Photo Gallery 2004

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Unusual First Winter Common Gull showing several charactertrics of kamtchatschensis, Kris Webb, Comments are welcome. Please contact me: spider352@hotmail.com
Unusual First Winter Common Gull showing several charactertrics of kamtchatschensis, Kris Webb, Comments are welcome. Please contact me: spider352@hotmail.com
Unusual First Winter Common Gull showing several charactertrics of kamtchatschensis, Kris Webb, Comments are welcome. Please contact me: spider352@hotmail.com

   Unusual First Winter Common Gull showing several charactertrics of kamtchatschensis, Kris Webb, Comments are welcome. Please contact me: spider352@hotmail.com

Little Bunting, Carn Friars, Oct. Martin Goodey
Pallid Swift, St Mary's Airfield, 30th Oct, Tom Raven
Black Redstart, Porthcressa, Nov. Martin Goodey
Grey Phalarope, Porthcressa, Oct, Martin Goodey

Lesser Yellowlegs, Lower Moors, Nov. Martin Goodey

Arctic Tern, Porthcressa, Oct, Martin Goodey
Ovenbird, Trenoweth, Oct, Ian Barnard.

Ovenbird, Trenoweth, Oct, Ian Barnard.

Jack Snipe Lower Moors, Nov, Bryan Thomas
Red-throated Diver, Tresco, Oct, Bryan Thomas
Waxwing, St Agnes, Oct, Bryan Thomas

   Lesser Yellowlegs, Lower Moors, Nov, Bryan Thomas

Arctic Warbler, Bryher, Oct. Jim Lawrence

Greenland Redpoll, Bryher, Oct Jim Lawrence

Eastern Redstart, Bryher, Oct, Jim Lawrence

Common Rosefinch, Trenoweth, Oct, Martin Goodey.

   Eastern Redstart, Bryher, Oct, Jim Lawrence

Cream-coloured Courser, St Martins, Oct, Ben Lacelles
Cream-coloured Courser, St Martins, Oct, Ben Lacelles
Cream-coloured Courser, St Martins, Oct, Ben Lacelles

Cream-coloured Courser, St Martins, Oct, Ben Lacelles

Arctic Warbler, Bryher, Oct, Rugby Boys
Wryneck, Garrison, Oct, Rugby Boys
Short-toed Lark, Penninis, Oct, Rugby Boys
Arctic Warbler, Bryher, Oct, Rugby Boys
Snow Buntings, St Mary's, Oct, Rugby Boys
Snow Buntings, St Mary's, Oct, Rugby Boys
Long-tailed Duck, Tresco Great Pool, Rugby Boys
Migrant Hawker, Tresco, Oct, Rugby Boys
CREAM-COLOURED COURSER, Airfield, Oct, Rugby Boys
Jack Snipe, Lower Moors, Oct, Rugby Boys
Greenland Redpoll, Bryher, Oct, Bryan Thomas

   Greenland Redpoll, Bryher, Oct, Ben Lacelles

Cream-coloured Courser, Golf course, Oct, Martin Goodey.
Little Egret, St Mary's, Oct, Rugby Boys
Short-eared Owl, Star Castle, Oct 10th, Ben Lascelles

   Wryneck, Garrison, Oct, Ben Lacelles

Videoing one of the Buff-breasted Sandpipers, Golf course, Sep, Nigel Hundson

Three Buff-breasted Sandpipers, Golf course, Sep, Nigel Hudson

Greenland Redpoll, Bryher, Oct, Ben Lacelles
First winter CREAM-COLOURED COURSER, Sheepfields, St Martins, 30th Sep
Juvenile Snow Bunting, Giants Castle, Sep, Richard Scantlebury

   Juvenile Snow Bunting, Giants Castle, Sep, Richard Scantlebury

Juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper, Lower Moors, Sep, Tony Morris

