Whilst on the boat back from the Rose-breasted Grosbeak on St Martin’s we planned what to do next. The possible Blyth’s Reed Warbler at Newford Duck Pond wasn’t seen again although a Reed Warbler was […]
The weather forecast for Thursday and Friday was wet and windy and so Wednesday would be our best day for a while. On the Tuesday evening Dad, Aly and I spent an hour or so […]
Having seen the Spotted Crake and Blue-winged Teal we continued on to the Dump Clump for our third attempt for the Red-breasted Flycatcher and with the added hope of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo. The flycatcher wasn’t […]
Having seen the Spotted Crake well at Lower Moors we headed off to Porthellick to see the Blue-winged Teal which had been seen again from the Stephen Sussex hide. We arrived at the hide just […]
On the first evening of our week on Scilly we managed to get added to the WhatsApp group and we were to find that this would make a huge difference to getting news more quickly. […]
Our first target having got onto the islands had been the Red-eyed Vireo which had been found in Old Town Churchyard on Tuesday 8th October. The problem with going to see a bird which has […]
After the Yellow-billed Cuckoo we had spent two hours in Old Town Churchyard but with no sign of the Red-eyed Vireo. Thirty minutes later I was on Pungies Lane joining a few birders who were […]
