Sunday (13/06)
Night Heron – A “probable” seen at 21:00 flying over Longstone
Pochard – 3 females with broods 0f 7,4 & 3 ducklings
Eider – A female off St. Martin’s
Swift – 30 Tresco
Black-tailed Godwit – 1 Tresco
Iceland Gull – 1 Samson, 1 Tresco
Raven – 2 Tresco
White Wagtail – 1 Tresco
Siskin – 1 three miles west of Samson
Monday (14/06)
***EGYPTIAN VULTURE*** – A dog walker photographed in the mist over Penninis mid-morning, gave rise to all manner of suggestions for its identity. By a stroke of luck Will Wagstaff was leading a wildlife tour on Tresco and the bird flew over his head and landed in some dead branches in a pine tree and showed very well to fortunate few local birders who managed to get the lunchtime boat from St. Mary’s. It sat in the tree for a couple of hours before flying off towards St. Mary’s, where the rest of the local birders had good flight views (photos). If accepted as a genuinely wild bird this will be only the third record for Britain, the previous 2 were in October 1825 and September 1868!
Eider – A female off Guthers
Swift – 4 among the hirundines mobbing the vulture Tresco
