We made our way through Town this morning to the Mermaid Car Park by the Harbour. A Common Scoter had been lingering there for a few days. After a lively night I figured it may be tucked into the Bay...it was...
This was only my 2nd record for Scilly.
A couple of snippets of MEGA news this morning...
09.22 Shetland GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER last week at an undisclosed site but no sign since
My Word!!! Not just a first for Britain BUT a First for the Western Palearctic! Also it's a Myiarchus Species...a cracking Bird to boot! Alas, it was photographed by a non-Birder some days ago and no sign since. Obviously frustrating for Birders on Shetland at the time. Speaking of frustrating...
11.12 MEGA E.Yorks BLACK-FACED BUNTING Spurn south of the Breach
A Yorkshire Tick in prospect for yours truly just a few miles down the road from home. You know the drill by now and so do I. You make your choices and enjoy it...OR you don't commit and stay at home waiting for the Alert. I prefer the former. So many variables in Rarity hunting, that's part of the "fun". NOTHING will stop us coming to Scilly in October, it's part of our Year, besides I've still got 4 days for the BIG ONE to arrive here? Imagine the scenario where I left to twitch the BUNTING only to find it had departed overnight and a "Whopper" had arrived on Scilly...and couldn't get back because of the Weather! That HAS happened to Birders.The Good Lady would let me go with her blessing BUT...that's not going to happen.
My luck ran out there BUT I'd MUCH rather have seen the NEEDLETAIL. You can't win 'em all. There'll be another..?
The afternoon was spent around Town and Porthcressa with 5 Swallows being the highlight. Another visit to the Atlantic tonight and then our second "Cart Day" aka Twitchmobile tomorrow, hopefully coinciding with a significant arrival...
...for a splash of inspiration...
October 21st, 2000 SPECTACLED WARBLER Tresco
Trip Total - 62 Species
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