My last day on Scilly dawned to the news the Swainson’s had stuck around and so I headed off to the quay for the early boat over briefly stopping at Porthcressa where I found a Grey Plover as it took off from the rocks and headed around Morning Point.
Once on Tresco I joined Wayne Collingham and Dave Hall on the walk up to Racket Town Lane. After a nervous few minutes the bird was picked up halfway up a big Cypress tree and SWAINSON’S THRUSH was finally added to my list.
After the mass dip of one at Carreg Dhu then identifying the Standing Stones bird from the finders photo but still not seeing it closely followed by the Bryher bird being found soon after getting back to Cornwall it felt especially good to see one and of course the quiet week was (almost) forgotten!
Other noteworthy birds on Tresco included 4 Curlew Sandpipers, Yellow Wagtail, a self found Spotted Flycatcher and a Pintail.
Once back on St.Mary’s a Cattle Egret was found near Trewince but thankfully it was viewable distantly from near Porthloo so I didn’t need to go for another long walk!
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