7th AMERICAN ROBIN for Scilly

1st winter female AMERICAN ROBIN in between Rowesfields and Borough Farm, Tresco

 

First thing yesterday morning Elle ringed this female Kingfisher at Porth Hellick. This is the 7th one to be trapped this year. at porth hellick 

 

   We left Jim to continue ringing, while I cycled like the devil to the quay, with Elle on the back, to join Martin, Higgo and John on the 10.00 o.clock boat to Tresco and hopefully see the AMERICAN ROBIN that's been present in the Rowesfield/Borough Farm area since the 29th Oct. A quick look at the Abbey Pool produced a female Long-tailed Duck and watching a female Reed Bunting, we could hear a Yellow-browed Warbler at Rowesfields Crossroads. The guys went looking for the robin, while Elle and I made our way to the the shops as we were very hungry after being up since 06.00. It was some three hours later, after doing some beach combing, that we saw the yankie robin. Martin, who was already present, put us on the bird feeding with Song Thrushes and Blackbirds in the corner of one of the Rowesfields field. Here the bird performed very well at very close range. The last American Robin to turn up on Scilly was feeding just two fields away from this one in October 2006! On the Great Pool there were a female Scaup and another Yellow-browed Warbler was heard near the Swarovski hide. Higgo also had a late Whinchat

 

Top three pics taken by Elmarie Humphries

 

1st winter female AMERICAN ROBIN

Another black and white snipe giving characteristics of Wilson's Snipe at Lower Moors

 

Juvenile Rose-coloured Starling at the allotments near the dump

 

This Redwing has been feeding with the Song Thrushes at the airport in the last week Also last week on the 1st november, Mick called to say that there was a juvenile Cuckoo in the Elms near to the turning to Longstones. Sure enough when we arrived, there it was feeding on caterpillars in the fields nearby.

 

At the end of October this Bloxworth Snout was at Star Castle

 

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