I woke up feeling a bit unwell but I decided to go ahead with the 3 hour boat trip around the smaller uninhabited islands in the hope of seeing something different. The 2 Spoonbill were still on Green Island, the female Common Scoter shot past the boat and way out on Xantermans Rock we had 4 Purple Sandpiper. I’d previously only seen 2 in all my visits when 2 were seen roosting on rocks below the Garrison probably 20 years ago. We then had a further 6 on the Bishop Lighthouse.
We then had the choice of spending the rest of the day on St.Agnes but I was still feeling rough so chose to stay on the boat back to St.Mary’s. Just after I got off the boat one of my biggest Scilly tart ticks was found on you guessed it St.Agnes! A Green Sandpiper had been found off of Wingletang and then spent some time on the Big Pool. Shortly after someone found another potential Scilly tick at Periglis with a White-rumped Sandpiper but it flew towards the campsite and vanished. I on the other hand went to lay down for a bit and woke up 4 hours later just in time for dinner!
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