Monday (20/04)
American Wigeon – The first-winter drake was still on Porth Hellick Pool.
Cattle Egret – 1 with cows in a field on Borough Farm, Tresco.
Short-toed Lark – 1 at the end of Peninnis ant the western side.
Corncrake – 1 on Wingletang, St. Agnes.
Lapwing – 1 flew over the Garrison Campsite.
Common Sandpiper – 1 on Porth Hellick Pool
Purple Sandpiper – 4 at Horse Point, St. Agnes.
Bar-tailed Godwit – 1 on the Campsite Beach, St. Agnes.
Arctic Skua – 1 was seen in Scilly waters seen from the Scillonian III on the morning crossing from Penzance to St. Mary’s.
Dartford Warbler – The male was still singing on Chapel Down, St. Martin’s.
Grasshopper Warbler – 1 in the Standing Stones Field and 1 reeling on Sandy Lane, Middle Town, St. Martin’s.
Common Redstart – The first of the year was a male on Bryher.
Pied Flycatcher – A male along the track from Telegraph to Bant’s Carn and 1 at St. Martin’s Vineyard was the first of the year.
Tree Pipit – 1 flew over Chapel Down, St. Martin’s.
Redpoll – 1 flew over Chapel Down, St. Martin’s.
Tuesday (21/04)
American Wigeon – The first-winter drake was still on Porth Hellick Pool.
Subalpine Warbler – A female which was not identified to species, showed briefly in a garden at Rosenhill, St. Agnes.
Serin – 1 with Linnets in the horse paddock by the east side of Mount Todden Farm (photo).
Cattle Egret – 1 with cattle in the iris field at Higher Moors.
Common Sandpiper – 1 at St. Warna’s Cove, St. Agnes and 1 on Maiden Bower, Norrard Rocks.
Common Tern – 2 in Tresco Channel.
Red Kite – 1 flew over Buzza Tower, then over Sandy Lane and then NNE over Mount Todden Farm.
Common Swift – 1 over Mount Todden and 1 over Hugh Town were the first of the year.
Turtle Dove – The first od the spring was 1 in cow field along the path by the campsite on St. Agnes.
Rook – 1 Old Grimsby, Tresco.
Golden Oriole – The first of the year was a male by the ringing station, Porth Hellick and 1 near the church on St. Agnes.
Dartford Warbler – The male was still on Chapel Down, St. Martin’s.
Grasshopper Warbler – 1 reeling on the Porth Hellick Loop Trail and 1 reeling in holy Vale
Common Redstart – 1 above Redan A on the Garrison Walls.
Tree Pipit – 1 at Rowesfield, Tresco.
Yellow Wagtail – 1 Mount Todden and 1 on the Campsite Beach, St. Agnes.
Reed Bunting – 2 by Porth Hellick Pool.
Wednesday (22/04)
American Wigeon – The first-winter drake was still on Porth Hellick Pool.
Serin – 1 still with Linnets in the horse paddock by the east side of Mount Todden Farm.
Hoopoe – 1 in a garden at Holy Vale (photo).
Cattle Egret – 1 again in the iris field, Higher Moors
Great Northern Diver – 4 off Yellow Rock, St. Martin’s.
Grey Plover – 1 Middletown, St. Martin’s.
Whinchat – The first of the tear was 1 at Porth Minnick.
Yellow Wagtail – 3 in a pasture at Mount Todden Farm and these or another 3 flew over Porth Hellick Pool at 16:45.
Thursday (23/04)
American Wigeon – The first-winter drake was still on Porth Hellick Pool.
Night Heron – 1 was flushed from Holy Vale and flew to Porth Hellick Pool.
Hoopoe – 1 still in a garden at Holy Vale.
Nightingale – 1 was singing from gorse at the Garrison moat at the south entrance to the campsite.
Golden Oriole –A subadult male/female was above Middle Town. St. Martin’s.
Serin – The female was still at Mount Todden and a singing male showed on and off at the start of the Tremelethen Trail at Parting Carn.
Little Tern – 1 was on Burnt Island, St. Agnes and it or another fishing on the Great Pool, Tresco (this is a scarce bird on Scilly).
Dartford Warbler – The male was still singing on Chapel Down, St. Martin’s.
Black-throated Diver – 1 seen from the boat on the return from Bryher to St. Mary’s.
Turtle Dove –1was still at Troy Town, St. Agnes.
Lapwing – 1 over Star Castle, 1 at Porth Hellick, 1 on Lower Moors Pool and on the Campsite Beach, St. Agnes.