Juvenile Baird's Sandpiper, Abbey Pool, Sep, Tony Morris
Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Golf course, Sep, Martin Goody
Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Golf course, Sep, Martin Goody
Blue Tit, Holy Vale, Oct, Martin Goodey

Melodious Warbler, Morning Point, Sep, Matthew Pickett
  

Juvenile PALLID HARRIER, Bryher, Sep, Ben Lacelle's
Greenshank, Lower Moors, Sep, Martin Goodey

  Rock Pipit, Porth Hellick. Sep, Martin Goodey

Turnstone, St Porth Hellick, Sep, Martin Goodey
Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Golf course, Sep, Martin Goody
Baird's and Ruff, Abbey Pool, Sep, Tony Morris

   Juvenile Little-ringed Plover, Great Pool, Sep, Bryan Thomas.

Pectoral Sandpiper, Lower Moors, September, Andrew Cunningham
Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Golf course, Sep, Matthew Pickett
Juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper, Lower Moors, Sep Matthew Pickett
juv Long-tailed Skua - pelagic 3rd Sept, Ben Lascelles
American Herring Gull -pelagic 3rd Sep, Ben Lascelles
Fea's Petrel, 4 miles south of St Mary's. Ashley Fisher

 Fea's Petrel, 4 miles south of St Mary's. Ashley Fisher

LBB Gull - pelagic 21st August, Ben Lascelles
  

Wilsons Petrel, Pelagic 25th August, Ben Lascelles

Little Stints - Tresco Great pool, 12th Sept, Ben Lascelles

   Little Stints - Tresco Great pool, 12th Sept, Ben Lascelles

Sooty Shearwater - pelagic 21st August, Ben Lascelles

   Sooty Shearwater - pelagic 21st August, Ben Lascelles

Pomarine Skua - pelagic, 9th Sept, Ben Lascelles
   
Juvenile Gannet - pelagic, 9th Sept, Ben Lascelles
Common Tern - pelagic, 9th Sept, Ben Lascelles
Fea's Petrel, 4 miles south of St Mary's. Joe Pender
Fea's Petrel, 6th September, 4 miles south of St Mary's, Ben Lascelles
Fea's Petrel, 6th September, 4 miles south of St Mary's, Ben Lascelles
 

   Gannet - pelagic Sept, Ben Lascelles

Fea's Petrel, 4 miles south of St Mary's. Joe Pender
Sooty Shearwater, Pelagic, August
Juvenile Baird's Sandpiper, Tresco Abbey Pool, September, Bryan Thomas
Baird's Sandpiper

Juvenile Roseate Tern, Pelagic, August, Bryan Thomas

Adult Sabine's Gull, Pelagic, August, Bryan Thomas

Blue Fulmar, Pelagic, 6th August, Bryan Thomas.
"Blue" Fulmar
Spotted Crake, Porth Hellick, August, George Reszeter
Spotted Crake  
Knot, Tresco, September, Bryan Thomas
  
Black-tailed Godwit, Lower Moors, August, Martin Goodey
Black-tailed Godwit
Small Copper, St Mary's, August, Martin Goodey
Small Copper
Ruff, Lower Moors, August, Martin Goodey
Ruff
Sexton Bettle, Holy Vale, August, Martin Goodey
Male Four-spotted Footman, Holy Vale, August, Martin Goodey

Wilson's Petrel, Pelagic, August, Bryan Thomas
Wilson's Petrel  

Great Shearwater, Pelagic, August, Bryan Thomas
Great Shearwater
Balearic Shearwater, Pelagic, July, Bryan Thomas
Mediterranean Shearwater

Storm Petrel, Pelagic, August Bryan Thomas
Storm Petrel

Shuttle-shaped Dart, Branksea, August, Martin Goodey
Common Blue, St Mary's, August, Martin Goodey
Common Blue
Common Sandpiper, Tresco, August, Bryan ThomasCommon Sandpiper
Common Blue, St Mary's, August, Martin Goodey
Common Blue

