The DNA analysis of sample from the “Porth Hellick” Flycatcher suspected to be a Mediterranean Flycatcher have been received. It was a Spotted Flycatcher,
Monday (22/04)
Richards Pipit – 1 in Popplestone Fields, Bryher.
Water Pipit – 1 by Bryher Pool.
Purple Heron 1 still in field adjacent to Rosehill Gardens. At one time it was actually on the pavement by the road!
Montagu’s Harrier – A female was seen over various locations on St. Mary’s.
Hen Harrier – 1 flew east past the airfield.
Osprey – 1 flew over St. Mary’s and 2 were later seen over St. Martin’s.
Red Kite – 1 flew over Maypole and 2 over Higher Town, St. Martin’s.
Golden Oriole – 1 calling in the elms on the west side of Trenoweth and 1 possibly 2 calling in Carreg Dhu Gardens.
Great Northern Diver – 1 in Porth Mellon, 1 off Morning Point, 1 off Annet , 1 in Great Bay, St. Martin’s and 4 between St. Agnes and St. Mary’s.
Common Sandpiper – 1 at Shark’s ;pit,
Purple Sandpiper – 28+ on Bishop Rock and 3 on Melledgen, Western Rocks.
Bar-tailed Godwit – 4 on St. Martin’s Flats.
Whimbrel – 9 on Tresco and 2 on St. Martin’s Flat.
Merlin – 1 flew past Higher Moors pimping station.
Cuckoo – 1 flew over the road at Carn Vean, 1 at Deep Point and 1 calling on Gugh.
Hooded Crow – 1 in fields above Little Arthur Farm, St. Martin’s.
Rook – 3 over Borough Farm, Tresco and what was most likely the same 3 were later seen on the golf course
Firecrest – 1 in Carreg Dhu Gardens.
Common Whitethroat – 2 on St. Martin’s.
Ring Ouzel – 1 still on the coastal path at Porth Hellick down and a male on the Golf Course.
Redpoll – 1 flew over Trenoweth.
Tuesday (23/04)
Black Kite – 1 flew over Lower Moors and then drifted over Holy Vale and Kittydown.
Montagu’s Harrier – The female was still on St, Mary’s. It was seen hunting over various fields between Pelistry and Salakee
Hen Harrier – 1 was around the Kittydown area.
Stone Curlew – 1 on Wingletang Down, St. Agnes (picture). This a scarce bird on Scilly.
Purple Heron – 1 still at Rosehill, looking decidedly lethargic.
Richard’s Pipit – 1 still in Popplestone Fields, Bryher.
Woodchat Shrike – 1 still in gorse between the runways on the airport and 1 at Carn Friars (photo)/
Golden Oriole – A male flew out of a hedge near Carreg Dhu.
Shoveler – A pair on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Pochard – 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Common Sandpiper – 4 at Cove Vean, St. Agnes.
Whimbrel – 4 at Pendrathen, 1 flew northwest over Tremelethen Farm and 2 at Cove Vean, St. Agnes.
Merlin – 1 flew west over Longstone, 1 over Higher Moors and on Castle Down, Treco.
Common Swift – 1 over Holy Vale.
Cuckoo – 1 at Deep Point Quarry, 1 over Higher Moors, 1 behind the shop on St, Agnes and 1 at St. Martin’s Vineyard.
Jackdaw – 1 still in the cattle fields above St. Warna’s Cove. St. Agnes.
Tree Pipit – 1 flew southeast over Tremelethen Farm.
Siberian Chiffchaff – 1 still by Shooters’ Pool, Lower Moors.
Grasshopper Warbler – 1 reeling near New Grimsby, Tresco.
Ring Ouzel – Now 2 on the Porth Hellick Down coastal Path, 1 near the lighthouse on Peninnis and 1 on Castle Down, Treco.
Wednesday (24/04)
Black Kite – 1 showing on and off all day on St. Mary’s (photo). It also visited Tresco.
Red Kite – 1 with the Black Kite on Tresco
Montagu’s Harrier – The female was still on St. Mary’s (photo).
Hen Harrier – A female seen as couple of times on St. Marys.
Marsh Harrier – 1 flew northeast over Tresco.
Stone Curlew – 1 on Porth Hellick Down.
Pink-footed Goose – 2 still on the flood near St. Nicholas Church, Tresco
Great Northern Diver – 1 in Town Bay and 2 in Porth Mellon.
