Thursday (22/10)
Sora Rail – 1 was still on Porth Hellick Pool but showing infrequently.
Red-eyed Vireo – 1 still on St. Agnes, on Barnaby Lane but elusive.
Bullfinch – 1 still in Lower Moors.
European Storm-petrel – 1 seen west of Wolf Rock (i.e. in Scilly waters) from the Scillonian III on the crossing from St. Mary’s to Penzance.
Sooty Shearwater – 7 seen west of Wolf Rock from the Scillonian III on the crossing from St. Mary’s to Penzance
Great Northern Diver – 1 off Innisidgen,
Scaup – 1 in Porth Cressa, with the feral mallard flock!
Long-tailed Duck – 1 close in shore off Innisidgen.
Grey Phalarope – 1 seen west of Wolf Rock from the Scillonian III on the crossing from St. Mary’s to Penzance.
Whimbrel – 1 in Porth Hellick Bay.
Jack Snipe – 2 on Porth Hellick Pool.
Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 at the top of the track to Watermill Cove, 2 at Newford Duck Pond and 1 at Trenoweth.
Firecrest – 2 on Sunnyside Farm Trail and 1 at Longstone.
Redwing – 30 in Parting Carn chicken field.
Fieldfare – 2 in Parting Carn chicken field.
Black Redstart – 1 on Porth Cressa Beach.
Reed Bunting – 1 in Parting Carn chicken field.
Friday (23/10)
Wilson’s Snipe – 1 still on Lower Moors Pool.
Sora Rail – 1 was still on Porth Hellick Pool.
Red-eyed Vireo – 1 still on Barnaby Lane, St. Agnes
Pink-footed Goose – 1 on Lower Moors Pool and it or another in Porth Hellick Bay and then flew over the airfield.
Long-tailed Duck – 1 on Porth Hellick Pool moving to Porth Hellick Bay.
Great Northern Diver – 1 in Porth Cressa Bay.
Caspian Gull – A 3rd-winter Tresco flew through the Roads.
Cattle Egret – 1 landed in the fields behind the Steven Sussex hide at Porth Hellick and then with cows at Normandy
Merlin – 1 in a tree at Parting Carn flew towards Lower Moors and it or another flew through Porthcressa towards the Garison.
Skylark – 1 at Green Farm and 1 at Deep Point.
Black Redstart – 1 on St. Mary’s.
Snow Bunting – 1 flew west over the Sunken garden at Porthloo Lane/Telegraph Road Junction, 1 on Wingletang Down, St. Agnes, 5 on Shipman Head Down, Bryher and 1 by the Daymark, St. Martin’s.
Saturday (24/10) A wet and windy day with very few reports.
Sora Rail – 1 was still on Porth Hellick Pool.
Long-tailed Duck – 1 still in Porth Hellick Bay.
Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 on St. Agnes.
Sunday (25/10)
Sora Rail – 1 was still on Porth Hellick Pool.
Olive-backed Pipit – 2 in grass fields on Pool Road, Tresco (photo).
Red-backed Shrike – 1 was at Mount Todden (photo).
Long-tailed Duck – 1 still in Porth Hellick Bay.
Stock Dove – 10 at Rocky Hill.
Kingfisher – 1 on Bryher Pool.
Skylark – 2 on Heathy Hill, Bryher.
Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 on Porth Hellick Loop.
Firecrest – 1 on the Garrison and 1 in Carreg Dhu Gardens.
Redwing – 6 in the horse fields, Kittydown.
Fieldfare– 11 in the horse fields, Kittydown.
Snow Bunting – 2 by the Daymark, St. Martin’s.
Vagrant Emperor Dragonfly – 1 at Porth Wreck.
Monday (26/10)
Sora Rail – 1 was still on Porth Hellick Pool.
Red-backed Shrike – 1 was at Mount Todden.
Long-tailed Duck – 1 was still in Porth Hellick Bay.
Bullfinch – 1 at Higher Moors just before the wooded trail through Holy Vale.
Sooty Shearwater – 2 flew past Horse Point, St. Agnes.
Manx Shearwater – 18 flew past Horse Point, St. Agnes.
Common Gull – An adult was at Toll’s Porth.
Little Egret – 6 on St. Mary’s.
Yellow-legged Gull – 1 on Campsite Beach, St. Agnes and 1 at Green Bay, Bryher.
