Got up at 7am this morning and thankfully it had stopped raining.The plan was today to head over to the Garrison to try and see the Melodious warbler which was found yesterday and a mornings birding on Bryher.Walking up towards Buzza tower I had a close encounter with a Peregrine which just zipped over me as I was taking a photo of the town.
HUGH TOWN FROM BUZZA HILL
WALKING DOWN FROM BUZZA HILL TOWARDS PORTHCRESSA BEACH
The Black necked grebe was still present in Porthcressa bay along with a juvenile Mediterranean gull
BLACK NECKED GREBE
Meeting up with Higgo in town we headed up to the Garrison where we soon connected with the Melodious warbler which was happily flitting around gardens in Sallyport.
MELODIOUS WARBLER
Cracking birds these and a few years since I'd seen my last one.A Pied flycatcher and Reed Warbler were also present in the gardens.Moving on from here we headed down to the harbour where we got the boat over to Bryher for our mornings birding.
On arrival we headed straight for the old post office where we soon found the Common Rosefinch just sat out in the sun.
On arrival we headed straight for the old post office where we soon found the Common Rosefinch just sat out in the sun.
COMMON ROSEFINCH
There were plenty of Butterflies around as we walked across the campsite and 7 Whinchat were seen.
SMALL COPPER
PEACOCK
RED ADMIRAL
7 WHINCHAT'S WERE AROUND THE CAMPSITE
Moving on to Shipman head down we found a male Snow bunting on the top path which showed down to a few feet.
SNOW BUNTING
The views from Shiphead down were fantastic what a tranquil place the Scilly isles are.
HIGGO ON HIS FAVORITE ISLAND BRYHER
LOOKING OVER TOWARDS TRESCO
Leaving Bryher behind and dropping Higgo off at St Marys I got the next boat to St Agnes for an evenings birding.On arrival I headed straight for the parsonage in hope of seeing two yes two Red eyed vireo's!I sat on the steps across from the personage and it wasn't long before I got my first glimpse of a vireo and then the second bird joined the other what a sight!They were so hard to photograph as they just didn't sit still they were both so active but I managed to get two reasonable record shots.
RED EYED VIREO
Leaving the Vireo's to it I called in at coastguards where i got cracking views of a Red backed shrike.
RED BACKED SHRIKE
The sun was now starting to go down on St agnes so I quickly got down to big pool where the Lesser yellowlegs and Curlew sandpiper showed really well.
LESSER YELLOWLEGS
CURLEW SANDPIPER
I couldn't resist a few island shots of St agnes as this is one of my favourite islands on Scilly.
The evening soon drew to close with a fantastic sunset after a quality days birding.
ROLL ON DAY 3!