Grey Plover – 1 on Tresco.
Common Sandpiper – 2 at the east end of St. Lawrance’s Brow, St. Martin’s.
Bar-tailed Godwit – 2 on the campsite Beach, St. Agnes.
Mediterranean Gull – 1 on Tresco and 1 at Porth Mellon.
Hobby – 1 over Middle Town, St. Martin’s.
Grasshopper Warbler – 1 reeling at Longstone.
Wood Warbler – 1 on Pool Road, Tresco.
Spotted Flycatcher – 1 in the Dead Pine Walk.
Pied Flycatcher – 1 Pool Road, Tresco.
Common Redstart – 1 at Middle Town, St. Martin’s.
Black Redstart – 1 on Shipman Head Down Bryher.
Whinchat – 1 by the airport terminal building.
Tree Pipit – 2 on Bryher, 2 at Trewince and 1 flew north over Star Castle.
Yellow Wagtail – 2 were at Mount Todden and 1 on the campsite Beach, St. Agnes.
Friday (24/04)
Alpine Swift – 1 was over Hugh Town in the morning until about 09:30 (photo).
American Wigeon – The first-winter drake was still on Porth Hellick Pool.
Night Heron – A sub-adult circled the Dump Clump before dropping out of sight. It was later seen flying over Lower Moors and landed in the field opposite the school.
Woodchat Shrike – 1 at the back of New Grimsby, Tresco and a second bird was on Tresco Heliport.
Hoopoe – 1 in the garden at Holy Vale early n morning only.
Red Kite – 1 over the St. Martin’s Vineyard and 1 over Tresco.
Great Northern Diver – 2 off St. Martin’s.
Lapwing – 1 was still on Porth Hellick Pool.
Bar-tailed Godwit – 3 on Bryher.
Mediterranean Gull – 3 first-summer birds at Porth Mellon.
Little Tern – 2 over Steven’s Ledge. St. Martin’s and 1 at Old Grimsby. Tresco.
Pomarine Skua – 1 seen in Scilly waters from the Scillonian III on the morning crossing from Penzance to St. Mary’s.
Turtle Dove – 1 on shipman Head Down, Bryher, 1 in a field at the corner of Porthloo Lane& Rocky Hill and 1 at Troy Town Farm, St, Agnes.
Cuckoo – 1 flew from St. Martin’s towards Tresco.
Rook – 1 feeding in newly tilled field on Sandy Lane.
Golden Oriole –1 flew west over Sandy Lane, St. Martin’s , 1 flew past the Blockhouse on Tresco and a female on Barnaby Lane, St. Agnes.
Nightingale –1 was still singing from gorse at the Garrison moat at the south entrance to the campsite.
Wood Warbler – 1 was on Sandy Lane, St. Martin’s.
Garden Warbler – 1at Carreg Dhu Gardens and 1 on the northwest side of Samson Hill, Bryher.
Firecrest – 1 Rocky hill.
Ring Ouzel – A female was on the cliffs at Hell Bay, Bryher, a male was at Browarth, St. Agnes and a male was at Bread & Cheese cove, St. Martin’s
Pied Flycatcher – A male & a female were on Sandy Lane, St. Martin’s, a female at the Woolpack Battery on the Garrison and 1 on the northwest side of Samson Hill, Bryher.
Black Redstart – 1 at Pelistry riding Stables, 1 still at Middle Town, St. Martin’s, 1 at Dolphin Town, Tresco and a male was on the northwest side of Samson Hill, Bryher.
Common Redstart – 1 Perseil and 1 still at Middle Town, St. Martin’s.
Tree Pipit – 1 Rocky Hill, 8 in a single flock by the east end of the Great Pool, Tresco, on St. Martin’s and 1 on the northwest side of Samson Hill, Bryher.
Yellow Wagtail – 1 Porth Hellick.
Saturday (25/04)
American Wigeon – The first-winter drake was still on Porth Hellick Pool.
Ring-necked Duck – A drake was on the Great Pool, Tresco.
Common Scoter – 1 off Carn Near, Tresco.
Night Heron – 1 seen on of throughout the day in the general area of Lower Moors and 1 was recorded flying over St. Martin’s at 21:43.
Cattle Egret – 1 circled over Lower Moors before landing in a cattle field on Rocky Hill.
European Storm-petrel – 6+ in Scilly waters seen from the Scillonian III on the return trip from St. Mary’s to Penzance.
