Wednesday (02/09)
Solitary Sandpiper – 1 was found at the east end the Great Pool, Tresco.
Buff-breasted Sandpiper – 1 still in the paddock by the entrance to Pelistry riding stables (photo).
Pectoral Sandpiper – 1 still Great Pool, Tresco.
Dotterel – 1 at Horse Point, St. Agnes.
Greenish Warbler – 1 by Shooters’ Pool, Lower Moors (photo).
Spotted Crake – 1 still Great Pool, Tresco.
Curlew Sandpiper – 2 Abbey Pool and 2 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Wood Sandpiper – 2 still on the Great Poo and 1 on Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Little Stint – 2 still on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Ruff – 1 still on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Black-tailed Godwit – 2 on Abbey Pool and 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Wryneck – 1 on Porthloo Lane, 1 on the road by Carn Vean and 1 at Borough Farm, Tresco.
Spotted Flycatcher – 1 at Longstone.
Pied Flycatcher – 3 at Borough Farm, 1 at Longstone and 1 at Trewince.
Whinchat – 1 in the Standing Stones Field.
Thursday (03/09)
Solitary Sandpiper – 1 was still at the east end the Great Pool, Tresco.
Buff-breasted Sandpiper – 1 was back in the paddock by the entrance to Pelistry riding stables.
Pectoral Sandpiper – 1 still on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Melodious Warbler – 1 in a field hedge south of Old Town Church.
Citrine Wagtail – 1 still on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Spotted Crake – 1 still on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Wilson’s Storm-petrel – 11 on the evening pelagic trip 9 miles southwest of St. Mary’s.
European Storm-petrel – c120 on the evening pelagic trip 9 miles southwest of St. Mary’s.
Cory’s Shearwater – 60 on the evening pelagic trip 9 miles southwest of St. Mary’s.
Great Shearwater – 25 on the evening pelagic trip 9 miles southwest of St. Mary’s.
Sooty Shearwater – 2 on the evening pelagic trip 9 miles southwest of St. Mary’s.
Great Skua – 3 on the evening pelagic trip 9 miles southwest of St. Mary’s.
Yellow-legged Gull – 1 on the evening pelagic trip 9 miles southwest of St. Mary’s.
Little Ringed Plover – 1 still on St. Agnes, on the cricket pitch.
Curlew Sandpiper – 2 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Wood Sandpiper – 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Green Sandpiper – 4 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Little Stint – 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Ruff – 4 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Black-tailed Godwit – 2 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Wryneck – 1 near Pelistry riding stables and 2 on Tresco.
Pied Flycatcher – 1 at Longstone.
Turtle Dove – 1 landed on the boat SS Gugh 10 miles northeast of Gugh.
Short-beaked Common Dolphin – 10 on the evening pelagic trip 9 miles southwest of St. Mary’s.
Friday (04/09)
Solitary Sandpiper – 1 still on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Buff-breasted Sandpiper – 1 was on the Great Pool and later moved to Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Pectoral Sandpiper – 1 still on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Citrine Wagtail – The female was still on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Spotted Crake – 1 still on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Dotterel – 1 still near Horse Point, St. Agnes.
Little Ringed Plover – 1 still on St. Agnes on the Big Pool.
Curlew Sandpiper – 2 on Abbey Pool. Tresco.
Wood Sandpiper – 2 on Abbey Pool. Tresco.
Ruff – 1 on Abbey Pool. Tresco.
Little Stint – 2 Juveniles on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Black-tailed Godwit – 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Wryneck – 1 was in the scrub by the east side of the turning circle on the airfield
Melodious Warbler – 1was still in a field hedge south of Old Town Church and 1 was in the scrub by the east side of the turning circle on the airfield
Garden Warbler – 1 at Longstone.
Nightingale – 1 at Longstone.
Pied Flycatcher – 2 on Content Lane.
Saturday (05/09)
Solitary Sandpiper – 1 still on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Buff-breasted Sandpiper – 1 still on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Pectoral Sandpiper – 1 still on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Citrine Wagtail – The female was still on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Spotted Crake – 1 still on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Melodious Warbler – 1 still in scrub by the turning circle on the airfield (photo).
Serin – 1 calling, flew low north over Longstone.
Little Ringed Plover – 1 still on St. Agnes on the Big Pool.
Curlew Sandpiper – 1 on Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Ruff – 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Yellow-legged Gull – A first-winter bird was circling over Longstone
Kingfisher – 2 trapped and ringed at Porth Hellick Ringing Station.
Garden Warbler – 1 at Longstone.
Pied Flycatcher – 3 at Longstone.
Yellow Wagtail – 3 at Longstone.
