Scott Reid: Isles of Scilly Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 310 of 310 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 12/09/2019 Porthcressa 13 in the bay before being seen to fly towards Tresco 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 18/09/2020 Porth Hellick Pool Two 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 16/10/2020 Porthloo / Rocky Hill 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 14/10/2018 Great Pool, Tresco 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 9 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 16/10/2019 Porth Hellick Pool Female 10 Garganey Spatula querquedula 27/09/2019 Porth Hellick 11 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 08/10/2019 Porth Hellick 1w male 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 15 American Wigeon Mareca americana 07/01/2019 Great Pool, Tresco Drake 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 17 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 24/04/2015 Tresco 18 Pintail Anas acuta 19 Teal Anas crecca 20 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 04/10/2019 Newford Duck Pond Female 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 29/04/2018 Tresco 22 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 15/04/2024 Abbey Pool, Tresco Adult drake 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 24 Scaup Aythya marila 30/12/2019 Great Pool, Tresco Drake 25 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 25/10/2021 Great Pool, Tresco 1w drake 26 Eider Somateria mollissima 24/12/2020 Pendrathen 1w male 27 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 15/10/2018 St. Helens / Tean 28 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 29/11/2023 The Roads, East of Samson 1w 29 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 15/10/2018 St. Helens / Tean 30 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 30/10/2018 St. Mary’s Harbour 31 Goosander Mergus merganser 21/11/2021 Old Town Bay Female 32 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator St. Mary’s Harbour 33 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 34 Quail Coturnix coturnix 20/09/2020 Airfield Flushed 35 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Tresco 36 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 22/06/2023 Normandy, St. Mary’s One flew east calling after dark 37 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 24/08/2019 Old Town 38 Swift Apus apus 39 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 22/10/2022 Garrison Exceptional views around Star Castle 🏰 40 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 06/10/2019 Lower Moors 41 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 23/04/2018 Higher Moors 42 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 43 Stock Dove Columba oenas 44 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 45 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 14/10/2018 Porthmellon 46 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 47 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 48 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 05/10/2019 Lower Moors 49 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 50 Coot Fulica atra 51 Crane Grus grus 16/05/2023 Over Bryher, then St. Mary’s One toured the islands for several hours 52 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 24/10/2019 Porth Hellick Juvenile 53 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 09/01/2021 Innisidgen 54 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 20/09/2021 Porthcressa and Morning Point 1w 55 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 05/04/2018 Porthcressa 56 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis St. Mary’s Harbour 57 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 08/05/2019 Kitty Down 58 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 59 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 30/03/2019 Great Pool, Bryher 60 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 30/09/2018 Porthloo Beach 61 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 62 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 27/09/2017 Porth Hellick Beach Juvenile 63 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 29/09/2019 St. Mary’s Airfield Juv. 64 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 65 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 66 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 67 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 68 Curlew Numenius arquata 69 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 28/09/2017 Little Porth 70 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Porth Hellick 71 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 72 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 29/10/2018 St. Agnes 73 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 74 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 15/10/2022 Porth Hellick Pool One with c.10 common snipe 75 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 76 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 77 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 21/08/2018 Porth Hellick 78 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 79 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 16/08/2018 Great Pool, Tresco 80 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 19/05/2018 Porth Hellick One on pool 81 Redshank Tringa totanus 82 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 12/05/2019 Big Pool, Bryher 83 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 19/10/2018 Hugh Town Nocturnal flyover calling 84 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 85 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 86 Knot Calidris canutus 09/09/2018 Abbey Pool, Tresco 87 Ruff Calidris pugnax 10/08/2019 Porth Hellick Juv. on the pool 88 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 16/04/2020 Porth Mellon 89 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 01/09/2020 Great Pool, Tresco 90 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 11/09/2018 St. Mary’s Golf Course Two juvs 91 Sanderling Calidris alba 07/09/2018 Porthcressa Six 92 Dunlin Calidris alpina 93 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 05/05/2020 Old Town Quay 94 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 09/09/2018 Abbey Pool, Tresco 95 Little Stint Calidris minuta 29/08/2022 Great Pool, Tresco Four! (with three dunlin and three wood sand) 96 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 12/10/2019 Toll’s Porth, St. Mary’s Juv. 97 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 09/09/2018 Abbey Pool, Tresco 98 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 99 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 15/08/2020 Scilly Pelagic 100 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 24/05/2018 Pelagic - Pol Bank Area 101 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 102 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 07/05/2018 St Mary’s Sitting on Bacon Buoy. ‘Twitched’ for crippling views aboard the Sapphire. 