Wednesday (02/07)
Purple Heron – 1 High over Hugh Town, Also seen on Lower Moord Pool in the evening
Marsh Harrier – 1 on St. Helen’s.
Green Sandpiper – 1 flew from the muddy scrape in the garden of the staff accommodation behind Star Castle on the Garrison and possibly the same bird on Simpson’s Field, Tresco.
Bottlenose Dolphin – 2 south of Annet
Thursday (03/07)
Black-tailed Godwit – 1 on Tresco Great Pool
Sandwich Tern – 1 calling over Hugh Town, a definite precursor to autumn.
Common Swift – 2 over Holy Vale, 2 flew northeast over the Daymark, St. Martin’s and 6 over Tresco Estate Office.
Crossbill – 1 flew south over the garden of Star Castle staff accommodation and 1 flew over the road down to Holy Vale.
Friday (04/07)
Hobby – 1 over holy Vale and it or another over the Garrison
Mediterranean Gull – 24 on Stony Island
Sandwich Tern – 1 on Stony Island.
Common Swift – 2 over Hugh Town.
Saturday (05/07)
European Storm-petrel – 35 ringed at Porth Wreck 22:45 -00:30
Mediterranean Gull – 1 in Old Town Bay.
Sunday (06/07)
Semi-palmated Plover – 1 flew into Porth Hellick Pool and at times showed exceptionally well (photo). This is the 14th record for Scilly, the last was in 2017.
Wilson’s Storm-petrel – 6 on an evening pelagic trip 9 miles south of St. Mary’s (photo).
European Storm-petrel – 90 on an evening pelagic trip 9 miles south of St. Mary’s.
Sooty Shearwater – 1 on an evening pelagic trip 9 miles south of St. Mary’s.
Green Sandpiper – 1 on Tresco.
Yellow-legged Gull – 1 on an evening pelagic trip 9 miles south of St. Mary’s.
Great Skua – 2 on an evening pelagic trip 9 miles south of St. Mary’s (photo)
Short-beaked Common Dolphin – 10 on an evening pelagic trip 9miles south of St. Mary’s.
Ocean Sunfish – 1 on an evening pelagic trip 9 miles south of St. Mary ’s.
Monday (07/07)
Wilson’s Storm-petrel – 2 on an evening pelagic trip 10 miles south of St. Mary’s.
European Storm-petrel – c80 on an evening pelagic trip 10 miles south of St. Mary’s.
Common Sandpiper – 1 on Wingletang Down, St. Agnes.
Tuesday (08/07)
Semi-palmated Plover – The bird was again on Porth Hellick Pool very briefly before flying off towards the airfield.
Wilson’s Storm-petrel – 3 on a chartered evening pelagic trip 9 miles south of St. Mary’s.
European Storm-petrel – 120 on the chartered evening pelagic trip 9 miles south of St. Mary’s.
Sooty Shearwater – 1 on the chartered evening pelagic trip 9 miles south of St. Mary’s.
Shoveler – A drake and 3 females were on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Pochard – 3 drakes, a female and 2 young on Abby Pool, Tresco.
Hobby – ! flew over the Garrison.
Short-beaked Common Dolphin – 12 on the chartered evening pelagic trip 9 miles south of St. Mary’s.
Blue Shark – 1 on the chartered evening pelagic trip 9 miles south of St. Mary’s.
Ocean Sunfish – 1 on the chartered evening pelagic trip 9 miles south of St. Mary’s
