Sunday (03/10)
American Buff-bellied Pipit – 1 at Saint Warna’s Cove, St. Agnes (photo) was the first American passerine on the islands this autumn.
Woodchat Shrike – The subspecies badius “Balearic” Shrike was still on Helvear.
Buff-breasted Sandpiper – 1 still on Shipman Head Down.
Pectoral Sandpiper – 2 on Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Rose-coloured Starling – A juvenile in the Hillside Farm area, Bryher.
Red-backed Shrike – 1 still near St. Martin’s campsite and a “probable” on Airport Lane.
Red-breasted Flycatcher – 1 in the Middle town Pines, St. Martin’s.
Common Rosefinch – 1 still Porth Killier/Browarth, St. Agnes.
Snow Bunting – 1 on Shipman Head Down.
Great Crested Grebe – The juvenile was in Porth Cressa Bay.
Dotterel – 1 still on Castle Down, Tresco (photo).
Spotted Redshank – 1 still on the Great Pool, Tresco (photo).
Turtle Dove – 1 near Holy Vale Vineyard.
Kingfisher – 1 Old Town Bay and 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Pink-footed Goose – 2 on the Great Pool, Tresco and then on Bryher Pool.
Pale-bellied Brent Goose – 2 off Bar Point, 1 on Bryher Pool and 4 in Pentle Bay, Tresco.
Pintail – 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Shoveler – 2 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Eider – A drake off Skirt Island, Tresco.
Grey Plover – 1 flying around Porth Hellick and 1 Pentle Bay, Tresco.
Bar-tailed Godwit – 3 on Porthloo Beach.
Mediterranean Gull – 4 on Tresco.
Merlin – 1 flew over the hospital.
Raven – 2 on Tresco.
Cetti’s Warbler – 1 calling at Porth Hellick.
Lesser Whitethroat – 1 in the Middle town Pines, St. Martin’s.
Whinchat – 1 in first field east of Old Town Inn and 1 on Tresco.
Redstart –1 on Tresco.
Spotted Flycatcher – 1 Helvear.
