Sightings

A selection from Friday’s log call (the last of the season):

Dusky Warbler – 1 Porth Hellick.

Olive-backed Pipit – 1 Old Town, 1 Barnaby Lane, St. Agnes and 1 Borough Farm, Tresco..

Little Bunting – 2 Browarth, St, Agnes and 1 Borough Farm, Tresco.

Pallas’s Warbler – 1 at Newford Duck Pond.

Yellow Wagtail – 1 Eastern type at the Riding Stables.

Spotted Crake – 1 Porth Hellick.

Woodlark – 2 Borough Farm, St. Mary’s and 1 Longstone. (more…)

A selection from Thursday’s log call:

Dusky Warbler – 1 Higher Moors and 1 on Tresco

Olive-backed Pipit – Still 5 on St. Mary’s:- 2 Old Town, 2 Porthloo Farm, and 1 Normandy Farm. A sixth bird was at Borough Farm, Tresco..

Little Bunting – 2 Browarth, St, Agnes.

Woodlark – 2 Parting Carn.

Spoonbill – 3 on Green Island near Samson.

Wryneck – 1 still on Peninnis. (more…)

A selection from Wednesday’s log call: DUSKY THRUSH – A bird that was probably this species was seen and photographed by a single observer, sadly it could not be relocated. Dusky Warbler –  A second bird was caught and ringed at Porth Read more…

A selection from Tuesday’s log call: Pallid Swift – 1 over Tresco Dusky Warbler – 1 at Porth Hellick and Tremelethen, was a ringed bird, probably the one ringed on Monday 24/10. Olive-Backed Pipit – 1 still on Normandy Farm, 2 Read more…

Pallid Swift – 1 roaming around the middle of St. Mary’s. Dusky Warbler – 1 trapped and ringed at Porth Hellick and 1 in a weedy field along Pool Road, Tresco. Olive-Backed Pipit – 1 Carn Friars and 1 Borough Farm, Tresco. Pallas’s Read more…

American Herring Gull – A 3rd-winter bird was at the municipal dump briefly in the afternoon. Woodlark – 2 Salakee Farm and 1 Telegraph. Wryneck – 1 Peninnis. Black-necked Grebe – 1 was back in Town Bay. Firecrest – 1 Carreg Dhu Gardens and 2 Read more…

Caspian Stonechat  – A first-winter male showed well infields between Maypole Triangle and Borough Farm. Pallid Harrier – A bird thought to be this species flew from St. Agnes towards Tresco. Rustic Bunting – 1 was seen briefly in fields on Peninnis before Read more…

Photos of the PALE-LEGGED LEAF WARBLER or SAKHALIN LEAF WARBLER found dead today on St. Agnes, Scilly. #rbnIOS #rbnMEGA via @BEACHYBIRDER pic.twitter.com/7hGGLAtJJq — Rare Bird Network (@rbnUK) October 21, 2016

A selection from Thursday’s log call:

Barred Warbler (K.Webb)

Richard’s Pipit – 1 was flushed from a field near Carn Vean by a Merlin and flew towards Normandy.

Common Rosefinch – 1 on St. Martin’s.

Short-toed Lark – 1 still on the Airfield.

Serin – 1 on Peninnis.

Barred Warbler – An adult trapped and ringed at Porth Hellick.

Woodlark – 1 still in a field between Borough Farm and Watermill Lane.

Wryneck – 1 Peninnis, 1 Porth Minnick, 1 Innisidgen and 1 on Gugh.

Great Spotted Woodpecker – A juvenile trapped and ringed at Porth Hellick.

Great Spotted Woodpecker (A.Hannington)

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A selection from Tuesday’s log call:

Snow Bunting (K.Webb)

Little Bunting – 2 on St. Martin’s and 1 on Peninnis.

Short-toed Lark – 1 still on the Airfield.

Serin – 1 was flying around St. Mary’s and seen/heard at several locations.

Woodlark – 1 still in a field between Borough Farm and Watermill Lane.

Wryneck – 2 Peninnis, 1 Porth Minnick and 1 Old Town Churchyard. (more…)