2019 - Scillies Roundup

Great Northern Diver - one drifting off Porthcressa Bay
Gannet - common offshore
Cormorant - 1 off Porthloo, and 1 off Penninis Head
Shag - Common around the islands
Little Egret - 1 in Old Town bay and a few offshore
Grey Heron - a few around St. Mary's
Mute Swan - 2 on Great Pool - Tresco
Mandarin - female on Porth Hellick
Blue-winged Teal - 1st winter on Porth Hellick
Pink-footed Goose - 2 flying over Porth Hellick
Gadwall - Great Pool - Tresco
Teal - present on Porth Hellick and Great Pool Tresco
Green-winged Teal - dodgy putative juvenile on Newford Duckpond
Mallard - common around the island
Honey Buzzard - one over Telegraph while attempting to locate the YB Cuckoo
Sparrowhawk - a couple of sightings on St. Mary's
Kestrel - 1 or 2 seen daily
Peregrine - a couple of sightings on St. Mary's and one on St. Martin's
Pheasant - a couple seen on St. Mary's
Water Rail - a few heard and one seen from ISBG hide Lower Moors
Spotted Crake - incredibly confiding individual Lower Moors
Moorhen - seen regularly
Coot - Great Pool - Tresco
Oystercatcher - common wader
Ringed Plover - a few seen on St. Mary's
Dotterel - distant bird on the airfield at St. Mary's
Sanderling - small groups seen on 'the roads' crossing to St. Agnes
White-rumped Sandpiper - one at Toll's Porth
Common Snipe - common on the marshes St. Mary's
Bar-tailed Godwit - 3 at Point Bar St. Mary's
Whimbrel - 1 on Old Town bay, 9 seen on Point Bar St. Mary's
Curlew - reasonably common along the coastline
Common Sandpiper - 1 seen in Old Town bay
Turnstone - small groups seen occasionally on St. Mary's and St. Agnes
Mediterranean Gull - small group in Porthcressa Bay
Black-headed Gull - common offshore
Lesser black-backed Gull - a few seen offshore
Great black-backed Gull - common offshore
Sandwich Tern - 3 seen in Porthcressa Bay
Feral Pigeon - small groups
Woodpigeon - common
Collared Dove - common
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 seen off Telegraph
Turtle Dove - 1 in Dump Clump
Kingfisher - seen twice in Old Town bay
Wryneck - 1 seen in Old Town Churchyard
Short-toed Lark - 1 seen at the Heliport - Tresco
Skylark - 1 on Tresco and 1 on St. Martin's, and 2 on the final day on Penninis
Swallow - high count of 30 over Penninis
House Martin - small group over Lower Moors
Meadow Pipit - common and widespread
Red-throated Pipit - stunning adult on Penninis
Rock Pipit - common
Grey Wagtail - a few seen
White Wagtail - high count of 9 on Penninis
Wren - common
Dunnock - common
Robin - common
Common Redstart - one seen along Penninis Trail
Whinchat - 2 on St. Mary's, 1 on St. Martin's
Stonechat - common
Northern Wheatear - a few scattered along the cliffs on St. Mary's
Blackbird - common
Song Thrush - common
Redwing - just a single bird over St. Martin's, then around 150 over Penninis Head on final morning
Sedge Warbler - 1 seen at Shooters Pool
Melodious Warbler - self found in Old Town churchyard
Blackcap - only a handful seen, 2 in Carreg Dhu
Yellow-browed Warbler - 2 in Standing Stones field, 1 on St. Martin's by Cricket pitch
Arctic Warbler - 1 seen on St. Agnes
Willow Warbler - 1 on St. Martin's, 1 along Holy Vale trail
Goldcrest - common and widespread
Firecrest - 2 in Carreg Dhu
Spotted Flycatcher - 2 in Dump Clump, 1 in Old Town churchyard
Pied Flycatcher - 1 in elms along Sandy Lane
Great Tit - common
Blue Tit - common
Red-backed Shrike - juvenile in field behind Old Town churchyard
Red-eyed Vireo - self found on Penninis coastal trail
Carrion Crow - common
Raven - 2 on St. Martin's
Starling - common
House Sparrow - common
Chaffinch - small groups on St. Mary's
Goldfinch - small groups on St. Mary's
Siskin - at least 4 at Carreg Dhu
Linnet - small groups on St. Mary's
Lapland Bunting - 1 on golf course
Snow Bunting - 1 on Penninis Head
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 first-winter male on St. Martin's