Tresco was our island of choice today. The first birds we saw on arrival at the Abbey Pool were the 2 Pectoral Sandpipers from Porth Hellick but they weren’t showing quite as well! Out in Pentle Bay we searched for the male Eider but failed to find it. Sanderling, 8 Mediterranean Gulls and 4 Brent Geese were seen though. On the Great Pool I reminisced about where I watched last years Black and White Warbler from, much to the annoyance of Brendon! But from the hide Scilly tick number 4 was showing on the far side. A Spotted Redshank was busy feeding in amongst the rocks and not too far away was a year tick Pintail.
We then decided to get the early boat back to St.Mary’s and head for the airport. Upon arrival yet another fairly distant bird was seen this time a juvenile Red-backed Shrike.
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