David Robinson: Isles of Scilly Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 244 of 244 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 13/10/2023 Porth Cressa 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 08/10/2020 Over old town 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 09/10/2023 Normandy 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 17/10/2020 (Russian) kittidown, St Mary's 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 15/10/2023 Great Pool, Tresco 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 9 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 16/10/2019 Porth Hellick Pool 10 Garganey Spatula querquedula 09/10/2023 Porth Hellick 11 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 08/10/2019 Porth Hellick Pool 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15/10/2023 Great Pool, Tresco 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 15/10/2023 Great Pool, Tresco 16 Pintail Anas acuta 09/10/2023 Porth Hellick 17 Teal Anas crecca 09/10/2023 Porth Hellick 18 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 08/10/2019 Newford duck pond 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 15/10/2023 Great Pool, Tresco 20 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 22 Eider Somateria mollissima 13/10/2021 Off Innisigen 23 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 15/10/2018 Off Saphire between Tresco & Matin's 24 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 25 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 16/10/2023 Porth Loo 26 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 27 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 06/10/2023 Near Airport, St Mary's 28 Quail Coturnix coturnix Penninis, St Mary's. 21/10/2015 29 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 30 Swift Apus apus 31 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 20/10/2017 Covean St Agnes 32 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 33 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 34 Stock Dove Columba oenas 35 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 36 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 37 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 38 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 39 Corncrake Crex crex 19/10/2017 Old Town church to Penninis footpath 40 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 12/10/2013 Great Pool, Tresco 41 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 42 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 43 Coot Fulica atra 44 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 45 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 46 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 02/10/2021 47 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 48 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 08/10/2016 Portuguese bay 49 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 50 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 51 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 52 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 53 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 54 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 55 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 56 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 57 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 12/10/2008 Airfield, St Mary`s 58 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 08/10/2011 Maypole, St Mary`s 59 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 60 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 16/10/2015 Tresco 61 Curlew Numenius arquata 62 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 63 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 64 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 65 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 66 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 67 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 09/10/2011 Porth Hellick pool, St Mary`s 68 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 69 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 70 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 14/10/2021 Porth Loo, St Mary's 71 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 72 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 24/09/2011 Project Pool, St Mary`s 73 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 08/10/2018 Tresco 74 Redshank Tringa totanus 75 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 08/10/2011 St Mary`s 76 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 03/10/2021 Great Pool, Tresco 77 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 78 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 79 Knot Calidris canutus 80 Ruff Calidris pugnax 10/10/2016 81 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 17/10/2023 Porth Hellick 82 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 83 Sanderling Calidris alba 84 Dunlin Calidris alpina 17/10/2023 Porth Hellick 85 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 86 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 08/10/2011 Great pool, Tresco 87 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 13/10/2019 Toll,Porth 88 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 07/10/2020 Porthellick 89 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 09/08/2019 Scilly Pelagic 90 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 91 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 92 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 93 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 94 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 95 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 96 Common Gull Larus canus 97 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 98 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 99 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 100 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 101 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 102 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 103 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 104 Puffin Fratercula arctica 105 Razorbill Alca torda 106 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 107 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 108 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 109 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 11/08/2019 Scilly Pelagic 110 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 111 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 13/10/2018 Off Penninis 112 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 113 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 11/10/2021 Scilly Pelagic 114 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 115 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 116 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 117 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 118 Gannet Morus bassanus 119 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 21/08/2023 Bishops Rock 120 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 121 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 122 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 02/10/2021 Porth Hellick 123 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 124 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 125 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 08/10/2016 St Mary's, adjacent to riding school 126 Great White Egret Ardea alba 16/10/2020 Carn Friars, St Mary's 127 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 128 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 18/04/2015 Bryher 129 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 130 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 131 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 132 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 133 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 13/10/2023 Lower Moors, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly 134 Red Kite Milvus milvus 20/10/2018 St Mary's 135 Buzzard Buteo buteo 136 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 137 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 138 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 139 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 140 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 141 Merlin Falco columbarius 142 Hobby Falco subbuteo 11/10/2016 143 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 144 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 11/10/2008 Garrison St Mary`s 145 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 146 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 147 Rook Corvus frugilegus 148 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 149 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 150 Raven Corvus corax 151 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 07/10/2017 St Warna's cove, St Agnes, Scilly 152 Coal Tit Periparus ater 153 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 154 Great Tit Parus major 155 Woodlark Lullula arborea 18/10/2016 In field opposite Watermill House 156 Skylark Alauda arvensis 157 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 158 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 159 Swallow Hirundo rustica 160 House Martin Delichon urbicum 161 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 162 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 163 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 164 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 165 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 166 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 09/10/2018 St Agnes 167 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 12/10/2023 Higher Town, St Martins 168 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 169 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 16/10/2008 Chapel Fields, St Agness 170 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 171 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 172 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 173 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 174 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 175 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 09/10/2016 176 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 14/10/2011 St Mary`s, Isle`s 0f Scilly 177 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 10/10/2016 St Mary`s Isles o Scilly 178 Whitethroat Curruca communis 179 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 180 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 181 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 182 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 183 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 184 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 185 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 10/10/2020 Bryher, Isles of Scilly 186 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 17/10/2008 Troy Town, St Agness t 187 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 188 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 189 Redwing Turdus iliacus 190 Blackbird Turdus merula 191 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 192 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 193 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 194 Robin Erithacus rubecula 195 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 09/10/2020 Dump Clump, St Mary's 196 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 197 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 198 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 199 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 10/10/2015 St Agnes, Scilly 200 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 201 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 202 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 10/10/2019 Garrison, St Mary's 203 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 204 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 205 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 206 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 08/10/2017 Airfield, St Mary's Scilly 207 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 09/10/2010 Garrison, St Mary`s 208 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 12/10/2010 St Mary`s 209 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 210 Dunnock Prunella modularis 211 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 212 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 16/10/2016 Lower Moors, St Mary`s 213 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 214 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 215 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 216 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 17/10/2007 Old Grimsby, Tresco 217 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 218 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 219 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 20/10/2015 Little Arthur Farm, St Martin's 220 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 221 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 09/10/2019 St Martin,s 222 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 223 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 224 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 225 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 226 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 227 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 228 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 229 Linnet Linaria cannabina 230 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 231 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 232 Serin Serinus serinus 12/10/2021 Parting Carn,St Mary's, Isles of Scilly 233 Siskin Spinus spinus 234 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 235 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 236 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 237 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 238 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 239 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 240 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 24/09/2011 Project Pool, St ary`s 241 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 08/10/2020 Great Pool, Tresco 242 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 13/10/2022 Bryher 243 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 13/10/2007 Higher Moors, St Mary`s 244 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 16/10/2019 Higher Town St Martin s Isles of Scilly