Whimbrel – 2 on Porth Hellick Beach.
Purple Sandpiper – 10 on Puffin Island.
Cuckoo – 1 Porth Hellick Down.
Woodchat Shrike – 1 on Porth Hellick Down, 1 still on the airfield and 1 by Tresco Heliport.
Golden Oriole – 1 in the pines behind Carreg Dhu.
Rook – 1 on Bryher.
Firecrest – 1 on Tresco.
Siberian Chiffchaff – 1 still in the bushes by Shooters’ Pool, St. Mary’s.
Ring Ouzel – A male on the Golf Course, 1 at Gimble Porth, Tresco and 1 on Castle Down, Tresco,
Tree Pipit – 1 on Porth Hellick Down..
Yellow Wagtail – 1 on Tresco Cricket Pitch
Thursday (25/04)
Black Kite – 1 still around St. Mary’s.
Montagu’s Harrier – The female was still on St. Mary’s.
Great Crested Grebe – 1 was in Periglis Bay, St. Agnes. This is a scarce bird on Scilly.
Pintail – 1 on the flooded cricket field on St. Martin’s.
Great Northern Diver – 2 Porth Mellon and 2 at Bar Point.
Bar-tailed Godwit – 1 on Middle Town Beach, St. Martin’s.
Whimbrel –3 flew east past the airfield turning circle, 1 on Old Town beach and 1 at Bar Point.
Merlin – 1 flew over Porth Hellick Bay.
Cuckoo – 1 Giant’s Castle (photo).
Rook – 3 flew over Old Town towards Peninnis , 1 flew over the Standing Stones Field, Lower Moors and 2 flew southwest over Racket Town, Tresco.
Golden Oriole – Still at Carreg Dhu(photo) and 1 at Lower Town, St. Martin’s.
Siberian Chiffchaff – 1 still by Shooters’ Pool, Lower Moors.
Grasshopper Warbler – 1 reeling on Porth Hellick Loop.#
Cetti’s Warbler – 1 in the Standing Stones Field, Lower Moors.
Lesser Whitethroat – A very vocal bird in gorse beside the coastal path from Porth Hellick to Salakee Down.
Ring Ouzel – 1 still on Porth Hellick Down coastal Path and 1 near the windsock on the airfield.
Whinchat – 1 on the fence of a cattle field behind Great Porth, Bryher.
Redpoll – 1 in the pine belt east of Carn Friars.
Siskin – 1 at Longstone.
Friday (26/04)
Stone Curlew – 1 on St. Agnes at Horse Point and Wingletang Down was very flighty.
Montagu’s Harrier – 1 over Mount Todden heading towards Carn Vean.
Hen Harrier – 1 flew through Kittydown.
Woodchat Shrike – 1 still in a field on Carn Friars Farm and 1 at Deep Point.
Golden Oriole – A female type dropped into the pines behind Longstone Terrace.
Pink-footed Goose – 2 on the flood near St.Nicholas’s Church, Tresco.
Pintail – 1 on the flood on St. Martin’s cricket pitch.
Great Northern Diver – 4 off Tobaccoman’s Point, Tresco, 3 in the Roads and 1 by Church Quay, Bryher.
European Storm-petrel – 1 in Scilly Waters, seen from the Scillonian III on the morning crossing from Penzance to St. Mary’s.
Whimbrel – 10 at Giant’s Castle,1 in/off at Peninnis, 3 Old Town Bay and 1 Porthloo.
Green Sandpiper – 1 on the flood on St. Martin’s cricket pitch.
Short-eared Owl – 1 circling high over Wingletang, St. Agnes. It then flew over Horse Point and on towards the Bishop. It or another was seen in the afternoon at Carn Near, Tresco.
Merlin – 1 flew over St. Agnes Campsite.
Cuckoo – 1 on Porth Hellick Down and 1 on Little Arthur Farm, St. Martin’s.
Grasshopper Warbler – 1 reeling in fields above the New Inn, Tresco.
Common Whitethroat – 1 singing between Abbey Pool and Pentle Bay, Tresco.
Ring Ouzel –1 still on Porth Hellick Down Coastal Path, 1 on Peninnis, 1 still on Castle down, Tresco and a female on Horse Pont, St. Agnes.
