Saturday (16/10)

Spotted Sandpiper – 1 at the beach at the bottom of Watermill Cove before moving to the cove between Watermill & Innisidgen.

Dusky Warbler – 1 at Newford Duck Pond (photo).

Red-throated Pipit – 1 in the field opposite Newford Duck Pond

Woodlark – 1 on Pungies Lane.

Little Bunting – 1 near the old hide on Abbey Road, Tresco and 1 by Bryher Pool.

Wryneck – 1 ranging around the Trench Lane, Lower Moors & Old Town (photo)

Common Rosefinch – 1 on Carn Friars Farm Track flew towards Porth Hellick ringing lanes.

Red-backed Shrike – 1 in a field on Borough Farm Lane, St. Mary’s.

Spotted Redshank – 1 on the Great Pool. Tresco.

Jack Snipe – 2 Porth Hellick and 1Lower Moors (photo).

Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 in the Porth Hellick ringing Lanes, 1 in Watermill Cove, 1 in the Innisidgen Pines and 1 in the Fruit Cage, St. Agnes.

Siberian Chiffchaff – 3 in Lower Moors and 1 at Parting Carn.

Pink-footed Goose – 2 on the Great Pool. Tresco.

Little Stint – 1 on Higher Town Beach, St. Martin’s.

Eider – 1 in Pentle Bay, Tresco.

Golden Plover – 2 flew over Green Laneand 8 flew over Shipman Head, Bryher.

Purple Sandpiper – 2 seen from the Scillonian III just west of Wolf Rock.

Black-tailed Godwit – 1 Lower Moors.

Mediterranean Gull – 20 on Plumb Island, Tresco.

Arctic Skua – 1 flew south past Peninnis.

Hobby – 1 flew past Telegraph towards the golf course. 

Kingfisher – 1 trapped at Porth Hellick.

Raven – 2 off Penninis and 2 Garrison.

Skylark – 17 on the airfield.

Ring Ouzel – 1 on Gugh.

Redwing – 20 Newford Duck Pond.

Whitethroat – 1 at Borough Farm, St. Mary’s.

Black Redstart – 3 by the airport terminal building, 1 Longstone, 1 Peninnis Head, 1 on the roof of Rosevean House, Church Road, 3 at Parting Carn, 3 Trenoweth, 1 below the Garrison football pitch, 1 Porth Mellon, 1 Pelistry Farm, 4 by the bakery on St.Martin’s and 1 on Castle Down, Tresco and 2 by the school on Tresco.

Spotted Flycatcher – 1 on Rocky Hills near Sunnyside Farm.

Pied Flycatcher – 1 Newford Duck Pond.

Tree Pipit – 1 in the Standing Stones Field, Lower Moors. 1 flew past Newford Duck Pond and 1 flew over Shipman Head down, Bryher.

Brambling – A female in a weedy field behind St. Martin’s Cricket Pitch.

Siskin – Still present across the islands in good numbers.

(c) Tony Collinson
(c) Tony Collinson
(c) S J Craft
(c) Tony Collinson
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