Wednesday (22/07)
Purple Heron – A juvenile flew from Porth Hellick Pool towards Holy Vale.
Wood Sandpiper – 1 still on the Lower Moors Pool.
Common Sandpiper – 1 on St. Agnes.
Common Gull – 1 off South Beach, Tresco.
Mediterranean Gull – 1 on St. Agnes.
Yellow-legged Gull – A juvenile was in a gull roost off Bathinghouse Porth, Treco.
Great Skua – 1 flew west past Giant’s Castle.
Wilson’s Storm-petrel – 5 on the evening pelagic trip 7 miles south of St. Mary’s.
European Storm-petrel – 20 on the evening pelagic trip 7 miles south of St. Mary’s and 44 trapped, and ringed at Deep Point on Tuesday night/Wednesday Morning. 1 of these birds that was ringed at midnight was retrapped at midnight next day at Portland, a distance of 175 miles.
Manx Shearwater – 200+ on the evening pelagic trip 7 miles south of St. Mary’s.
Whimbrel – 7 on the south beaches on Tresco.
Short-eared Owl – 1 hunting in fields next to Pool Green, St. Martin’s, has apparently been around for 3 or 4 days.
Short-beaked Common Dolphin – 10 on the evening pelagic trip 7 miles south of St. Mary’s
Blue Shark – 8 on the evening pelagic trip 7 miles south of St. Mary’s, 3 of which were caught, tagged and released.
Thursday (23/07)
LEATHERBACK TURTLE – 1 was just outside the Gilstone, Old Town Bay. This is the first record since 9th June 2018, when one was released from some old fishing net 7 miles north of St. Mary’s.
Wood Sandpiper – 2 on Porth Hellick Pool and 1 still on the Lower Moors Pool.
Green Sandpiper – 1 on Porth Hellick Pool and 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Common Sandpiper – 3 on the Big Pool, St. Agnes.
Whimbrel – 2 were on Gorregan, Western Rocks.
Little Egret – 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Water Rail – A juvenile was on Porth Hellick Pool.
Pochard – 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Common Swift – 2 over Porth Hellick.
Crossbill – 1 around the house “Bishop’s View” on Porthloo Lane.
Friday (24/07)
Lapwing –1 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Wood Sandpiper – 2 possibly 3 on Porth Hellick Pool and 1 still on the Lower Moors Pool.
Green Sandpiper –2 on the Great Pool, Tresco and 1 on the Lower Moors Pool.
Common Sandpiper – 4 on Porth Hellick Beach, 1 on the Lower Moors Pool and 1 on St. Agnes.
Whimbrel – 1 on St. Agnes.
Mediterranean Gull – 1 on St. Agnes.
Common Swift – 2 over Longstone.
Saturday (25/07)
Purple Heron – A juvenile landed briefly on Lower Moors Pool before flying off north.
Sooty Shearwater – 1 flew west past the northern end of Tresco.
Lapwing – 1 still on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Wood Sandpiper – 1 on Porth Hellick Pool and 1 on Lower Moors Pool.
Green Sandpiper – 1 on Lower Moors Pool and 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Common Sandpiper – 3 on St. Agnes.
Whimbrel – 12 on St. Agnes.
Pochard – 2 on Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Mediterranean Gull – A first-summer bird was on St. Agnes.
Common Swift – 4 over Porth Hellick Pool.
Sunday (26/07)
Purple Heron – In the evening 1 was flushed from a ditch in Lower Moors.
Lapwing – 1 still on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Wood Sandpiper – 1 still on Porth Hellick Pool and 1 still on Lower Moors Pool.
Green Sandpiper – 1 still on Lower Moors Pool and 1 still on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Monday (27/07)
Purple Heron – 1 in the Lower Moors area (photo).
Pochard – 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Little Grebe – 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Lapwing – 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Wood Sandpiper – 1 still on Porth Hellick Pool and 1 still on Lower Moors Pool.
Green Sandpiper – 1 still on Lower Moors Pool.
Kingfisher – 1 on Porth Hellick Pool.
Tuesday (28/07)
Purple Heron – Again juvenile was showing on and off in the Lower Moors area.
Wilson’s Storm-petrel – c20 on the evening pelagic trip , 5 miles south of St. Mary’s.
European Storm-petrel – 20 on the evening pelagic trip , 5 miles south of St. Mary’s.
Cory’s Shearwater – 14 on the evening pelagic trip , 5 miles south of St. Mary’s.
Great Shearwater – 10 on the evening pelagic trip , 5 miles south of St. Mary’s.
Sooty Shearwater –5 on the evening pelagic trip , 5 miles south of St. Mary’s.
Manx Shearwater – 800+ on the evening pelagic trip , 5 miles south of St. Mary’s.
Great Skua Sandpiper 1 on the evening pelagic trip 5 miles south of St. Mary’s.
Arctic Skua – 1 on the evening pelagic trip 5 miles south of St. Mary’s.
Yellow-legged Gull – A juvenile was at Per Coose, St. Agnes.
Wood Sandpiper – 1 still on Lower Moors Pool (photo).
Green Sandpiper – 1 still on Lower Moors Pool.
Common Sandpiper – 1 on Per Coose, St. Agnes.
Whimbrel – 1 on Per Coose, St. Agnes.
Hobby – 1 on Tresco.
Cuckoo – 1 on Gugh.
Crossbill – 1 at Longstone.
Short-beaked Common Dolphin – 20 on the evening pelagic trip 5 miles south of St. Mary’s
Blue Shark – 8 on the evening pelagic trip 5 miles south of St. Mary’s, 4 of which were caught, tagged and released.
Ocean sunfish –1 on the evening pelagic trip 5 miles south of St. Mary’s.
