Martin Grant: Isles of Scilly Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 243 of 243 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 04/10/2017 2 St Mary`s 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 12/10/2022 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/10/2020 Tresco 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 6 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 7 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 8 Garganey Spatula querquedula 05/10/2005 Tresco also two female 7th October 2023 9 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 08/10/2019 Porthelic St Mary`s 10 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 12 Wigeon Mareca penelope 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 14 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 07/10/2003 Great Pool Tresco 15 Pintail Anas acuta 07/10/2003 Great Pool Tresco 16 Teal Anas crecca 17 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 05/10/2019 Newford Duck Pond St Mary`s 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 07/10/2003 Great Pool Tresco also 03 October 2018 19 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 05/10/2005 Great Pool Tresco also 3 on 16/10/2012 St Mary`s 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 21 Eider Somateria mollissima 07/10/2021 Eastern Isles from Watermill Cove St Mary`s 22 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 19/10/2023 St Mary`s Innisigen 23 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 04/10/2009 St Marys 24 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 06/10/2022 Pelagic 25 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 12/10/2013 St Martins also 3 Porth Loo St Marys 16th October 2023 26 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 07/10/2012 St Agnes 27 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 28 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 29 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 30 Swift Apus apus 31 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 01/10/2019 Lower Moors St Mary`s 32 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia Feral Pigeon 33 Stock Dove Columba oenas 34 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 35 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 08/10/2003 The Dump St Mary`s 36 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 37 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 38 Corncrake Crex crex 09/10/2003 Gugh 39 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 01/10/2005 Lower Moors St Mary`s also Tresco Great Pool 09/10/2013 40 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 09/10/2009 Abbey Pool Tresco Also Great Pool Tresco 01 October 2020 41 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 42 Coot Fulica atra 43 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 44 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 03/10/2021 St Marys 45 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 14/10/2010 St Agnes 46 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 05/10/2016 St Mary`s 47 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 48 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 30/09/2018 St Mary`s 49 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 50 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 08/10/2003 Old Town Bay St Mary`s 51 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 04/10/2009 St Mary`s 52 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 53 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 54 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 08/10/2011 Maypole St Mary`s 55 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 56 Curlew Numenius arquata 57 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 58 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 59 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 05/10/2009 Abbey Pool Tresco also seen 09 Oct 2009 60 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 61 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 62 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 63 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 07/10/2011 Lower Moors St Mary`s 64 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 03/10/2020 St Mary`s Harbour 65 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 05/10/2003 St Mary`s 66 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 01/10/2005 Old Town Bay St Mary`s 67 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 68 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 12/10/2012 Brhyer 69 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 70 Redshank Tringa totanus 71 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 05/10/2003 Higher Moors St Mary`s 72 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 03/10/2021 Tresco Great Pool 73 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 74 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 75 Ruff Calidris pugnax 76 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 07/10/2003 Tresco 77 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 08/10/2010 Airfield St Mary`s 78 Sanderling Calidris alba 79 Dunlin Calidris alpina 80 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 81 Little Stint Calidris minuta 82 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 08/10/2011 Great Pool Tresco 83 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 05/10/2009 Tresco 84 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 06/10/2016 Porthelic Bay St Mary`s 85 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 05/10/2013 St Agnes 86 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 87 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 88 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 89 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 90 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 91 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 92 Common Gull Larus canus 09/10/2014 Tresco 93 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 94 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 95 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 96 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 97 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 11/10/2014 Pelagic 98 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 99 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 100 Puffin Fratercula arctica 01/10/2018 2 on Pelagic 101 Razorbill Alca torda 10/10/2003 Pelagic 102 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 11/10/2014 Pelagic 103 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 03/10/2015 St Agnes 104 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 105 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 10/10/2003 Pelagic 106 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 107 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 06/10/2022 Pelagic 350 on Pelagic 01 Oct 2018 108 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 10/10/2003 Pelagic 109 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 01/10/2018 100+ from Pelagic 110 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 111 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 01/10/2018 2 from Pelagic 112 Gannet Morus bassanus 113 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 08/10/2023 Bishop Light House 114 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 115 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 116 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 01/10/2021 St Mary`s 117 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 118 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 119 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 08/10/2016 St Mary`s 120 Great White Egret Ardea alba 10/10/2023 Garrison St Mary`s Gone to roost in the pines 121 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 122 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 06/10/2013 St Mary`s 123 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 124 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 06/10/2019 St Mary`s 125 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 126 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 05/10/2016 St Mary`s 127 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 14/10/2023 St Mary`s Perched Shooters Pool 128 Black Kite Milvus migrans 16/10/2011 St Mary`s 3 seen over Lower Moors. 