Tuesday (23/09)
Melodious Warbler – 1 was again I the pines at the back of the Garrison Tennis Courts.
Yellow-browed Warbler –The first 2 of the autumn were both on St. Agnes, 1 on Barnaby Lane and 1 east of the Big Pool.
Woodchat Shrike – The juvenile was still on a hedge of a cattle field Back Lane, Tresco.
Cattle Egret – 1 was in the same field as the Woodchat.
Glossy Ibis – 1 flew off Porth Hellick Pool towards Deep Point and was then seen flying over the Golf Course, over Porthloo & the harbour.
White Stork – 1 which spent several hours over St. Mary’s was photographed. The photos showed to be ringed and was from the Cove Valley breeding project.
Corncrake – 1 on the road by Porthloo House before flying into the garden
European Storm Petrel – 4 on a pelagic trip 8 miles WSW of St. Mary’s.
Cory’s Shearwater – 60 on a pelagic trip 8 miles WSW of St. Mary’s, 30 near the Bishop Rock and 100 past Giant’s Castle.
Great Shearwater – 60 on a pelagic trip 8 miles WSW of St. Mary’s and 26 near the Bishop Rock
Sooty Shearwater – 2 on a pelagic trip 8 miles WSW of St. Mary’s.
Great Skua – 4 on a pelagic trip 8 miles WSW of St. Mary’s (photo).
Grey Phalarope – 3 on a pelagic trip 8 miles WSW of St. Mary’s (photo).
Common Scoter – 1 off the Steval,
Dotterel – 1 still in Castle Down.
Curlew Sandpiper – 1 Little Porth and 1 on Porth Mellon.
Little Stint – 1 on Porthloo Beach.
Ruff – 1 on St. Martin’s.
Bar-tailed Godwit – 1 on Porthloo Beach.
Whimbrel – 1 on Porthloo Beach.
Common Swift – 1 was over the Higher Moors/Tremelethen area.
Wryneck – 1 on the Ropewalk off Porthloo Lane, 1 at Halangy and 1 west of the Tresco Heliport.
Lesser Whitethroat – 1 on the coastal path by Toll’s Hill.
Common Whitethroat – 1 at Green Farm and 1 on Peninnis.
Common Redstart – 1 in a field on Peninnis.
Whinchat – 1lon e on the coastal path between Porth Mellon & Porthloo and 1 on St. Martin’s.
Redpoll – 1 in a field on the coastal path past Juliet’s Garden.
Fin Whale – 1 on a pelagic trip 8 miles WSW of St. Mary’s.
Short-beaked Common Dolphin – 150 on a pelagic trip 8 miles WSW of St. Mary’s. and 30 near the Bishop Rock.
Blue Shark – 2 on a pelagic trip 8 miles WSW of St. Mary’s.
Atlantic Bluefin Tuna – 10 on a pelagic trip 8 miles WSW of St. Mary’s.
Ocean Sunfish – 1 on a pelagic trip 8 miles WSW of St. Mary’s.
Wednesday (24/09)
White Stork – 1 of the birds from the release scheme in Cove Valley, North Devon was on the Great Pool, Tresco and then toured Tresco, Bryer and St. Mary’s (photo).It had a yellow ring with CV42 in black lettering.
Great white Egret – What was probably the same individual was seen on Teän, flying into flew into Stinky Porth, Bryher and below Cliff Fields, Tresco.
Little Egret – 2 on Porthloo Beach.
Ortolan Bunting – 1 on the Pitch & Put, Bryher.
Red-backed Shrike –1 northeast of Higher Town, St. Martin’s.
Woodchat Shrike – The juvenile was still along Back Lane, Tresco.
Melodious Warbler – 1still in the Garrison pines next to the tennis court.
Marsh Harrier – 1
was over South hill, Bryher.
Hobby – 1 hawking insects over Wingletang, St. Agnes.
European Storm-petrel – 1 in Scilly waters, seen from the Scillonian III on the evening crossing from St. Mary’s to Penzance.
Cory’s Shearwater – 1 near the Bishop.
Great Shearwater – 1 in Scilly waters, seen from the Scillonian III on the morning crossing from Penzance to St. Mary’s and 2 near the Bishop.
Sooty Shearwater – 1 off the Western Rocks.
