Little-ringed Plover at the airfield

Ritchie Aston found this scarce Little-ringed Plover on the airfield

Today. Graham Gordon found this male Woodchat Shrike at wingletang, St Agnes. Photos by Steve Williams Also seen today, Ren found a Wryneck by the school on St Martins and on St Mary's there were single Ring Ouzel and Grasshopper Warbler with some 40+Willow Warbler

  Yesterday I spent most of the day with Ritchie Aston but it was not until mid-afternoon that we got our first bird of note. While walking the east runway towards the burnt out helicopter, Ritchie observed a Little-ringed Plover drop in front of us before moving to the edge of the runway. In the 20 minutes that it was there. only Robin twitched it before it flew off east towards Porth Hellick. It was later in the evening when Scott Reid relocated the plover in the same area on the airfield.
  Throughout the day it proved to be hard work for both us and only the 3 Iceland Gull and 4 Swallow were the best we could do. 100s of Manx Shearwater were feeding off the southern headlands. 2 grey geese that we observed distantly flying south got away from us to be identified.

  Jim trapped a Sedge Warbler at Porth Hellick and there was a Common Sandpiper at Old Town. On Bryher there were a Hoopoe and Ring Ouzel with another Hoopoe on Tresco where there was also a Single Yellow Wagtail, Common Sandpiper and Hawfinch. A Hawfinch was also on St Agnes two days ago. The first Humming-bird Hawkmoth of the year was at Jacksons Hill. On the 7th I heard and observed a Serin over the pig fields, Garrison, heading SE towards Morning Point.

Only my eighth Scilly Little-ringed Plover

Chiffchaff

Male Stonechat

I had this Short-eared Owl leave it's roost at Lower Moors two days ago

1st summer Mediterranean Gull

Juvenile Iceland Gull

Adult Lesser black-backed Gull

The pale juvenile Iceland Gull

This Palmate Newt. found by Scott Reid on his doorstep at Rams Valley, was thought to be only the third Scilly record. It got us all running to his house until it was discovered that a few years back, Palmate Newts were brought over from the mainland and released in a pond only the across the road from Scott's house!! 

Blitzen Trapper is a Portland, Oregon-based experimental country/folk/rock band associated with Sub Pop Records,^[1] Vagrant Records^[2] and Lojinx.^[3] Formed in 2000, the band currently operates as a quintet, with Eric Earley (guitar/harmonica/vocals/keyboard), Erik Menteer (guitar/keyboard), Brian Adrian Koch (drums/vocals/harmonica), Michael Van Pelt (bass), and Marty Marquis (guitar/keyboards/vocals/melodica).^[4] Blitzen Trapper self-released its first three albums. "Wild Mountain Nation" was No. 98 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.^[5]

Blitzen Trapper released its third album, Wild Mountain Nation, in 2007 to much critical acclaim from critics such as Pitchfork Media, The Nerve, and Spin Magazine. The group signed to Sub Pop Records in the summer of 2007.