Friday (28/05)
Red-rumped Swallow – 1 over John Batty’s Hill, St. Martin’s later seen St. Martin’s cricket pitch
Quail – 1 flushed at Lower Town, St. Martin’s
Golden Oriole – 1 at Higher Town, St. Martin’s
Wood Sandpiper – 1 Porth Hellick Pool (photo)
Iceland Gull – 1 again in the pig field behind Star Castle, 2 at Porthloo
Hobby – 1 over Higher Town, St. Martin’s,1 over the Big Pool, St. Agnes and 1 over Higher Moors
Swift – 5 Daymark, St. Martin’s
Cuckoo – 1 calling south of Bar Point
Turtle Dove – 1 at Higher Town, St. Martin’s
Whimbrel – 1 St. Martin’s
Raven – 1 St. Martin’s
Cetti’s Warbler – 1 by the Stephen Sussex hide at Porth Hellick and 1 at the Trench Lane (Old Town) entrance to Lower Moors
Spotted Flycatcher – 1 Pelistry Bay, 1 Trenoweth, 1 in a garden behind Star Castle
Siskin – 2 flew over the Garrison
Saturday (29/05)
Bee-eater – 1 early evening Porth Hellick Pool and then at Carn Friars Farm (photos)
Red-rumped Swallow – 1 still around Little Arthur Farm, St. Martin’s from a track north of English Point, St. Martin’s
Quail – 1 flushed from a track north of English Point, St. Martin’s.
Marsh Harrier – 1 over the Golf Course also seen on St. Martin’s
Golden Oriole – 1 flew over a garden on Church Road and landed in scrub at the west end of the old secondary school site.
Tufted Duck – 6 Abbey Pool, Tresco
Swift – 2 over Buzza and 6 over Rose Hill
Lapwing – 1 Simpson’s Field, Tresco
Whimbrel – 1 St. Martin’s
Iceland Gull – 1 again in the pig field behind Star Castle
Spotted Flycatcher – 2 in elms at Carn Friars
Whinchat – 1 on the airfield
Sunday (30/05)
Bee-eater – 1 heard over Sally Port
Red-backed Shrike – A female in fields below Samson Hill, Bryher
Golden Oriole – 1 Holy Vale, 1 singing in Tresco Abbey Woods
Swift – 3 Telegraph, 1 over Higher Town St. Martin’s
Cuckoo – 1 calling from Gugh Plantation, 1 Tresco Abbey Gardens
Whimbrel – 10 Bryher
Iceland Gull – 1 still in the pig field behind Star Castle, 1 on the Golf Course, 2 Porthloo
Spotted Flycatcher – 2 in fields below Samson Hill, Bryher, 1 Telegraph
Whinchat – 1 Tresco Heliport
Monday (31/05)
Bee-eater – 1 heard calling in fields behind Per Killier, St. Agnes and it or another flew ow east over Tregarthen’s hotel and later over Carn Friars towards Porth Hellick Pool
Rose-coloured starling – 1 at Porth Killier, St. Agnes (photo) and 2 over Watch Hill, Bryher
Red-backed Shrike – A female still in fields below Samson Hill, Bryher
Hawfinch – A female on a feeder in the garden of the house named ‘Turnstones’ opposite Porth Mellon.
Shoveler – 1 drake on Abbey Pool, Tresco
Swift – 6 Tresco
Marsh Harrier – 1 near the dump on Tresco
Iceland Gull – 1 flew over Hugh Town Harbour
Cetti’s Warbler – 1 Porth Hellick
Yellow Wagtail – 1 Tresco
Siskin – 1 Tresco
