With it looking like a very bumpy sailing on the Saturday we jumped ship to the Skybus which would also give us an extra day on the islands for my 5th visit. (The Scillonian was £125 return whilst the upgrade on flights was £30 each way)
Squire did the driving honours, leaving home at 5.15am and picking up Adam Hutt & Paul Freestone in Hayle on the way through. After quickly throwing our kit in our usual house in Hugh Town we were off out for some early success. Once again there were six of us in the shared house with other members being Brad Dallas & Mick Turton. We quickly had some fleeting views of a Nightingale over at Portcressa. It was diving from garden to garden, once landing on the path in front of me for a micro second.
We undertook a route through Lower Moors and then around Peninnis Head, always a great spot. Stonechats were numerous and it wasn’t long before we recorded our first Black Redstart of the trip above the Old Town Cafe.
Our best find were a pair of Firecrests that flew across our patch as they headed back towards the church yard. This pair treated us to some super views.
At Lower Moors we were lucky to see a scilly rarity which was a male Mandarin, it was only recorded once more during the trip. A Cetti’s burst into song as we walked through which rounded off a full day.
With the Co-op empty of produce & supplies we all had a suburb fish and chip supper from the new shop just a couple of doors up from us, very handy.
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