Grey Phalarope – 2 flew past Horse Point, St. Agnes.
Bar-tailed Godwit – 1 Porthloo and 1 Bar Point.
Whimbrel – 1 Porthloo, 1 Bar Point, 1 Innisidgen, 1 Watermill, 1 Porth Hellick and 1 Popplestone, Bryher.
Woodcock – 1 was at Mount Todden and 1 Carn Friars Lane.
Merlin – 1 Shark’s Pit, 1 Trenoweth, 1 on Bryher and 2 on St. Agnes.
Hobby – 1 at Parting Carn,
Kingfisher – 1 Porth Hellick Pool and 1 Lower Moors Pool.
Yellow-browed Warbler – 2 on Porth Hellick Loop, 1 on Porthloo Lane near the turning to Mount Flagon and 2 on St. Agnes.
Siberian Chiffchaff – 1 on Carn Friar’s Lane.
Firecrest – 2 Carn Friars and 1 Trenoweth.
Lesser Whitethroat – 1 just behind the Seaward Hide on Porth Hellick Pool.
Redwing – 60+ on St. Mary’s.
Black Redstart – 1 Porthloo, 1 Carn Leh, 1 Periglis, St. Agnes and 1 Bryher.
Siskin – 1 at Longstone, 1 Pelistry, 1 Watermill and 1 Newford Duck Pond.
Snow Bunting – 1 on Bryher.
Tuesday (27/10)
Sora Rail – 1 was still on Porth Hellick Pool.
Olive-backed Pipit –A “probable” in a field by the track from Porth Hellick to Salakee Farm.
Red-backed Shrike – 1 still at Mount Todden.
Long-tailed Duck – 1 was still in Porth Hellick Bay.
Leach’s Storm-petrel – 1 flew past Peninnis Head during an early morning sea-watch.
European Storm-petrel – 1 flew past Peninnis Head during an early morning sea-watch.
Sooty Shearwater – 2 flew past Peninnis Head during an early morning sea-watch.
Bullfinch – The male was briefly at Sallyport.
Jack Snipe – 1 flushed by a dog at Porth Hellick Pool.
Merlin – 1 Peninnis.
Skylark – 3 on the airfield.
Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 still on Porth Hellick Loop and 1 on St. Agnes.
Lesser Whitethroat – 1 still near the Seaward Hide on Porth Hellick Pool.
Black Redstart – 1 at Carn Leh.
Snow Bunting – 1 at Blue Carn.
Vagrant Emperor Dragonfly – 1 south of the houses at Longstone.
Wednesday (28/10)
Sora Rail – 1 was still on Porth Hellick Pool.
Serin – 1 was feeding with Goldfinches between the cricket pitch and Porth Killier, St. Agnes.
Long-tailed Duck– was still in Porth Hellick Bay.
Barn Owl – 1 was flushed out of the bushes at the east end of the Great Pool, Tresco.
Jackdaw – 1 flew over the field son Pool Road, Tresco (photo) this is a scarce bird on Scilly.
Red-backed Shrike – Am immature in a hedge by he coastal path at Pelistry Bay was assumed to be the one seen recently at Mount Todden.
Wryneck – 1 on the footpath above Little Porth.
European Storm-petrel – 5 seen west of Wolf Rock (i.e. in Scilly waters) from the Scillonian III on the crossing from St. Mary’s to Penzance.
Puffin – 15 seen west of Wolf Rock (i.e. in Scilly waters) from the Scillonian III on the crossing from St. Mary’s to Penzance.
Great Northern Diver – 1 in the channel between Tresco and St. Martin’s.
Common Buzzard – 1 being mobbed by crows over the dump area at the back of Borough Farm, Tresco.
Merlin – 1 at Borough Farm, Tresco (photo).
Whimbrel – 2 Pilchard’s Pool and 1 Porthloo.
Bar-tailed Godwit – 1 Porthloo.
Kingfisher – 1 on Porth Hellick Pool.
Yellow-browed Warbler – 1 in Lower Moors and 2 on St. Agnes.
Siberian Chiffchaff – 1 in the Dump Clump.
Snow Bunting – 1 at the north end of Tresco.
Bottlenose Dolphin – 5+ seen west of Wolf Rock (i.e. in Scilly waters) from the Scillonian III on the crossing from St. Mary’s to Penzance.