103 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 104 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 26/12/2018 St. Mary’s Harbour Ringed American individual 105 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 14/02/2020 Porthcressa 1w 106 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 107 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 108 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 109 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 21/04/2018 St. Martin’s Cricket Pitch 110 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 111 Common Gull Larus canus 112 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 113 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 24/05/2018 Pelagic - Pol Bank Area 114 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 115 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 29/01/2018 Porthloo 116 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 117 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 29/01/2018 Porthloo 118 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 05/07/2018 Scilly Pelagic, Isles of Scilly 1s individual around the boat 119 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 120 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 23/05/2019 Off Porth Hellick Down 121 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 122 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Yes 31/07/2023 Scilly Pelagic Plus another on 25th Aug 2023 123 Puffin Fratercula arctica 124 Razorbill Alca torda 125 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 126 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 127 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 31/12/2018 Crow Sound At least one 128 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 129 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 130 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 131 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 12/10/2018 Morning Point 132 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 133 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira Yes 30/07/2020 Scilly Pelagic Cosmic!!! 134 Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Yes 23/08/2019 Scilly Pelagic Fea’s-type petrel - 1 mile south of western rocks en route to Pol Bank 135 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 136 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 11/07/2019 Scilly Pelagic. Six miles south. Pending acceptance. 137 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 138 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 139 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 140 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 141 Gannet Morus bassanus 142 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 14/08/2023 Bishop Rock Lighthouse 143 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 28/08/2023 Bishop Rock Lighthouse 144 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 145 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 146 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 01/01/2019 Watermill 5 in flight north over Watermill 147 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 148 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 04/06/2022 Porth Hellick Adult male from Seaward Hide 149 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 27/03/2019 Porth Hellick 150 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 151 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 10/10/2018 Mount Todden Farm Four with cattle 152 Great White Egret Ardea alba 21/10/2018 Apple Tree Bay, Tresco 153 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 154 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 24/04/2015 Bryher Around this date 155 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 28/04/2020 Porth Hellick 156 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 03/05/2018 Garrison Flew towards Peninnis then across to Gugh 157 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 14/06/2021 Tresco, Isles of Scilly Adult 158 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 06/10/2019 Lower Moors Pale juvenile touring the island 159 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 160 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 31/03/2019 Porthloo 161 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 16/12/2018 Periglis, St. Agnes 162 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 12/05/2018 Lower Moors Roosted at Lower Moors late evening. Saw it leaving roost at 05.55 the following morning. 163 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 30/04/2021 Heathy Hill, Bryher Self-found 2cy male 164 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 30/04/2019 Parting Carn Ringtail 165 Red Kite Milvus milvus 06/06/2018 St Mary’s Circling over HV 166 Black Kite Milvus migrans 31/07/2020 St. Mary’s (viewed from Buzza) 167 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 30/12/2018 Bryher Viewed from Garrison 168 Buzzard Buteo buteo 169 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 22/10/2018 Lower Moors 170 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 171 Hoopoe Upupa epops 03/09/2018 Carn Friars 172 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 173 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 18/04/2018 Porth Hellick Bay Male! Wow!!! 174 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 22/05/2018 Lower Moors Perched and feeding in front of HQ hide 175 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 24/09/2018 Garrison 176 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 19/10/2015 Holy Vale 177 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 15/03/2020 Porrth Hellick Down Adult male 178 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 179 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 19/05/2019 Porth Hellick Down 1s Male 180 Merlin Falco columbarius 31/01/2018 Porthloo 181 Hobby Falco subbuteo 182 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 183 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 21/10/2018 Apple Tree Glade, Bryher 184 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 07/05/2019 Bar Farm / Pines Singing/calling but flighty male 185 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 186 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 19/05/2018 Porth Hellick Male in field opposite Seaward Hide 187 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 15/11/2019 Peninnis Head Two adults 188 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 23/05/2018 McFarland’s Down 189 Rook Corvus frugilegus 25/03/2020 Garrison Paddocks 190 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 191 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 192 Raven Corvus corax 193 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 21/10/2019 Rosenhill, St. Agnes 194 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 195 Great Tit Parus major 196 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 03/11/2022 Lower Moors 1w at from ISBG Hide 197 Woodlark Lullula arborea 07/11/2020 Peninnis 198 Skylark Alauda arvensis 199 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 200 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 201 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 17/04/2022 Hillside Farm, Bryher First record for Scilly! Enjoyed at point-blank range. 