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Isles of Scilly - 2009: Page 2

Wheatear, Porthlow Beach, St. Mary's

Red-breasted Flycatcher, Mount Todden Battery, St. Mary's

A heavy crop of a mobile bird.

Common Rosefinch, Carn Gwarvel, St. Mary's

This bird often showed very well but I never had my camera with me at the time, this is the best images I could get against the light.

Little Bittern

Woodchat Shrike

Blue-headed Wagtail

Red-throated Pipit

Great Reed Warbler

Southern Wagtail

White Wagtail

Red-rumped Swallow

Iceland Gull

Golden Pheasant

The following images are a snap shot of the excellent birding trip I undertook to the magical islands in the second week of May with the wife. Here I landed a lifer, Little Bittern, which had some how managed to elude me over the years until now. I also added a couple of birds to my Scillies list and a couple to my finders list whilst also enjoying excellent views of many of the birds. A very enjoyable tip.

Scillies October 2009 has gone down as the quietest in all of the visits I have ever done since the mid eighties. I was lucky to basically get all the birds that were on offer with the exception of Yellow-browed Warbler, perhaps my first year of not seeing this species on the islands. The first weeks weather was hot and clear whilst the second week was unsettled and often very wet but brought in zero new birds. Many days I didn't take the camera out with me thus not all of the half decent birds were photographed. Here is a selection of those that I did photograph.

Red-rumped Swallow, Porth Hellick Pool, St. Mary's

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