A brief post with mainly photos of a few highlights in a fairly quiet year on st Agnes. With no Americans during our October stay is wasn’t a ‘vintage’ year but I did find Olive backed pipit on the 10th,which something Ive been trying to do there for a while.
It later transpired that there were 2 birds together which both showed fantastically well in the long grass near the Bulb dump for a few days.
With it being a quiet year across the islands they were popular! Below is one of Lee Amery’s excellent photos.
Laurence and I found this Richard’s pipit together on Gugh on the 11th –
Other finds from our house included a Red Breasted flycatcher, Multiple Dotterel, including single flyovers and 2 grounded birds, Wrynecks, a Quail flushed from the edge of Wingletang, a Barred Warbler that Jack and I had in Barnaby cottage garden and Laurence found a male Bluethroat on Gugh.
A Scilly Pelagics trip was too much to resist with unparalelled views of 100’s of large Shearwaters still in the area during these dates, plus nice views of euro stormies. Seawatching from horse point too was great.
PERDIX BIRDER 