Arctic Skua – 2 near the Bishop.
Common Scoter – 2 in Scilly waters, seen from the Scillonian III on the evening crossing from St. Mary’s to Penzance.
Curlew Sandpiper – 1 on Porth Hellick Pool in the evening, 1 still on Periglis Beach, St. Agnes and on Bryher 1 flew over Popplestone Beach towards Shipman Head Down.
Green Sandpiper – 1 on Porth Hellick Pool.
Common Sandpiper – 1 on Porth Cressa Beach.
Bar-tailed Godwit – 1 on Porthloo Beach.
Black-tailed Godwit – 1 on Porthloo Beach.
Kingfisher – 1 on the pool in Standing Stines Field.
Wryneck – 1 still on Porthloo Farm of the Ropewalk.
Raven – 1 on Tresco.
Grasshoppers Warbler – 1 in farm fields at Porthloo.
Common Whitethroat – 1 on Bryher.
Lesser Whitethroat – 1 on Bryher.
Spotted Flycatcher – 1 Higher Moors, 1 on the Dead Pine Walk on the Garrison and 3 on Bryher.
Pied Flycatcher Shearwater – 1 Higher Moors, 1 near the Garrison tennis court and 1 on Bryher.
Common Redstart – 1 in the field opposite the entrance to Carn Friars Farm and 2 on Bryher.
Black Redstart – The first of the autumn, was 1 on Penzance Road, Tresco.
Whinchat – 1 Higher Moors, 1 Porthloo, 2 on Back Lane, Tresco and 1 on Bryher.
Grey Wagtail –2 Porth Hellick/Higher Moors.
White Wagtail – 1 on Bryher.
Brambling – 1 at Borough Farm, St. Mary’s.
Thursday (25/09)
Semi-palmated Sandpiper – 1 at Stinky Porth, Bryher.
Ortolan Bunting – 1 still on the Pitch & Put course on Bryher (photo
Red-backed shrike – 1 still on Flagstaff Hill, St. Martin’s.
White Stork– 1 seen around St, Martin’s and over St. Mary’s was a different bird from the 1 seen on Tuesday & Wednesday. It had a blue ring with the number 45 and may possibly be one of those released at Knepp.
Great White Egret – 1 flew north over Higher Town, St. Martin’s.
Cattle Egret – 1 in the Cliff Fields on Tresco.
Spoonbill – 9 landed on Samson.
Great & Cory’s Shearwaters – 100s of mixed large shearwaters north of Crebawethan, Western Rocks, and 50 of each near Crim Rocks.
Sooty Shearwater – 1 in Scilly waters, seen from the Scillonian III on the morning crossing from Penzance to St. Mary’s.
Great Skua – 1 in Scilly waters, seen from the Scillonian III on the morning crossing from Penzance to St. Mary’s.
otterel – 1 on the Golf Course.
Golden Plover – 1 flew over Pump Lane .
Curlew Sandpiper – 1 on Porthloo Beach, 1 on Porth Hellick Pool, 1 Pentle Bay, Tresco, 1 still on Periglis Beach, St. Agnes and 2 at Stinky Porth, Bryher.
Common Sandpiper – 1 in Porth Wreck.
Bar-tailed Godwit – 1 on Porthloo Beach.
Bkack-tailed Godwit – 1 on Porthloo Beach.
Marsh Harrier – 1 west of Hell Bay, Bryher.
Short-eared Owl – 1 flew from the Northern Rocks towards Samson.
Hobby – 1+ on St. Mary’s and 1 over Higher Town, St. Martin’s.
Kingfisher – 1 at Porth Wreck, 1 Porth Hellick Pool and 2 on Bryher Pool.
Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 in Tresco Churchyard and 1 on Back Lane, Tresco.
Grasshopper Warbler – 1 at Longstone and 2 near the Woolpack accommodation on the Garrison.
Spotted Flycatcher – 2 in the Garrison Pines, 5 on Bryher and 1 on St. Martin’s.
Pied Flycatcher – 2 in the Garrison pines and 2 on Bryher.
Common Redstart – 1 on the Pitch & Put course on Bryher.
Whinchat – 2 on Tresco.
Grey Wagtail – 2 on Porth Hellick Pool and 1 on Tresco.
