1 flew over Gugh
Ringed Plover – The nesting pair were seen with 4 tiny chicks
Golden Plover – A summer plumage bird on the airfield, 1 St. Agnes
Whimbrel – 6 Tresco, 2 Eastern Isles, 1 Periglis, St. Agnes
Bar-tailed Godwit – 1 Periglis, St. Agnes
Iceland Gull – 1 Morning Point and over Hugh Town Harbour also seen in Porth Cressa, 1 Great Bay, St. Martin’s
Jackdaw – 2 near Churchtown Farm, St. Martin’s
Cetti’s Warbler – 1 Lower Moors
Yellow Wagtail – A male still at Porth Hellick
Sunday (23/05)
Little Egret – 1 Tresco Channel
Whimbrel – 1 flew over the campsite
Iceland Gull – 1 still in the garden behind Star Castle, also seen in Porth Cressa
Monday (24/05)
Western Subalpine Warbler – 1 showing very occasionally at Higher Moors in the quarry by the road (photo)
Cattle Egret – 1 flew over Middle Down, Tresco
Marsh Harrier – 1 over the Great Pool, Tresco and the over Porth Hellick Pumping Station
Wigeon – 1 Great Pool, Tresco
Tufted Duck – 2 Great Pool, Tresco
Pochard – Another brood on the Abbey Pool, Tresco
Turtle Dove – 1 Tresco
Iceland Gull – 1 Great Bay, St. Martin’s, 2 or possibly 3 birds in the garden behind Star Castle, 1 on rocks in Porth Cressa Bay
Garden Warbler – 1 in the Standing Stones Field
Tuesday (25/05)
Marsh Harrier – 1 over the Great Pool, Tresco
Swift – 1 Porth Hellick
Iceland Gull – 2 on Taylor’s Island, Porthloo
Wednesday (26/05)
Wigeon – 2 drakes on the Great Pool, Tresco
Tufted Duck – A female on the Great Pool, Tresco
Great Northern Diver – 1 of the Steval, Garrison
Whimbrel – 1 Appletree Bay, Tresco
Iceland Gull – 1 Crabs Ledge, Tresco, 1 in the pig field behind the Star Castle, 1 over content and 1 on St. Martin’s
Cetti’s Warbler – 1 near the water treatment works at the Old Town end of Lower Mors
Yellow Wagtail – 1 in fields south of Tresco church
Thursday (27/05)
Alpine Swift – 1 flew over Star Castle towards Peninnis but could not be relocated.
Golden Oriole – 1 Holy Vale before flying to Sandy Lane and 1 near Middle Town, St. Martin’s
Tufted Duck –1 Abbey Pool
Pochard – 1 Abbey Pool
Great Northern Diver – 5 off Annet
Swift – 9 over St. Martin’s, 1 Bryher
Whimbrel – 3 St. Martin’s
Common Sandpiper – 1 Higher Town Beach, St. Agnes
Iceland Gull – At least 2 on St. Mary’s and one of these or a third bird at Point Seal, St. Martin’s
Spotted Flycatcher – 5 St. Martin’s, 1 St. Agnes, 3 Bryher
Yellow Wagtail – 1 Bryher