Sunday (06/09)
Solitary Sandpiper – 1 still on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Buff-breasted Sandpiper – 1 still on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Pectoral Sandpiper – 1 still Great Pool, Tresco.
Woodchat Shrike – 2 together in a hedge north of the tennis court on Bryher (photo).
Little Tern – 1 on Green Island (photo). This is a scarce bird on Scilly.
Great Shearwater – 1 seen in Scilly waters from the Scillonian III on the return trip from St. Mary’s to Penzance.
Europe Storm-petrel – 12 seen in Scilly waters from the Scillonian III on the return trip from St. Mary’s to Penzance.
Grey Phalarope – 2 seen in Scilly waters from the Scillonian III on the return trip from St. Mary’s to Penzance.
Little Ringed Plover – 1 still on St. Agnes on the cricket pitch.
Spotted Crake – 1 still on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Dotterel – 1 on Wingletang Down, St. Agnes.
Little Ringed Plover – 1 still on St. Agnes on the cricket pitch.
Curlew Sandpiper – 3 on Tresco.
Wood Sandpiper –33 on Abbey Pool, Tresco.
Little Stint – 3 on Tresco.
Bar-tailed Godwit –5 on Gleaner Beach, Tresco.
Kingfisher – 1 in Lower Moors
Wryneck – 1 in the allotments on the west side of Peninnis, 1 at Racket Town on Tresco and 1 on Chapel Down, St. Martin’s.
Spotted Flycatcher – 1 at Green Farm.
Pied Flycatcher – An obvious fall with 20+ on St. Mary’s and “many” reported on Bryher (photo).
Whinchat – 1 on Bryher
Tree Pipit – 1 at Longstone and 3 Borough Farm.
Yellow Wagtail – 4 at Pelistry riding stables and 1 flew over Longstone
Monday (07/09)
Solitary Sandpiper – 1 still on Tresco. on Abbey Pool and the flushed by a helicopter and flew to the Great Pool (photo).
Buff-breasted Sandpiper – There was no sign of the bird on the Great Pool, Tresco but 1was in a grassy field by St. Martin’s Fire Station and what was probably the same bird flew straight through north over the airfield early evening.
Pectoral Sandpiper – 1 still on Tresco on Abbey Pool.
Western Bonell’s Warbler– A1 was in scrub at the foot of Shipman Head Down on Bryher.
Little Stint – 4 on Tresco.
Wood Sandpiper – 3on Tresco.
Curlew Sandpiper – 2 on Tresco.
Barred Warbler – 1 on Shipman Head Down slope at the north end by Bryher Campsite.
Woodchat Shrike – 1 still on Bryher.
Red-backed Shrike – A first-winter bird was in a field at the beach end of the Carn Friars farm trail.
Wryneck – 1 Holy Vale, 1 in Buzza Quarry, 1 Borough Farm, 1 at Popplestone Bay, Bryher and 2 or 3 on St. Martin’s.
Common Whitethroat – 3 on St. Martin’s.
Nightingale – 1 calling early morning at Longstone and 1 in Popplestone Fields, Bryher.
Redstart – 1 on St. Martin’s.
Whinchat – 3 on St. Martin’s.
Pied Flycatcher – 3 north of Borough Farm, 1 Holy Vale and 7 on St. Martin’s.
Spotted Flycatcher – 1 north of Borough Farm, 1 Holy Vale and 3 on St. Martin’s.
Tree Pipit – 1 at Longstone and 3 on St. Martin’s.
Yellow Wagtail– 3 north of Borough Farm and 1 at Longstone.
Tuesday (08/09)
Solitary Sandpiper – 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Buff-breasted Sandpiper – 1 on St. Martin’s Cricket Pitch
Pectoral Sandpiper – 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Dotterel – 1 on St. Agnes.
Spotted Crake – 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Red-backed Shrike – 1 still at Carn Friars in the field between the ringing lanes and the Apple Maze field.
Lapland Bunting – 1 near Troy Town, St. Agnes.
Curlew Sandpiper – 2 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Little Stint – 2 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Wood Sandpiper – 2 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Green Sandpiper – 3 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Common Sandpiper – 2 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Ruff – 2 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Black-tailed Godwit – 1 on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Mediterranean Gull – 11 at Browarth, St. Agnes.
Kingfisher – 2 on the leat at Porth Hellick.
Wryneck – 1 at Giant’s Castle.
Wheatear – 50 between Blue Carn and Porth Hellick Bay.
Whinchat – 1 in the first field to right from the Porth Hellick end of Carn Friars Farm Track.
Pied Flycatcher – 1 in Popplestone Fields, Bryher.
