Seq.,Species,Scientific Name,Rare?,Date,Location,Comments
1,Brent Goose,Branta bernicla,,,Scilly,This spring sometime... - in the harbour
2,Canada Goose,Branta canadensis,,28/01/2024,Chesham,
3,Greylag Goose,Anser anser,,,,
4,Pink-footed Goose,Anser brachyrhynchus,,11/10/2024,Normandy,
5,Mute Swan,Cygnus olor,,29/01/2024,Ham Wall,
6,Whooper Swan,Cygnus cygnus,,29/01/2024,Between Ham Wall & Shapwick,
7,Egyptian Goose,Alopochen aegyptiaca,,24/03/2024,London,
8,Shelduck,Tadorna tadorna,,,,
9,Shoveler,Spatula clypeata,,29/01/2024,Ham Wall,
10,Gadwall,Mareca strepera,,,,
11,Wigeon,Mareca penelope,,29/01/2024,Ham Wall,
12,Mallard,Anas platyrhynchos,,,,
13,Teal,Anas crecca,,29/01/2024,Ham Wall,
14,Green-winged Teal,Anas carolinensis,,11/02/2024,Shooter's Pool,
15,Pochard,Aythya ferina,,29/01/2024,Ham Wall,
16,Tufted Duck,Aythya fuligula,,29/01/2024,Ham Wall,
17,Eider,Somateria mollissima,,11/08/2024,St Andrews,
18,Common Scoter,Melanitta nigra,,13/03/2024,Porthcressa,
19,Goosander,Mergus merganser,,13/08/2024,"Off the Scores, St Andrews",
20,Pheasant,Phasianus colchicus,,,,
21,Red-legged Partridge,Alectoris rufa,,,St Agnes,This spring
22,Swift,Apus apus,,14/05/2024,Hampshire,
23,Cuckoo,Cuculus canorus,,09/05/2024,Toll's Hill,
24,Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon),Columba livia,,,,
25,Stock Dove,Columba oenas,,25/06/2024,Porth Hellick Pool,
26,Woodpigeon,Columba palumbus,,,,
27,Collared Dove,Streptopelia decaocto,,,,
28,Water Rail,Rallus aquaticus,,,,
29,Spotted Crake,Porzana porzana,,19/10/2024,Higher Moors,
30,Moorhen,Gallinula chloropus,,,,
31,Coot,Fulica atra,,29/01/2024,Ham Wall,
32,Little Grebe,Tachybaptus ruficollis,,29/01/2024,Ham Wall,
33,Great Crested Grebe,Podiceps cristatus,,29/01/2024,Ham Wall,
34,Oystercatcher,Haematopus ostralegus,,,,
35,Grey Plover,Pluvialis squatarola,,29/01/2024,"Copperhouse Creek, Hayle",
36,Golden Plover,Pluvialis apricaria,,27/01/2024,SW England,c300 flying over A30 as it went through Bodmin Moor
37,Dotterel,Eudromias morinellus,,09/10/2024,St Mary's golf course,
38,Ringed Plover,Charadrius hiaticula,,03/01/2024,Town Beach,
39,Lapwing,Vanellus vanellus,,,,
40,Eurasian Whimbrel,Numenius phaeopus,,03/03/2024,Innisidgen,
41,Curlew,Numenius arquata,,,,
42,Bar-tailed Godwit,Limosa lapponica,,,,
43,Jack Snipe,Lymnocryptes minimus,,,,
44,Woodcock,Scolopax rusticola,,20/10/2024,Bryher,
45,Snipe,Gallinago gallinago,,,,
46,Common Sandpiper,Actitis hypoleucos,,28/04/2024,Hugh Town,Night migrant heard whilst I was on evening dogwalk.
