Friday (16/05)
Short-toed Lark – 1 was on the airfield.
Black Guillemot – 1 was again near Round Island.
Golden Oriole – 1 singing at Trenoweth.
Great White Egret – 1 flew down Tresco Chaneel.
Hobby – 1 over Bryher.
Common Swift – 4 over Bryher.
Turtle Dove – 2 on Bryher and 1 on St, Agnes,
Cuckoo – 1 on Bryher.
Spotted Flycatcher – 1 in the Dump Clump and 2 on Bryher.
Tree Pipit – 1 on St. Agnes.
Saturday (17/05)
Short-toed Lark – 1 was still on the airfield.
Black Guillemot – 1 was still near Round Island.
Purple Heron – 1 flew past the David Hunt Hide towards Abbey Pool and then back to the Great Pool, Tresco
Great white Egret – 1 flew over Porth Hellick. 1 in the Lower Moors/ Old Town area and 1 on St. Agnes.
Hawfinch – 1 perched briefly in the ringing lanes at Porth Hellick.
Goden Oriole – 1 was calling in the elms opposite the entrance to Holy Vale Vineyard and 1 at Rowesfield Crossroads, Tresco.
Hobby – 1 over Longstone,1 over Castella Down, St. Agnes and 1 on Shipman Head Down, Bryher.
Swift – 1 over the hospital and 2 over Tresco.
Turtle Dove – 2 in Lower Town Farm fields, St. Agnes and 1 still in the ploughed field at Normandy.
Cuckoo – 1+ on St. Mary’s, 1 on Tresco, 1 on St. Martin’s and 1 on Ten.
Spotted Flycatcher C1 at Veronica Farm, Bryher.
Black Redstart – 1 at Hell Bay, Bryher.
Sunday (18/05)
Black Guillemot – 1 still near Round Island.
Great White Egret – 1 off St. Agnes Campsite
Little Egert 4 on St. Martin’s Flats and 1 on Porth Hellick Beach.
Tufted Duck – A pair on Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Pochard – 3 adults on Abbey Pool, Tresco, including a female with 5 new ducklings.
Purple Sandpiper – 32 on Rosevean.
Common Sandpiper – 1 calling at Porth Cressa late evening.
Whimbrel – 2 on Porth Seal, St. Martin’s.
Hobby – 1 over Longstone, 1 Castle Down Tresco and 1 on Bryher
Turtle Dove – 1 sat on a telegraph pole at Upper Benham Battery, Garrison
Cuckoo – 6+ across the islands.
Common Whitethroat – 1 at New Quay, south of Watermill Cove.
Spotted Flycatcher – 1 by the Pitch & Putt on Bryher.
Monday (19/05)
Purple Heron – There were several sightings on Scilly and Tresco, which from timings and ageing, involved at least 2 different individuals (photo0.
Hawfinch– 1 made 2 brief visits to the garden of the staff accommodation behind Star Castle on the Garrison.
Osprey – 1 seen around St. Mary’s was also seen on Tresco.
Golden Oriole – 2 on Tresco.
Little Egret – 2 on Tresco and 1 on Bryher,
Great Northern Diver – 1 south of Samson.
Yellow=legged Gull – An adult was on Gleaner Beach, Tesco.
Purple Sandpiper – 1 on Annet.
Whimbrel – 2 on Bryher and 1 on St. Agnes,
Hobby – 1 on Peninnis, 1 over Porth Hellick House and 1 at New Grimsby, Treso.
Turtle Dove – 3 on St. Agnes and 1 flew north through Porth Hellick.
Swift – 1 over Tresco Stores.
Cuckoo – 1 on Peninnis and 1 on St. Agnes
Garden Warbler – 1 at New Grimsby, Tresco.
Spotted Flycatcher – 1 ay Lower Town, St. Agnes.
Tree Pipit –1 Porth Hellick Loop.
Tuesday (20/05)
Black Guillemot – 1 still near Round Island (photo)
Purple Heron – 2 at Porth Hellick Pool
Hawfinch – 1 again made a brief visit to the garden of the staff accommodation behind Star Castle on the Garrison.
Nightingale – 1 in the evening , singing occasionally on the Porth Hellick Loop Trail
Golden Oriole – A male at Higher Town, St. Martin’s (photo)
Great Northern Diver – 4 a Spenser’s Ledge and 1 off Toll’s Island.
Hobby – 2 over Longstone and 1 over Star Castle on the Garrison
Cuckoo – 1 calling in the pines above Middle Town, St. Martin’s.
