Wednesday (25/06)
Purple Heron – 1 in Lower Moors early morning and was later seen at Porth Hellick Pool.
Little Egret – 1 at Porth Hellick Pool.
Grey Wagtail –1 on Bryher.
Thursday (26/06)
Purple Heron – 1 flew out of the ringing lanes at Porth Hellick.
Wilson’s Storm Petrel – 6 on an evening pelagic trip 6 miles south east of St. Mary’s (photo).
European Storm Petrel – 40 on an evening pelagic trip 6 miles south east of St. Mary’s.
Cory’s Shearwater– 6 on an evening pelagic trip 6 miles south east of St. Mary’s (photo).
Great Shearwater– 1 on an evening pelagic trip 6 miles south east of St. Mary’s (photo).
Sooty Shearwater– 1 on an evening pelagic trip 6 miles south east of St. Mary’s (photo).
Manx Shearwater– 250 on an evening pelagic trip 6 miles south east of St. Mary’s (photo).
Yellow-legged Gull – 1 on an evening pelagic trip 6 miles south east of St. Mary’s.
Arctic Tern – 3 on an evening pelagic trip 6 miles south east of St. Mary’s.
Short-beaked Common Dolphin – 30 on an evening pelagic trip 6 miles south east of St. Mary’s.
Large Tortoiseshell – 1 in a garden on Church Road, Hugh Town (photo). This is a very rare butterfly on Scilly.
Friday (27/06)
Purple Heron – 1 flew over the airfield towards Porth Hellick and was also seen in the evening flying from the ringing lanes into a field behind the northeast corner of the pool (photo).
Short-beaked Common Dolphin – 30 on an evening pelagic trip 6 miles south east of St. Mary’s.
Large Tortoiseshell – 1 still in a garden on Church Road, Hugh Town.
Saturday (28/06)
Common Sandpiper – 1 on Gugh.
Mediterranean Gull – 2 on Yellow Ledge.
Sunday (29/06)
Quail – 1 singing at Tamarisk Farm, S t, Agnes
Sooty Shearwater – 1 among a raft of Manx Shearwater 3 miles north of Bryher.
Hobby – 1 flew south over Sharks’ Pit
Mediterranean Gull – 22on Hedge rock off Tresco.
Whimbrel – 1 on Gugh and 1 on Samson.
Large Tortoiseshell – After not been seen yesterday, it was back in a garden on Church Road, Hugh Town.
Monday (30/06)
1 still at Tamarisk Farm, St, Agnesand 1 on Samson.
Large Tortoiseshell – 1 seen briefly again in a garden on Church Road, Hugh Town.
Tuesday (01/07)
Purple Heron – 1 in Lower Moors.
Green Sandpiper – 1 on Porth Hellick Pool and it or another on a muddy scrape in the garden of the staff accommodation behind Star Castle on the Garrison.
Mediterranean Gull – 6 on Stony Island.
Cetti’s Warbler – 1 between the pools on Tresco.