129 Buzzard Buteo buteo 130 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 131 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 132 Hoopoe Upupa epops 04/10/2003 Garrison Camp Site St Mary`s 133 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 134 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 02/10/2017 Abbey Gardens Tresco 135 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 05/10/2003 St Mary`s 136 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 05/10/2005 Tresco 137 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 138 Merlin Falco columbarius 15/10/2013 St Mary`s 139 Hobby Falco subbuteo 140 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 141 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 03/10/2005 Garrison St Mary`s 142 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 01/10/2021 St Mary`s Helvear 143 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 08/10/2011 Tresco 300th British Lifer. 144 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 145 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 04/10/2014 Bryher 146 Raven Corvus corax 147 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 03/10/2017 St Agnes 148 Coal Tit Periparus ater 10/10/2012 Dump Clump St Mary`s Self found 149 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 150 Great Tit Parus major 151 Skylark Alauda arvensis 152 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 10/10/2010 St Mary`s 153 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 154 Swallow Hirundo rustica 155 House Martin Delichon urbicum 156 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 15/10/2021 St Mary`s viewing from Airport 157 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 02/10/2017 Great Pool Tresco Self found 158 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 01/10/2019 Porthelic St Mary`s 159 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 04/10/2003 Lower Broom St Mary`s 160 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 13/10/2016 Garrison St Mary`s 161 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 15/10/2011 Salakee Farm St Mary`s 162 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 11/10/2015 Lower Broom St Mary`s 163 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 164 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 165 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 04/10/2005 St Agnes 166 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 05/10/2013 Newford Duck Pond St Mary`s 167 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 168 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 169 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 13/10/2022 St Mary`s Garrison 170 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 14/10/2010 St Martins 171 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 08/10/2005 Garrison St Mary`s 172 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 173 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 174 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 05/10/2013 St Agnes 175 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 176 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 12/10/2010 Bryher 177 Whitethroat Curruca communis 178 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 14/10/2010 St Martins 179 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 07/10/2003 Tresco 180 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 181 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 182 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 09/10/2003 Gugh 183 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 184 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 07/10/2022 Tresco 185 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 07/10/2012 St Agnes 186 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 187 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 188 Redwing Turdus iliacus 189 Blackbird Turdus merula 190 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 191 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 192 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 193 Robin Erithacus rubecula 194 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 11/10/2010 St Agnes Dump Clump 01 October 2020 195 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 11/10/2011 Lower Moors St Mary`s also 04 October 2013 St Agnes 196 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 04/10/2003 St Mary`s 197 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 198 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 12/10/2015 St Agnes 199 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 05/10/2003 St Mary`s 200 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 201 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 01/10/2019 Woolpack Garrison St Mary`s 202 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 203 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 204 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 205 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 02/10/2017 Airfield St Mary`s 206 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 09/10/2010 Garrison St Mary`s 207 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 208 Dunnock Prunella modularis 209 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 210 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 13/10/2016 Lower Moors St Mary`s 211 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 212 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 213 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 06/10/2003 St Mary`s 214 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 05/10/2014 St Mary`s 215 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 10/10/2014 St Agnes 216 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 217 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 15/10/2015 St Mary`s 218 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 18/10/2011 Watermill Lane St Mary`s 2 birds 219 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 12/10/2011 Golf Course St Mary`s 220 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 08/10/2012 St Mary`s 221 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 222 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 223 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 224 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 10/10/2017 Green Farm St Mary`s 225 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 05/10/2009 Tresco 226 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 227 Linnet Linaria cannabina 228 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 229 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 07/10/2005 St Mary`s 230 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 231 Serin Serinus serinus 12/10/2021 Parting Carn St Mary`s 232 Siskin Spinus spinus 233 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 05/10/2003 Airfield St Mary`s 234 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 09/10/2003 St Mary`s 235 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 06/10/2012 Golf Course St Mary`s 236 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 10/10/2010 St Mary`s 237 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 30/09/2019 Longstone St Mary`s With a much better view on 1 October same location. 238 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 06/10/2014 St Mary`s also female 6 Oct 2018 Standing stones field St Mary`s 239 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 30/09/2023 St Mary`s 240 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 10/10/2011 Dump Clump St Mary`s 241 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 13/10/2022 Bryer Seen again 15/10/2022 242 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 03/10/2005 Lower Broom St Mary`s 243 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 30/09/2017 St Agnes