47,Green Sandpiper,Tringa ochropus,,17/07/2024,Porth Hellick Pool,
48,Solitary Sandpiper,Tringa solitaria,Yes,17/06/2024,"Higgo's Pool, Lower Moors, St Mary's",
49,Wood Sandpiper,Tringa glareola,,25/06/2024,Porth Hellick Pool,
50,Redshank,Tringa totanus,,12/01/2024,Bryher,
51,Lesser Yellowlegs,Tringa flavipes,Yes,15/10/2024,"Great Pool, Tresco",
52,Greenshank,Tringa nebularia,,,,
53,Turnstone,Arenaria interpres,,,,
54,Sanderling,Calidris alba,,06/01/2024,"Little Porth, Hugh Town",
55,Dunlin,Calidris alpina,,08/08/2024,"The Fleet, Dorset",Was that REALLY the first I'd seen this year?!
56,Purple Sandpiper,Calidris maritima,,07/01/2024,Off Peninnis,2 on large rock off Peninnis
57,White-rumped Sandpiper,Calidris fuscicollis,,24/10/2024,Old Town Beach,Roosting with Turnstones
58,Little Tern,Sternula albifrons,,07/10/2024,Old Town Bay,
59,Gull-billed Tern,Gelochelidon nilotica,Yes,26/08/2024,Porthcressa,"Shame about the light. Seen late evening resting on rocks, sticking its head up occasionally and flying around a bit."
60,Common Tern,Sterna hirundo,,31/07/2024,Scilly Pelagic,
61,Sandwich Tern,Thalasseus sandvicensis,,23/03/2024,Marazion,
62,Little Gull,Hydrocoloeus minutus,,13/08/2024,Just off Anster Wester Golf Course,
63,Kittiwake,Rissa tridactyla,,,,
64,Black-headed Gull,Chroicocephalus ridibundus,,,,
65,Mediterranean Gull,Ichthyaetus melanocephalus,,,,
66,Common Gull,Larus canus,,,,
67,Herring Gull,Larus argentatus,,,,
68,Great Black-backed Gull,Larus marinus,,,,
69,Lesser Black-backed Gull,Larus fuscus,,,,
70,Arctic Skua,Stercorarius parasiticus,,14/08/2024,Fife Ness,
71,Great Skua,Stercorarius skua,,31/07/2024,Scilly Pelagic,
72,Puffin,Fratercula arctica,,,Scilly,Didn't note the first date
73,Razorbill,Alca torda,,07/01/2024,Peninnis,
74,Little Auk,Alle alle,,27/11/2024,Collected from Salakee Farm; released Old Town Bay,
75,Common Guillemot,Uria aalge,,11/02/2024,Deep Point,
76,Great Northern Diver,Gavia immer,,,,
77,Wilson's Petrel,Oceanites oceanicus,,31/07/2024,Scilly Pelagic,
78,Storm Petrel,Hydrobates pelagicus,,31/07/2024,Scilly Pelagic,
79,Fulmar,Fulmarus glacialis,,31/07/2024,Scilly Pelagic,
80,Cory's Shearwater,Calonectris borealis,,31/07/2024,Scilly Pelagic,
81,Sooty Shearwater,Ardenna grisea,,31/07/2024,Scilly Pelagic,
82,Great Shearwater,Ardenna gravis,,31/07/2024,Scilly Pelagic,
83,Manx Shearwater,Puffinus puffinus,,31/07/2024,Scilly Pelagic,
84,Gannet,Morus bassanus,,,,
85,Cormorant,Phalacrocorax carbo,,,,
86,Shag,Gulosus aristotelis,,,,
87,Spoonbill,Platalea leucorodia,,06/10/2024,"Green Island, Scilly",
88,Little Egret,Egretta garzetta,,,,
89,Great White Egret,Ardea alba,,29/01/2024,Ham Wall,
90,Cattle Egret,Ardea ibis,,,,
91,Grey Heron,Ardea cinerea,,,,
92,Purple Heron,Ardea purpurea,,,Scilly,"The bird along Telegraph Road, at the back of the field next to the wildlife garden, this spring."
93,Osprey,Pandion haliaetus,,22/09/2024,Bryher,
94,Sparrowhawk,Accipiter nisus,,13/02/2024,Abingdon,
95,Marsh Harrier,Circus aeruginosus,,29/01/2024,Ham Wall,
96,Red Kite,Milvus milvus,,,Various places,Most notable was one over the garden.