202 Swallow Hirundo rustica 203 House Martin Delichon urbicum 204 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 29/04/2018 Porth Hellick 205 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 20/09/2023 Porthcressa, St. Mary’s 206 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 22/10/2018 Porth Hellick 207 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 25/04/2019 Carreg Ddu 208 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 04/09/2021 Garrison Cadet Hut 209 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 12/11/2019 Newford Duck Pond 210 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 211 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 11/10/2020 Abbey Gardens Cafe, Tresco 212 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 21/10/2018 Lower Moors 213 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 214 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 215 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 11/10/2018 Parsonage, St Agnes 216 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 01/11/2021 Content Lane 217 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 27/05/2018 Porth Hellick 218 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 219 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 23/10/2019 Rose Hill 220 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 221 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 14/06/2020 Pendrathen Singing male 222 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 28/08/2022 Higher Moors One north of road along Holy Vale Trail 223 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 03/06/2018 Porth Hellick Down Pines 224 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 11/09/2022 Longstone One from cafe field 225 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 12/04/2021 Higher Moors One reeling east of Porth Hellick House 226 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 227 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 10/06/2018 228 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 10/10/2018 Porth Hellick Sallows by Seaward Hide 229 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 30/04/2018 Porth Hellick 230 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 19/04/2019 Carreg Dhu Female 231 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 28/04/2020 Porth Hellick Male 232 Whitethroat Curruca communis 233 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 22/10/2019 Peninnis Head Adult male 234 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 235 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 236 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 237 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 03/06/2018 Green Farm 238 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 239 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 11/10/2020 Popplestone Fields, Bryher 240 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 18/11/2019 Kitty Down, St. Mary’s 241 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 29/10/2018 Little Porth 242 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 243 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 244 Redwing Turdus iliacus 245 Blackbird Turdus merula 246 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 247 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 248 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 249 Robin Erithacus rubecula 250 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 27/09/2020 The dump path 251 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 30/08/2021 Porth Hellick Pool 1w male 252 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 253 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 19/09/2017 St. Agnes 254 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 05/11/2020 Higher Moors 255 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 256 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 257 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 26/04/2021 Turning Circle and Blue Carn Adult female 258 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 22/09/2019 Garrison Presumed 1s male 259 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 260 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 20/10/2020 Gugh 261 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 262 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 263 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 22/10/2019 Castle Down, Tresco 264 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 16/12/2018 Periglis, St. Agnes 265 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 19/05/2019 High Lanes 266 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 267 Dunnock Prunella modularis 268 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 269 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 14/10/2016 Lower Moors 270 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 19/08/2018 Lower Moors 271 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 272 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 273 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 274 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 17/10/2015 Peninis Head 275 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 03/09/2018 Peninnis 276 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 277 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 29/08/2018 Trewince area 278 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 22/10/2015 St Martin's 279 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 07/10/2019 Peninnis Pig Field Adult! 280 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 15/10/2020 Horse Point, St. Agnes 281 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 22/10/2018 Salakee Fields 3+ 282 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 283 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 284 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 17/10/2018 Peninnis Farm Trail 285 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 25/04/2018 286 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 24/09/2018 Covean, St. Agnes 287 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 288 Linnet Linaria cannabina 289 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 27/12/2020 Shooter’s Pool Pending SRC acceptance 290 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 07/11/2018 Dump Clump 291 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 08/07/2019 Garrison Pines Juv. 292 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 293 Serin Serinus serinus 24/10/2018 Longstone 294 Siskin Spinus spinus 295 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 296 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 29/09/2019 St. Mary’s Airfield Male 297 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 28/03/2023 St. Mary’s Airfield 298 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 299 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 20/10/2018 Porthmellon 300 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 24/10/2018 Longstone 301 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 23/05/2022 Rushy Bay Flats, Bryher Stunning adult male!! 302 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 17/10/2018 Standing Stones Field 303 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 30/09/2023 Airport Fields, St. Mary’s 304 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 08/10/2020 Pool Road, Tresco Male 305 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 10/11/2023 Green Bay, Bryher 1w female - 1st for Scilly, 1st for England, 3rd for Britain!! A dream find!!! 306 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 25/09/2023 Higher Town, St. Martin’s 307 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 13/10/2022 Popplestone Fields, Bryher 1w male !!!!!!!!!!!! 308 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 24/11/2022 Old Town Bay 1w male Myrtle warbler 309 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 29/09/2017 Wingletang, St. Agnes 310 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 25/10/2020 Bulb Dump, St. Agnes 1w female