   Field Grasshopper, St Mary's, August, Martin Goodey
Field Grasshopper

Wilson's Petrel, pelagic, 13th July, Bryan Thomas.
Wilson's Petrel
Nutmeg, Holy Vale, Aug St Mary's, Martin Goodey
One of the 100's of Compass Jellyfish washed up at Porth Hellick, August 9th, Martin Goodey
Compass Jellyfish
Black Tern, August, Ben Lascelles
Black Tern
Manx Shearwaters, August, Ben Lascelles
Manx Shearwaters
Wilson's Petrel, 2nd August, Ben Lascelles
Wilson's Petrel
Wilson's Petrel, 2nd August, Ben Lascelles Wilson's Petrel
Sooty Shearwater, August, Ben Lascelles
Sooty Shearwater

   Six-spot Burnet Moth, St Mary's, July, Martin Goodey

Arctic Tern, Samson, July, B. Lascelles
Arctic Tern

Bottle-nosed Dolphins, pelagic, July, B. Lascelles
Bottlenosed Dolphins

Grey Heron, Porth Hellick, Aug, Martin Goodey.
Grey Heron
Fulmar, pelagic, July. B. Lascelles
Fulmar
Sunfish, pelagic, July, B. Lascelles
Sunfish
Arctic Tern, Samson, July, B. Lascelles
Arctic Tern
Puffin, Western Rocks, July, Bryan Thomas
Razorbill, Western Rocks, July, Bryan Thomas

Guillemot, Western Rocks, July, Bryan Thomas

Pyrausta Despicata, Deep Point, July, Martin Goodey
Pyrausta Despicata
Wilson's Petrel, Pelagic, 4th July Ben Lascelles
Wilson's Petrel
A family of Swallows just about to be fed, Trenoweth, July, Martin Goodey.
Swallows
Wilson's Petrel, Pelagic, 13th July, Bryan Thomas
Wilson's Petrel
Cory's Shearwater, Poll Bank, July 4th, Ben Lacselles.
Cory's Shearwater

   Cory's Shearwater, Poll Bank, July 4th, Ben Lacselles.
Cory's Shearwater

Wilson's Petrel, pelagic, 4th July, Ben Lacselles.
Wilson's Petrel

   Wilson's Petrel, pelagic, 4th July, Ben Lacselles.
Wilson's Petrel

American Golden Plover: Samson, June, Bryan Thomas
American Golden Plover

Juvenile Cuckoo, Peninnis, June, Bryan Thomas
Cuckoo

   The area where the American Golden Plover favored on Samson, Nigel Hudson.

Blue-tailed Damselfly, St Mary's, June, M. Goodey
Blue-tailed Damselfly

Wood Sandpiper, Porth Hellick, June 25, Bryan Thomas
Wood Sandpiper

 Spotted Sandpiper, Tresco, May, Bryan Thomas
  Spotted Sandpiper

Lanner type Falcon, Western Isles, May
Lanner type  

Spanish-type Yellow Wagtail, Tresco, May, Bryan Thomas

   Black Guillemot, Smith Sound, May, Ben Lascelles
Black Guillemot

Wheatear, June. Ben Lascelles
Wheatear

Grey Seals, Western Rocks, June. Ben Lascelles
Grey Seal
Razorbills and Guillemot, Western Rocks, June
Guiilemot and Razorbill

