Birds
105 species were seen on Scilly. A further 6 species were seen from the Scillonian, which I would normally have seen on a pelagic from Scilly, and included in the Scilly list. But this was still a very poor year for birds (compared with a more typical 130 species seen last year) and probably the worst year for autumn migrants since I started coming to Scilly 30 years ago. The birding was generally slow and most of the rarities present were elusive, such that there were several we tried for but did not see.
Overall I had 25 year-ticks on the trip, 1 UK subspecies ✔️(Balearic Woodchat Shrike) and 1 Scilly ✔️(Glossy Ibis)
In Cornwall on 1/10 Ruff [yr✔️] at Hayle and Spoonbil [yr✔️] at Marazion
Scillonian 2/10 Manx Shearwater (3), Balearic Shearwater [yr✔️], Sooty Shearwater (4) [yr✔️], British Storm-petrel (3) [yr✔️], Kittiwake (2), Eider, Guillemot
Scillonian 22/10 Manx Shearwater, Kittiwake (~50), Razorbill, Guillemot
Overall I had 25 year-ticks on the trip, 1 UK subspecies ✔️(Balearic Woodchat Shrike) and 1 Scilly ✔️(Glossy Ibis)
In Cornwall on 1/10 Ruff [yr✔️] at Hayle and Spoonbil [yr✔️] at Marazion
Scillonian 2/10 Manx Shearwater (3), Balearic Shearwater [yr✔️], Sooty Shearwater (4) [yr✔️], British Storm-petrel (3) [yr✔️], Kittiwake (2), Eider, Guillemot
Scillonian 22/10 Manx Shearwater, Kittiwake (~50), Razorbill, Guillemot
Scilly bird list
Pink-footed Goose
Light-bellied Brent Goose [yr✔️] Mute Swan Shelduck Shoveler Gadwall Mallard Teal Pochard Eider Pheasant Red-legged Partridge (h) Great-crested Grebe Feral Pigeon / Rock Dove Wood Pigeon Stock Dove Collared Dove Water Rail Moorhen Coot Oystercatcher Golden Plover Ringed Plover Dotterel Whimbrel Curlew Bar-tailed Godwit Black-tailed Godwit Turnstone Sanderling Dunlin Jack Snipe (St Marys 10/10) [yr✔️] Snipe Spotted Sandpiper (St Marys 14/10) [yr✔️] Spotted Redshank [yr✔️] Greenshank Redshank Black-headed Gull Mediterranean Gull Herring Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Great Black-backed Gull Sandwich Tern Great Northern Diver [yr✔️] Guillemot Gannet Cormorant Shag Grey Heron Little Egret Cattle Egret (St Marys 14/10) [yr✔️] Glossy Ibis (St Marys 2/10) [yr✔️] [Scilly✔️] Sparrowhawk Kingfisher Kestrel Merlin |
Red-backed Shrike (St Marys 15/10) [yr✔️]
Balearic Woodchat Shrike (St Marys 2-4/10) [UK subspecies ✔️] Crow Raven Woodlark (St Marys 18/10) [yr✔️] Barn Swallow Red-rumped Swallow (St Marys 14/10) [yr✔️] House Martin Blue Tit Great Tit Wren Goldcrest Dusky Warbler (St Marys 15/10) [yr✔️] Willow Warbler Chiffchaff Siberian Chiffchaff (St Marys 12/10) [yr✔️] Blackcap Spotted Flycatcher Robin Red-breasted Flycatcher (self found) (Bryher 09/10) [yr✔️] Pied Flycatcher Black Redstart [yr✔️] Whinchat Stonechat Wheatear Mistle Thrush Song Thrush Redwing Blackbird Starling Rose-coloured Starling (Bryher 09/10) Dunnock Grey Wagtail Yellow Wagtail White Wagtail [yr✔️] Pied Wagtail Meadow Pipit Red-throated Pipit (St Marys 15/10) [yr✔️] Rock Pipit Buff-bellied Pipit (American) (St Agnes 5/10) [yr✔️] Chaffinch Brambling [yr✔️] Greenfinch Linnet Goldfinch Serin Siskin Little Bunting (St Martins 11/10) [yr✔️] House Sparrow |