97,Buzzard,Buteo buteo,,27/01/2024,SW England,
98,Tawny Owl,Strix aluco,,04/08/2024,Sturminster Newton,
99,Hoopoe,Upupa epops,,22/10/2024,Porth Wreck & Deep Point,
100,Kingfisher,Alcedo atthis,,22/09/2024,Tresco,Seen on west coast of Tresco when going up channel towards Church Quay on Bryher
101,Wryneck,Jynx torquilla,,21/09/2024,Buzza Quarry above Porthcressa,Seemingly sunbathing at top of rock face in early evening light
102,Great Spotted Woodpecker,Dendrocopos major,,29/01/2024,Ham Wall,
103,Green Woodpecker,Picus viridis,,13/02/2024,Abingdon,
104,Kestrel,Falco tinnunculus,,07/01/2024,Peninnis,
105,Merlin,Falco columbarius,,14/08/2024,Glen Clova,
106,Hobby,Falco subbuteo,,21/07/2024,"Outside the Mermaid, Hugh Town",Flypast whilst chatting to Mark on a bench outside
107,Peregrine,Falco peregrinus,,12/04/2024,Porthcressa,
108,Ring-necked Parakeet,Psittacula krameri,,24/03/2024,London,
109,Red-backed Shrike,Lanius collurio,,15/09/2024,In gorse between runways at St Mary's airfield,
110,Jay,Garrulus glandarius,,05/08/2024,Fontmell Down,Possibly seen earlier this year when off Scilly but not noted
111,Magpie,Pica pica,,27/01/2024,SW England,
112,Chough,Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax,,30/01/2024,Cot Valley,
113,Jackdaw,Coloeus monedula,,27/01/2024,SW England,
114,Rook,Corvus frugilegus,,27/01/2024,SW England,
115,Carrion Crow,Corvus corone,,,,
116,Raven,Corvus corax,,29/01/2024,Ham Wall,
117,Coal Tit,Periparus ater,,,Not sure where seen first!,
118,Blue Tit,Cyanistes caeruleus,,,,
119,Great Tit,Parus major,,,,
120,Skylark,Alauda arvensis,,13/02/2024,Abingdon,
121,Short-toed Lark,Calandrella brachydactyla,,05/10/2024,Peninnis,
122,Sand Martin,Riparia riparia,,24/03/2024,London,
123,Swallow,Hirundo rustica,,29/03/2024,"Little Porth, Hugh Town",
124,House Martin,Delichon urbicum,,13/04/2024,St Agnes,
125,European Red-rumped Swallow,Cecropis rufula,,02/11/2024,"Pungie's Lane, St Mary's",
126,Cetti's Warbler,Cettia cetti,,29/01/2024,Ham Wall,
127,Long-tailed Tit,Aegithalos caudatus,,29/01/2024,Ham Wall,
128,Yellow-browed Warbler,Phylloscopus inornatus,,,Scilly,Quite a few in October
129,Radde's Warbler,Phylloscopus schwarzi,,27/10/2024,Mount Todden,Good close (and brief) views
130,Willow Warbler,Phylloscopus trochilus,,13/04/2024,St Agnes,Probably heard one earlier and didn't note it.
131,Chiffchaff,Phylloscopus collybita,,,,
132,Sedge Warbler,Acrocephalus schoenobaenus,,06/10/2024,"Pumpkin Field, Tresco",
133,Paddyfield Warbler,Acrocephalus agricola,Yes,24/09/2024,Porth Hellick,In hand then flew into sallows and then on into reedbed.
134,Reed Warbler,Acrocephalus scirpaceus,,16/04/2024,Porth Hellick,
135,Blackcap,Sylvia atricapilla,,14/03/2024,Hugh Town,
136,Whitethroat,Curruca communis,,15/05/2024,Isle of Wight,
137,Dartford Warbler,Curruca undata,,07/08/2024,Hartland Moor,"This counts as self-found to me, as it wasn't a species I was looking for, and I didn't know it was there - but I would've been damn sure it would've been if I'd've thought of it. Anyway, I was scouring the ground for reptiles, heard the djurr-djurr calls, and started seeing them - probably came across 3 territories."
