Birds
As for last year, it was a fairly quiet year for birds - with the one major exception of the Blackburnian Warbler. Despite spending an extra 5 days on Scilly we only managed 101 species on Scilly, with a further 8 species seen from the Scillonian. I didn't do a pelagic trip this year, which would probably have added 10 species, as I had done these on our August visit. As for last year, the birding was generally slow and most of the rarities present were elusive.
Overall I had 1 new British bird and 17 year-ticks on the trip
Scillonian 26/09: Cory's Shearwater [UK✔️ for Alison], British Storm-petrel (8), Razorbill
Scillonian 22/10: Great Shearwater (320) [UK✔️ for Alison], Sooty Shearwater (7), Manx Shearwater (2), British Storm-petrel (2), Purple Sandpiper (3) [yr✔️],
Grey Phalarope [yr✔️], Razorbill (100), Guillemot (20)
Overall I had 1 new British bird and 17 year-ticks on the trip
Scillonian 26/09: Cory's Shearwater [UK✔️ for Alison], British Storm-petrel (8), Razorbill
Scillonian 22/10: Great Shearwater (320) [UK✔️ for Alison], Sooty Shearwater (7), Manx Shearwater (2), British Storm-petrel (2), Purple Sandpiper (3) [yr✔️],
Grey Phalarope [yr✔️], Razorbill (100), Guillemot (20)
Scilly bird list
Cananda Goose
Mute Swan Gadwall Mallard Teal Pheasant Feral Pigeon / Rock Dove Wood Pigeon Stock Dove Collared Dove Turtle Dove [yr✔️] Swift Water Rail Moorhen Coot Oystercatcher Golden Plover Ringed Plover Whimbrel Curlew Turnstone Sanderling Dunlin Curlew Sandpiper 4 (Tresco 7/10) [yr✔️] Jack Snipe (St Marys 1&18/10) [yr✔️] Snipe WIlson's Snipe (St Marys 18/10) [yr✔️] Woodcock [yr✔️] Common Sandpiper Greenshank Redshank Black-headed Gull Mediterranean Gull Common Gull Herring Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Great Black-backed Gull Kittiwake Sandwich Tern Arctic Skua Great Northern Diver Gannet Cormorant Shag Grey Heron Little Egret Cattle Egret (St Marys 7/10), (Tresco 12/10) [yr✔️] Osprey (St Mary's 21/10) [yr✔️] Sparrowhawk Kingfisher Wryneck (self-found) (St Mary's 27/09) [yr✔️] Kestrel Peregrine Merlin |
Crow
Skylark Barn Swallow House Martin Blue Tit Great Tit Wren Goldcrest Firecrest (St Mary's 08/10) [yr✔️] Chiffchaff Yellow-browed Warbler (St Mary's 1&4/10) (Tresco 12/10) [yr✔️] Blackcap Reed Warbler Melodious Warbler (St Marys 13/10) [yr✔️] Barred Warbler (St Marys 13/10) [yr✔️] Spotted Flycatcher Robin Bluethroat (St Marys 17/10) [yr✔️] Pied Flycatcher Black Redstart Whinchat Stonechat Wheatear Song Thrush Redwing Blackbird Swainson's Thrush (Tresco 07/10) [yr✔️] Fieldfare Starling Dunnock Grey Wagtail Yellow Wagtail White Wagtail Pied Wagtail Meadow Pipit Rock Pipit Buff-bellied Pipit (American) (St Marys 10/10) [yr✔️] Olive-backed Pipit (St Marys 12/10) [yr✔️] Chaffinch Greenfinch Linnet Goldfinch Common Rosefinch (St Mary's 02&03/10) [yr✔️] Siskin Reed Bunting House Sparrow BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER (Bryher 13/10) [UK✔️] - 4th for Britain |