   Cockchafer, St Mary's, June. Ben Lascelles
Cockchafer

Black Guillemot, Smith Sound, May, Ben Lascelles
Black Guillemot  

Red-backed Shrike, Fraggle Rock, Bryher, May, Bryan Thomas.
Red-backed Shrike

Bee-eater, Tresco, May, Bryan Thomas
Bee-eater

Woodchat Shrike, Golf Course, St Mary's, Bryan Thomas.
Woodchat

Dotterel, Daymark, St Martins, May, Simon Stirrup
Dotterel

Lapland Bunting, Daymark, St Martins, May, Bryan Thomas
Lapland Bunting

   Lapland Bunting, Daymark, St Martins, May, Will Wagstaff.
Lapland Bunting

Bee-eaters, Tresco, May, Bryan Thomas
Bee-eaters

   Bee-eaters, Tresco, May Ben Lacelle.
Bee-eater

Lapland Bunting, Daymark, St Martins, May
Lapland Bunting

   Snow Bunting, Kettle Point, Tresco, May. Bryan Thomas
Snow Bunting

Bee-eaters, Tresco, May, Ben Lacelle.
Bee-eaters

Male Hawfinch, Holy Vale, 8th May, Martin Goodey
Hawfinch
  

Red-rumped Swallow, Porthloo, April 26th, Bryan Thomas
Red-rumped Swallow

   Red-rumped Swallow, Tresco, May, Simon Stirrup
Red-rumped Swallow

Brent Goose, Stoney Island, May, Bryan Thomas
Brent Goose
Male Western Subalpine Warbler, Hugh Town, April, Bryan Thomas
Subalpine Warbler

      Male Eastern Subalpine Warbler, Cove Vean, St Agnes, May, Bryan Thomas
Eastern Subalpine Warbler

Red-rumped Swallow, Great Pool, April 26th, Bryan Thomas
Red-rumped Swallow

Male Hawfinch, Holy Vale, 8th May, Martin Goodey.
Hawfinch

Kestrel, St Martins, May, Bryan Thomas  
Kestrel

Whitethroat, Tresco, May, Bryan Thomas
Whitethroat

Male Western Subalpine Warbler, Hugh Town, April, Bryan Thomas
Subalpine Warbler

Whimbrel St Martins, May, Bryan Thomas.
Whimbrel

Swallow, Tresco, May, by Bryan Thomas. 
Swallow

Swallow, Tresco, May, by Bryan Thomas. 
Swallow

Record shot of one of the BLACK GUILLEMOTS in Smith Sound, April, Bob Flood
Black Guillemot   

Oil Beetle, St Mary's, April, Martin Goodey
Oil Beetle

   Western Subalpine Warbler, Hugh Town, April, Martin Goodey
Subalpine Warbler

Speckled Wood, St Mary's, M. Goodey
Speckled Wood

   Comma Carig-du, April, M. Goodey
Comma

Hoopoe, Porthloo, March, Bryan Thomas
Hoopoe

   Franklin's Gull, Lower Moors, 11th March, Bryan Thomas.
Franklin's Gull

Buzzard, Holy Vale, April, Martin Goodey.
Buzzard
Brambling, Holy Vale, Mar, M. Goodey
Brambling

   Water Rail, Trenoweth feeding station, Mar, Martin Goodey.
Water Rail

Franklin's Gull, Lower Moors, 11th March, Bryan Thomas.
Franklin's Gull
Franklin's Gull, Lower Moors, 11th March, Bryan Thomas
Franklin's Gull

Treecreeper, Abbey Wood, Tresco, 7-8th March, Bryan Thomas  
Treecreeper

Hoopoe, Porthloo, 21st Mar, IIona Morison.
Hoopoe

Grey Wagtail, Lower Moors, March, Bryan Thomas.
Grey Wagtail
Injured Woodcock prior to release, Lower Moors, Feb, Will Wagstaff.
Woodcock
Early Thorn, Trenoweth, 8th March, Martin Goody
Early Thorn

Early Thorn, Trenoweth, 8th March, Martin Goody
Early Thorn

Buzzard, St Martins, February & injured Woodcock prior to release
Buzzard
Male Black Redstart, Porthcressa, St Mary's, December, Bryan Thomas
Black Redstart

First winter Rose-coloured Starling on St Agnes, January, Bob Flood
Rose-coloured Starling

Drake Goosander, November, Porth Hellick, St Mary's, Bryan Thomas. This is only the 26th Scilly record.
Goosander
  Painted Lady, seen on St Mary's, 7th Feb, Bob Flood.
Painted Lady

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