138,Goldcrest,Regulus regulus,,,,
139,Wren,Troglodytes troglodytes,,,,
140,Nuthatch,Sitta europaea,,,Dorset - August,
141,Treecreeper,Certhia familiaris,,04/08/2024,Sturminster Newton,
142,Starling,Sturnus vulgaris,,,,
143,Song Thrush,Turdus philomelos,,,,
144,Mistle Thrush,Turdus viscivorus,,13/02/2024,Abingdon,
145,Redwing,Turdus iliacus,,07/01/2024,Lower Moors,
146,Blackbird,Turdus merula,,,,
147,Fieldfare,Turdus pilaris,,12/01/2024,Bryher,
148,Ring Ouzel,Turdus torquatus,,01/11/2024,St Agnes,
149,Spotted Flycatcher,Muscicapa striata,,17/04/2024,Porth Hellick,Putative Mediterranean Flycatcher. Very interesting bird. Feeding c8.45am at edge of willows on seaward side of Higher Moors.
150,Robin,Erithacus rubecula,,,,
151,Bluethroat,Luscinia svecica,,21/09/2024,Lower Moors,Female from ISBG hide
152,Red-breasted Flycatcher,Ficedula parva,,07/10/2024,Holy Vale,
153,Pied Flycatcher,Ficedula hypoleuca,,02/10/2024,Trenoweth,
154,Red-flanked Bluetail,Tarsiger cyanurus,,31/10/2024,Holy Vale trail (lower end),
155,Black Redstart,Phoenicurus ochruros,,,,
156,Redstart,Phoenicurus phoenicurus,,06/10/2024,"Back Lane, Tresco",
157,Whinchat,Saxicola rubetra,,22/09/2024,Bryher,
158,Stonechat,Saxicola rubicola,,,,
159,Wheatear,Oenanthe oenanthe,,09/04/2024,"Little Porth, Hugh Town",
160,Dipper,Cinclus cinclus,,12/08/2024,Glen Esk,
161,Tree Sparrow,Passer montanus,,13/08/2024,"Dick Byrne's garden, nr St Andrews",
162,House Sparrow,Passer domesticus,,,,
163,Dunnock,Prunella modularis,,,,
164,Yellow Wagtail,Motacilla flava,,17/09/2024,Porthcressa,
165,Grey Wagtail,Motacilla cinerea,,,,
166,Pied Wagtail,Motacilla alba,,,,
167,Tawny Pipit,Anthus campestris,Yes,06/10/2024,St Mary's airfield,
168,Meadow Pipit,Anthus pratensis,,,,
169,Rock Pipit,Anthus petrosus,,,,
170,Chaffinch,Fringilla coelebs,,,,
171,Brambling,Fringilla montifringilla,,01/11/2024,St Agnes,Also one over Porthcressa in late Oct
172,Hawfinch,Coccothraustes coccothraustes,,08/11/2024,"Over Telegraph Road towards Rocky Hill, St Mary's",
173,Bullfinch,Pyrrhula pyrrhula,,16/08/2024,"Tyn-y-coed, Anglesey",
174,Greenfinch,Chloris chloris,,12/01/2024,Bryher,
175,Linnet,Linaria cannabina,,07/01/2024,"King Edwards Road, Peninnis",
176,Redpoll,Acanthis flammea,,28/01/2024,Somewhere in central England!,Lesser Redpoll (cabaret).
177,European Goldfinch,Carduelis carduelis,,,,
178,Siskin,Spinus spinus,,29/01/2024,Ham Wall,
179,Ortolan Bunting,Emberiza hortulana,,06/10/2024,Below St Mary's airfield,
180,Little Bunting,Emberiza pusilla,,02/11/2024,"Sunnyside Farm Trail, St Mary's",2 birds
181,Reed Bunting,Emberiza schoeniclus,,29/01/2024,Ham Wall,