Saturday (27/04)
Tree Sparrow – 1 in a ploughed field on Troy Town Farm (photo). This is a rare bird on Scilly and the first one since 2019.
Stone Curlew – 1 still on St. Agnes.
Montagu’s Harrier – The female was still around St. Mary’s.
Hen Harrier – 1 over Salakee Farm.
Marsh Harrier – A female flew over Porth Hellick Down.
Common Buzzard – 1 flew over Porth He lick down towards Longstone.
Woodchat Shrike – 1 still on the airfield, 1 still on Porth Hellick Down and 1 in the Orchard Maze on Carn Friars Farm.
Golden Oriole – 1 heard on the south side of Carreg Dhu and a female type flew from Sandy Banks across the road and into the field adjacent to Rosehill Gardens.
Rook – 1 at McFarland Down.
Pintail – 1 on the flooded cricket pitch on St. Martin’s.
Great Northern Diver – 2 Tresco Channel.
Common Sandpiper – 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco and 1 on the flooded cricket pitch on St. Martin’s.
Whimbrel – 47 on St. Agnes, 10 at Rushy Bay, Bryher, 8 0n St. Martin’s and 1 at Porth Hellick.
Merlin – A female on St. Martin’s.
Cuckoo– 1 singing at Deep Point and 1 between Trenoweth & Bristow.
Common Swift – 1 flew over Porth Hellick and 1 flew over St. Agnes Lighthouse.
Firecrest – 1 in the field next to Rosehill Gardens.
Lesser Whitethroat – 1 singing in the pines between Porth Hellick and Salakee Down.
Common Whitethroat – 1 singing on the path from Longstone to Holy Vale.
Whinchat – 1 east of Great Porth, Bryher.
Tree Pipit – 1 Sandy Banks Farm.
Siskin – 2 flew over McFarland Down.
Sunday (28/04)
White-billed Diver – A “probable” flew north over Higher Town, St. Martin’s.
Yellowhammer – 1 on Bryher briefly at Rushy Bay and then flew towards Hillside Farm. As with the Tree Sparrow, this is also a rare bird on Scilly and the first record since 2019.
Tree Sparrow – 1 still around Troy Town Farm, St. Agnes.
Montagu’s Harrier – 1 hunting opposite Lower Town, St. Martin’s and then continued west over White Island and onto Tresco and later seen over Porth Hellick Down.
Hen Harrier – 1 at Tremelethen drifted high towards Normandy.
Woodchat Shrike – 1 still in a field by the Carn Friars Farm track, 1 still on Porth Hellick Down, 1 still on the airfield and 1 still on Tresco, north of Carn Near.
Great Northern Diver – 10 on the “ Seabird Special “ boat trip, 1 in Great Bay, Bryher.
Golden Plover – 1 on the airfield.
Common Sandpiper – 1 on Bryher and 1 flew over Hugh Town.
Purple Sandpiper – 2 on the “ Seabird Special “ boat trip.
Bar-tailed Godwit – 5 on the “ Seabird Special “ boat trip.
Whimbrel – 30 on the “ Seabird Special “ boat trip, 3 on Bryher, 3 on St. Agnes and 12 on St.Mary’s.
Merlin – 1 on Tresco and 1 on the Plains, St. Martin’s,
Mediterranean Gull – 1 in Tresco Channel.
Common Swift – 1 over Lower Moors and 1 over Kitty Down.
Cuckoo – 1 Deep Point, 1 Helvear, 1 near Lower Town, St. Martin’s, 1 on Bryher and 1 on Tresco
Hooded Crow – 1 flew southwest over Troy Town, St. Agnes.
Rook – 2 flew over Longstone
Cetti’s Warbler – 1 on Porth Hellick Loop.
Lesser Whitethroat – 1 in bushes near the leat at Porth Hellick, 1 on St, Agnes and 1 at Old Grimsby, Tresco.
Common Whitethroat – 1 on St. Agnes.
Garden Warbler – 1 on Bryher and 1 on St.Agnes.
Grasshopper Warbler – 1 at Old Grimsby, Tresco, 1 reeling behind St. Martin’s cricket pitch and 1 near Bryher Pool.
Ring Ouzel – 1 near the airfield turning circle.
Whinchat – 1 on Bryher.
Siskin – 1 in a garden on High Lanes.
Redpoll – 1 on Bryher
