The last day of my 2 weeks was upon me and it started off at Porthcressa with another 1st Winter Caspian Gull. Up on Peninnis 6 more Skylark flew over and I found yet another Firecrest. Walking down the Peninnis farm trail I spotted a bird that looked good for a female Redstart but it barely showed at all in the 15 minutes I gave it so one that had to be forgotten.
In Standing Stones the Brambling was seen again and as I’d forgotten something in my accommodation I headed back there but not before I found another Firecrest this time in the Chaplaincy gardens. At Porthloo beach I counted 11 Black Redstart! 9 on the beach, 1 on the houses behind the boatyard and another at Porthloo farm chalets. Also on the beach were 2 Wheatear.
At Content Farm I had 2 Mistle Thrush followed by a flyover Hawfinch near Maypole. This was just my 2nd on Scilly. At the Maypole triangle I found my 3rd Firecrest of the day before I was told about a Lapwing just past Carn Vean. I headed in that direction and picked out 6 House Martin over the cafe but sadly the Lapwing had gone. But I did find my 4th Firecrest of the day and 19th of the week in the roadside hedge!
My 12th Black Redstart of the day was on Old Town beach and the last bird noted for the holiday was a Common Redstart in the strange surroundings of Town Beach where it was flycatching of the ropes holding the boats !
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