Thursday (22/06)

Nightjar – 1 flew low over the Normandy area at 23:20.

European Storm-petrel – 30+ on the evening fishing/pelagic trip 3 miles southwest of the Bishop Rock.

Great Shearwater – 1 on the evening fishing/pelagic trip 3 miles southwest of the Bishop Rock.

Manx Shearwater – About 2000 flew past the north of Bryher in 3 hours.

Pochard – A female and 4 young on Tresco.

Little Egret – 1 on Tresco.

Siskin – 1 on Tresco.

Friday (23/06)

Mediterranean Gull – A second-summer bird flew over Hugh Town.

Little Egret – 1 on Bryher.

Redpoll – 1 on Bryher, this a scarce bird on Scilly, particularly in summer.

Saturday (24/06)

No report.

Sunday (25/06)

Whimbrel – 1 near Samson and another on Teän.

Curlew – 40 on Teän.

Mediterranean Gull – A first-summer bird outside of Hugh Town Harbour.

Sandwich Tern – 2 on Teän. 

Monday (26/06)

No reports.

Tuesday (27/06)

Hobby – 1 on St. Martin’s.

Wednesday (28/06)

No reports.

Thursday (29/06)

Wilson’s Storm-petrel – 2 on an evening pelagic trip 4 miles southwest of the Bishop Rock.

European Storm-petrel – 40+ on an evening pelagic trip 4 miles southwest of the Bishop Rock and 2 in Scillonian waters seen from the Scillonian III on the morning crossing from Penzance to St. Mary’s.

Sooty Shearwater – 2 (the first of the year) on an evening pelagic trip 4 miles southwest of the Bishop Rock.

Manx Shearwater – 200+ on an evening pelagic trip 4 miles southwest of the Bishop Rock.

Arctic Tern – 1 on an evening pelagic trip 4 miles southwest of the Bishop Rock.

Hobby – A first-summer bird around Watermill cove landed on the beach qt Tregear’s Porth.

Siskin – 1 in pines between Innisidgen and Helvear. They have been herd/seen several times in June. It is suspected they mat be breeding, they have bred in this area in the recent past.

Blue Shark – 3 caught, tagged and released on the evening pelagic trip 4 miles southwest of the Bishop Rock.

Friday (30/06)

Cory’s Shearwater – 1 seen in Scillonian waters seen from the Scillonian III on the morning crossing from Penzance to St. Mary’s.

Sooty Shearwater – 2 seen in Scillonian waters seen from the Scillonian III on the morning crossing from Penzance to St. Mary’s.

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