Rose-breasted Grosbeak – Higher Town, St Martin’s, Scilly
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 […]
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Red-breasted Flycatcher – The Dump Clump, St Mary’s, Scilly
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 […]
Blue-winged Teal – Porthellick Pool, St Mary’s, Scilly
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 […]
Red-backed Shrike – south of Old Town Churchyard, St Mary’s, Scilly
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. […]
Red-eyed Vireo – Old Town Churchyard, St Mary’s, Scilly
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 […]
White-rumped Sandpiper – Toll’s Porth, St Mary’s, Scilly
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 […]
Yellow-billed Cuckoo – The Dump Clump, St Mary’s, Scilly
I had been to Scilly for a week in October in 13 almost consecutive years up to 2005. I then had a gap of 14 years but in 2019 I decided that another visit to […]
