Firecrest at Rose Hill
I arrived back home
on Scilly 4 days ago, 8th February. The following morning I took my time walking to work and heard a
Firecrest at Sunnyside. A shortcut through the fields and I could hear another
Firecrest near Rosehill. It was joined by another bird and both of them briefly showed well. A quick detour to Lower Moors found the
female BLUE-WINGED TEAL on shooters Pool and at Porthmellon the
1st winter male Eider was in bay and I observed one of the
juvenile Iceland Gulls fly out towards Porthloo. I crossed town and found that the
male Black Redstart was still present at Little Porth with
2 Chiffchaff. I finally got to Star Castle and a
male Peregrine flew over towards Tresco. Not a bad start to my first day back and that was just in a 45 minute walk!
There were 2 Firecrest together at Rose Hill
The female BLUE-WINGED TEAL at Shooters Pool
Graham was over from St Agnes and also went for a longer walk around St Mary's. There was an obvious small influx of
Firecrest as Graham also saw 3 different birds. A single at Lower Moors and 2 at Holy Vale. He also got the
Pink-footed Geese near Mount Todden.
People thought that my life was a doodle, but 2 months annual leave and then back to those birdless islands cant be bad. I have had to make do with some winter thrush action, mind you they could have waited until the weekend to strip every berry from my cotoneaster.
ReplyDeleteGood health
Tony