Short-toed Lark – 1 on the airfield.
Hoopoe – 1 flew west over the school on St. Martin’s and 1 flew towards Bennet’s Boatyard, Bryher.
Golden Oriole – 1 was around Porth Hellick/Higher Moors most of the day and 1 was on St. Martin’s.
Nightjar – 1 flushed from near a moth trap at Longstone early morning.
Hawfinch – 1 at Lower town, St. Agnes and 1 in trees at the north end of the Garrison football pitch and 1 flew west over Porth Hellick Loop.
Great Northern Diver – 2 in the Roads, 1 off Nut Rock, Tresco. and 1 between St. Agnes & Samson.
Purple Sandpiper – 3 on Horse Rock, St. Agnes.
Bar-tailed Godwit – 1 on Bryher.
Wood Warbler – 1 in the Dead Pine Walk, Garrison.
Dartford Warbler – The male was still singing on Chapel Down, St. Martin’s.
Garden Warbler – 1 in bushes at Porth Hellick and 1 at the foot of Gweal Hill, Bryher.
Ring Ouzel – A male on st. Agnes cricket pitch.
Grasshopper Warbler – 1, possibly 2 on St. Agnes.
Nightingale – 1 in the wooded area north of Hell Bay Hotel, Bryher.
Common Redstart – 1 at Troy Town, St. Agnes and 1 in a garden opposite Churchtown Farm, St. Martin’s (photo).
Pied Flycatcher – 2 still on Sandy Lane, St. Martin’s, 1 in Appletree Glade,& 1 near Olivia’s Kitchen, Bryher and 1 west of Tresco Abbey
Whinchat – 1 on Shipman Head Down, Bryher.
Tree Pipit – 3 Trewince, 4 in Popplestone Fields, Bryher, 4 on St. Martin’s and 2 by the Great Pool, Tresco
Sunday (26/04)
American Wigeon – The first-winter drake was still on Porth Hellick Pool.
Black-winged Stilt – 7 were at Porth Coose, St. Agnes before flying off and landing on Porth Hellick Pool (photo). They flew off at 20:21 and did not return. This is a rare bird on Scilly and the first record since a pair on April 2017. There have never been more than 2 birds recorded together.
Night Heron – What was thought to be a different bird to yesterday’s flew in off the sea over Porth Hellick and landed near the sluice and it or another circled Lower Moors in the evening,
Woodchat Shrike – Both of yesterday’s birds still present on Tresco.
Short-toed Lark – 1 still on the airfield.
Golden Oriole – 1 landed in the ringing lanes at Porth Hellick, 1 was singing at the east end of the Great Pool, Tresco and 1 singing from Harry’s Walls.
Pochard – 5 drakes on the Tresco pools.
Common Scoter – A female was of Carn Near, Tresco.
Great Northen Diver – 1 midway between Toll’s Island and the Eastern Isles and 10 on the Seabird Special around the Islands.
Black-throated Diver – 1 midway between Toll’s Island and the Eastern Isles.
Red-throated Diver – 1 midway between Toll’s Island and the Eastern Isles.
Mediterranean Gull – 1 on Pentle Rock, Tresco.
Wood Sandpiper – 1 on Lower Moors Pool then flew off and dropped onto Porth Hellick Pool.
Lapwing – 1 Simpson’s Field, Tresco.
Common Sandpiper – 1 on Bryher Pool and 1 Appletree Point. Tresco.
Bar-tailed Godwit – 1 on Teän.
Hobby – 1 flew from Wingletang towards the Lighthouse, St. Agnes.
Cuckoo – 2 calling from the east end of the Great Pool, Tresco.
Turtle Dove – 1 in a ploughed field below the Lighthouse on st. Agnes and 2 on wires at Harry’s Walls.
Wood Warbler – 1 on the path to Watermill Cove (photo).
Dartford Warbler – The male was still singing on Chapel Down, St. Martin’s.
Lesser Whitethroat – 1 at the end of Barnaby Lane, St. Agnes (photo).
Ring Ouzel – 1 at Gimble Porth, Tresco.
Redwing – A late bird was at Popplestone fields, Bryher.
Nightingale – 1 singing from Popplestone fields, Bryher and 1 singing right by the path halfway down to Watermill Cove (photo).
Whinchat – A stunning male on fence posts on the coastal path below the Golf Course.
Pied Flycatcher – 1 Popplestone Fields, Bryher.
Tree Pipit – 3 on Tresco.
