Western Subalpine Warbler – Covean, St Agnes, Scilly
With the best weather for two days we planned a day on St Agnes with the lure of the Spotted Sandpiper in the bay at Porth Coose. There was also a Subalpine Warbler although that […]
Isles of Scilly
Blue Rock Thrush – Penninis Head, St Mary’s, Scilly
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
