Hammered the Garrison again this morning, concentrating on Lower Broome Platform and Morning Point, as they were sheltered from the relentless wind! I only saw a reasonable stream of Kittiwakes (c80) but not the hoped for Shearwater...
The sea had calmed down but only slightly, as the boat to St Agnes could testify...
Rather them than me, I thought at the time! News came through that Saturday's Scillonian had been brought forward to tomorrow lunchtime due to the weather conditions. Apparently it's full! Hope it's not too rough for the unfortunates that suffer from seasickness...like me! Never again.
Late morning we had a stroll to Porth Mellon beach as there had been reports of Portuguese Man 'o war jellyfish being washed up on the beach. We couldn't find any? After a visit for supplies and lunch, I was just planning the afternoon jaunt when news came through of TWO White-winged Gulls on St Agnes! It was now 1.35 and the boat left at 2. What to do? Get on it! After watching the earlier boat with trepidation, I was now to sample the waves myself. Shows what the lure of two possible Scilly ticks can do.
There were only 5 Birders on the boat but one of them was Dick Filby. As we disembarked I decided to follow Dick. As we reached the first bay we scored straight away with Glaucous Gull...
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| Scilly 222 |
Despite splitting up and searching the Island for the bird, the Iceland Gull couldn't be located. Amazing Scilly again, with 2 White-wingers on the same Island, on the same day. Maybe tomorrow...although the forecast doesn't look to clever.
Species 77
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