Saturday (11/10) Mourning Dove – 1 still at the “Threshing Mill” Lower Town Farm, St. Agnes. American Pipit – 1 still on St. Agnes, between Barnaby Lane and St. Warna’s Cove. Spotted Sandpiper – 1 was still at St. Warna’s Cove, St. Agnes. Rustic Bunting – 1 was seen north of the pool on Read more…
Wednesday (08/10) Mourning Dove – 1 showed briefly again mid-morning Troy Town Farm Fields, St. Agnes, but despite lots of people searching it could not be relocated. American Pipit – 1 still on St. Agnes, between Barnaby Lane and St. Warna’s Cove. Spotted Sandpiper – 1 was still at St. Warna’s Cove, St. Read more…
Sunday (05/10) American Pipit – 1 was seen briefly at the Woolpack Battery on the Garrison, before flying off towards Gugh/ St. Agnes and then returning late afternoon, before flying off again (photo). Wilson’s Phalarope – 1 was still on Porth Hellick Poo (photo). Spotted Sandpiper – 1 was still at St. Warna’s Read more…
Thursday (02/10) Wilson’s Phalarope – 1 was still on Porth Hellick Pool (photo). Spotted Sandpiper – 1 still at St. Warna’s Cove, St. Agnes. Yellowhammer – 1 was seen briefly and photographed in Lower Moors. This is a very rare bird on Scilly. It is the first record since 2019 and only the Read more…
Monday (29/09) Paddyfield Warbler – 1 still in the reeds at Porth Hellick Pool. Spotted Sandpiper – 1 still at St. Warna’s Cove, St. Agnes. Richard’s Pipit – 1 on the Pitch And Putt, Bryher (photo). Ortolan Bunting – 1 still in the bulb field at the bottom of Rocky Hill and on in Read more…
Friday (26/09) Scopoli’s Shearwater – 1 on a daytime pelagic trip (photo). Spotted Sandpiper – 1 in St. Warna’s Cove, St. Agnes. Red-backed Shrike – 1 on the hillside at Great Bay, St. Martin’s. Ortolan Bunting – 1 still on the Pitch & Put, Bryher. Woodchat Shrike – 1 still on Back Lane, Tresco. Rose-coloured Read more…
Tuesday (23/09) Melodious Warbler – 1 was again I the pines at the back of the Garrison Tennis Courts. Yellow-browed Warbler –The first 2 of the autumn were both on St. Agnes, 1 on Barnaby Lane and 1 east of the Big Pool. Woodchat Shrike – The juvenile was still on a hedge Read more…
Thursday (18/09) Spotted Sandpiper – 1 on Gugh Bar. Western Bonelli’s Warbler – 1 was still in the pines on Pound Lane, St. Martin’s. Melodious Warbler – 1 was again I the pines at the back of the Garrison Tennis Courts. Dotterel – 2 still on Chapel Down, St. Martin’s and 1 on the Read more…
Saturday (13/09) Spotted Sandpiper – 1 was found at Carn Leh, Old Town (photo). Buff-breasted Sandpiper – 1 on Tresco cricket pitch at Old Grimsby. Wilson’s Storm-petrel – 1 seen in Scilly waters from the Scillonian III on the afternoon crossing from St. Mary’s to Penzance. European Storm-petrel – 2 seen in Scilly waters from Read more…
Monday (08/09) Buff-breasted Sandpiper – 1 still on the Airfield. Glossy Ibis – 2 on the Great Pool, Tresco. Pectoral Sandpiper – 1 still on Porth Hellick Pool and a second at Bathinghouse Porth, Tresco. Cattle Egret – A juvenile on Tresco. Hoopoe – 1 in the field west of Longstone Cottage. Wilson’s Storm-petrel – 5 Read more…