Nick Watmough: Isles of Scilly Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 257 of 257 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 22/04/2022 Bryher, Isles of Scilly 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 9 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 10 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 12 Wigeon Mareca penelope 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 14 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 20/10/1983 Tresco 15 Pintail Anas acuta 16 Teal Anas crecca 17 Pochard Aythya ferina 18 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 15/10/1985 Tresco 19 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 20 Scaup Aythya marila 26/04/2022 Great Pool, Tresco 21 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 26/10/2021 Great Pool, Tresco 22 Eider Somateria mollissima 23 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 24 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 28/11/2023 Bryher 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 26 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 27 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 28 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 29 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 30 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 22/10/1999 Porthellick, St Mary's 31 Swift Apus apus 32 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 12/10/1985 St Mary's 33 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 12/10/1985 Porthloo Lane, St Mary's 34 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 35 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia Feral Pigeon 36 Stock Dove Columba oenas 37 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 38 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 39 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 40 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 41 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 19/10/1983 Great Pool, Tresco 42 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 43 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 44 Coot Fulica atra 45 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 20/10/2003 Porth Hellick, St Mary's 46 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 47 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 48 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 15/10/2022 Porthellick Bay, St Mary's 49 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 50 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 51 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 52 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 53 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 54 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 15/10/1983 Four Lanes End, St Mary's 55 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 56 Curlew Numenius arquata 57 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 22/04/2023 Porthloo 58 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 59 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 60 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 61 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 62 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 22/10/2007 Lower Moors 63 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 64 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 65 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 13/10/1985 Great Pool, Tresco 66 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 67 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 20/10/1983 Great Pool, Tresco 68 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 69 Redshank Tringa totanus 70 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 12/08/2009 Porthellick, St Mary's 71 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 72 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 73 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 74 Knot Calidris canutus 75 Ruff Calidris pugnax 76 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 77 Sanderling Calidris alba 78 Dunlin Calidris alpina 79 Little Stint Calidris minuta 80 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 81 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 82 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 83 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 84 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 85 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 86 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 87 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 19/08/2023 Pelagic 88 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 89 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 90 Common Gull Larus canus 91 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 92 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 20/08/2023 Pelagic 93 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 94 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 95 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 96 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 97 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 98 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 19/08/2022 From Scilllonian - Scilly waters 99 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 100 Puffin Fratercula arctica 101 Razorbill Alca torda 102 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 103 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 104 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 105 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 106 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 107 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 108 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 109 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 19/08/2023 Pelagic South of St Mary's 110 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 111 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 112 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 113 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 114 Gannet Morus bassanus 115 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 16/08/2023 Bishop Rock 116 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 117 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 118 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 119 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 120 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 121 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 122 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 22/04/2022 Simpson's Field, Tresco 123 Great White Egret Ardea alba 124 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 125 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 25/04/2015 Big Pool, Bryher First spring visit as a day twitch with James Lowen and Yoav Perlman. 126 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 127 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 128 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 129 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 26/04/2022 Lower Moors, St Mary's 130 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 13/10/2023 Lower Moors, St Mary's 131 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 23/04/2024 Salakee Down/Porth Hellick Down 132 Red Kite Milvus milvus 133 Black Kite Milvus migrans 23/04/2024 St Mary's 134 Buzzard Buteo buteo 135 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 136 Hoopoe Upupa epops 137 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 138 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 139 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 140 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 141 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 25/03/2023 Penninis/Blue Carn St Mary's 142 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 143 Merlin Falco columbarius 144 Hobby Falco subbuteo 28/04/2022 over Holy Vale, St Mary's 145 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 146 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 12/10/1985 St Mary's 147 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 148 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 149 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 150 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 26/10/1984 St Agnes 151 Rook Corvus frugilegus 22/04/2023 Golf Course 152 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 153 Raven Corvus corax 154 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 155 Great Tit Parus major 156 Woodlark Lullula arborea 157 Skylark Alauda arvensis 158 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 159 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 160 Swallow Hirundo rustica 161 House Martin Delichon urbicum 162 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 163 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 11/10/1983 Garrison, St Mary's 164 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 165 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 166 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 30/08/2005 Garrison, St Mary's Self-found! 167 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 168 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 169 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 170 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 171 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 172 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 173 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 174 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 175 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 15/10/1985 Penninis Head, St Mary's 176 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 19/10/1984 Watermill, St Mary's 177 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 178 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 179 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 180 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 181 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 182 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 183 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 23/10/1985 St Mary's 184 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 29/10/2021 Content, St Mary's 185 Whitethroat Curruca communis 186 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 187 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 188 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 189 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 190 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 191 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 17/10/1983 Carn Friars, St Mary's 192 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 18/10/1983 Holy Vale, St Mary's 193 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 16/10/1999 St Agnes 194 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 195 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 196 Redwing Turdus iliacus 197 Blackbird Turdus merula 198 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 20/10/1984 Salakee, St Mary's 199 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 200 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 201 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 19/10/2002 Salakee, St Mary's 202 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 21/10/2006 Rowesfield, Tresco 203 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 204 Robin Erithacus rubecula 205 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 206 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 17/10/2022 Telegraph, St Mary's 207 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 208 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 209 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 210 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 211 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 212 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 213 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 19/10/2020 Gugh 214 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 215 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 216 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 217 Dunnock Prunella modularis 218 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 219 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 220 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 221 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 222 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 223 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 21/10/2007 Old Grimsby, Tresco 224 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 14/10/1983 Porthloo Beach, St Mary's 225 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 226 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 227 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 228 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 19/10/1984 Tresco 229 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 17/10/2022 Carn Friars, St Mary's 230 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 231 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 232 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 233 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 234 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 235 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 236 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 237 Linnet Linaria cannabina 238 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 239 Serin Serinus serinus 240 Siskin Spinus spinus 241 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 242 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 243 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 244 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 245 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 20/10/1984 Tresco Also, St Martin's and St Mary's Oct 1985, St Agnes 1999, St Mary's 2018 , 2021 246 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 247 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 10/10/1983 Hughtown, St Mary's 248 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 21/09/2011 Garrison, St Mary's 249 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 19/09/2011 Lower Moors, St Mary's 250 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 19/09/2011 Lower Moors, St Mary's 251 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 11/10/1997 Rose Hill, St Mary's 252 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 28/11/2023 Bryher 253 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 13/10/1983 Parsonage, St Agnes 254 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 14/10/2022 Popplestone Fields, Bryher 255 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 25/10/1984 Carn Friars, St Mary's 256 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 12/10/1985 Dump Clump, St Mary's 257 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 11/10/1983 St Agnes