Dusky Warbler at Content

27th November 2022

For it’s third day, the MYRTLE WARBLER is still present flycatching at Old Town Bay and showing off superbly at close range

After spending twenty minutes with the MYRTLE WARBLER on the upper beach at the south end of Old Town Bay, I made my ways up to Content and spent a good hour in the nearby white musturd fields just south off Pungies Lane. On the way to Content, I stopped off at Porthloo and there was the Iceland Gull that Robin found a few days ago. The Pungie fields were alive with Chiffchaff with at the minimum of 35 birds. There had to be somethin with them and carefully scanning through the chiffs revealed a single Siberian Chiffchaff and 2 late Willow Warbler. There were also some 100 Chaffinch, 20 Goldfinch and 6 Greenfinch. Single Woodcock, Merlin and a late Swallow flew overhead. It was while kicking the fields that just a stones throw away, Rich Addison turned up 2 Serin in the white mustard field on Telegraph junction. As I was making my ways towards the latter sight when I heard a Dusky Warbler on Content Lane and just managed to get a record shot of the butt end of it as it disappeared deeper into a hedge. More Chiffchaff at Telegarph but no sign of the Serin.

MRYTLE WARBLER still performing exceptionally well

Robin Mawer found the only Iceland Gull of the year so far at Porthloo a few days ago where I caught up with it this morning before it flew off towards the harbour

There were also up to 5 Black Redstart on the beach

There were at the minimum of 35 Chiffchaff feeding in the Pungis Lane white musturd fields

With up to 2 Willow Warbler

And this Siberian Chiffchaff

Some 100 Chaffinch were also feeding in the fields

And 20 Goldfinch

Over 30 Meadow Pipit were in the horse paddocks nearby

As the Red-flanked Bluetail was being reported throughout the day, I made my ways to Lower Moors and spent less than an hour in the cow field where the bluetail favours. In that time, it showed up very briefly but a walk around towards Shooters Pool and back, I heard both the Dusky and Yellow-browed Warbler. In the cow field, the bluetail had returned and this time it performed well but just for a few minutes before, as usual, being chased off by a Robin. The light had almost gone by now and i decided to call it a day after a very awesome, pleasent afternoon.

Red-flanked Bluetail at Lower Moors

And one of the Robins responseble for chasing off the bluetail into cover

Yesterday I had this Firecrest

For the first time, after arriving in August, that I’ve observed the Great Spotted Woodpecker to see that’s it’s a female

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6th MYRTLE WARBLER for Scilly

24th November 202

The 6th MYRTLE WARBLER was discovered by Scott Reid’s wife, Samaya, while taking her kids rock pooling at Old Town Bay

This morning, Dulcie and I were just getting stuck into the Camroon v Switzland match, when at 10 39, Scott Reid called me ‘Spider, Spider! Can you hear me?’ I could hear him loud and clear and then I lost him. ‘He’s got somethin’ I tried a few times to call him back and then gave up. We continued to watch the first half of the game, as I knew that whatever he’s got will be out on the WhatsApp groups. Five minutes later, I was spot on that he had got somethin but totally taken aback when I read ‘MYRTLE WARBLER Old Town Churchyard!!! Followed by Scott’s BOC full framer of the warbler and underneath ‘Absurd views!!!’ The footy was starting to liven up and I left it until halftime when I made our way up to the castle to find that my wagon was stuck in the mud from the heavy overnight rain. Oh shite! Martin Goodey called asking me why I had not turned up? After five of us gettin’ sprayed in muck, I was free and finally arrived at Old Town Bay some 25 minutes later. Within seconds of shutting the wagon door, I had already seen the mega warbler on top of the sea wall. For the next 30 minutes, the vocal yank showed off at close range, always on view, spending most of it’s time flycatching from the wall and lower rocks on the beach, in the bright warm sunshine. I had to leave but returned shortly afterwards with the girlfriend and again, it was a repeat performance as before, on the wall still flycatching at close range.

Later on, Samaya told me that she called Scott at work and told him of the warbler she had at Old Town Bay, knowing it was something different. Imagine Scott’s reaction when he first layed his eyes on the mega and identified it as a Myrtle Warbler. Nice one guys but that’s the second mega yank, after the Yellow-billed Cuckoo, that Samaya has discovered. I reckon Scott, you stay at work and let the wife find the megas mate.

What a stunner!!! This was my second Scilly MYRTLE WARBLER that I’ve been lucky to observe, after a single on Tresco in Oct ’95, out of the six records on the islands, including todays individual.

This Stonechat was takin on the flies as well

In the afternoon, I checked out Porth Hellick, thinking like everyone else, a possible yank duck or wader on the pool. There was the latter yank but it was the long staying Wilson’s Snipe hanging out with some 14 Snipe. However, I had only just got on to them when a chainsaw kicked off close behind the hide. The large tall pine was being hacked down and as a result, everythin flew off out of sight. At Carn Friars, the Richard’s Pipit was still in the horse paddocks and 2 Siberian Chiffchaff were at Higher Moors. After doin a quick beach comb and only finding a tuft from a Coconut and more Goose Barnacles, I finished off the day with the Red-flanked Bluetail which showed just as good as the yank warbler. However, the light was disappearing fast. I returned home to find the daily Sparrowhawk in the garden with an unfortunate Starling in it’s talons. What an awesome day and Cameroon lost, 1-0 to Switzland.

The Richard’s Pipit at Carn Friars kept it’s distants

Only 2 Siberian Chiffchaff at Higher Moors

A Myrtle warbler in the morning and at Lower Moors, the long staying Red-flanked Bluetail just before dark

The daily Sparrowhawk causing havoc in garden scattering the 30 Chaffinch but takin out a Starling.

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Red Hamburger Seabean, mucuna urens washed up on Porth Mellon

23nd November 2022

At last I found myself a Red Hamburger Seabean, mucuna urens. It was on Porth Mellon Beach and arrived all the way from the Caribbean on the recent storms that have hit the SW. We also found some other Goddies as well Pic by Scott Ried

This afternoon, we were goin to have a walk through Holy Vale but there was a change of plan when Bobby ‘Dazzler’ Dawson informed everyone that there was a float with goose barnacles at Porth Mellon Beach, on the Wildlife WhatsApp group. This was quickly followed by Scott Reid also letting us know that he had already found a Columbus Crab in with the barnacles. Ideal! Dulcie and I went in search of the float and any other goodies that might have been thrown up onto the beach from the storms but could we find the bloody buoy? What chance have we got in finding anythin if we can’t find the object that’s is as large as two sizes ten welly boots. As it was, it turned out to be awesome. With twenty minutes of beach combing, we had come across 2 Portuguese Man-O-War, a shoe, size 7 I think, covered in Goose Barnacles and two firsts for me, Violet Seasnail and the highlight all the way from the Caribbean, a Red Hamburger Seabean, mucuna urens! Magic stuff!! We left only to return again shortly afterwards as Scott had relocated the buoy behind the dunes in the rubbish pile where someone had put it. Scott had found not one but two medium-sized Columbus Crab for us to look at with a few tiny By-the-wind Sailers also in amongst the barnacles. earlier, Robin let me know that there was a good number of gulls at Porthloo. Here there were 3 Common, 13 Mediterranean and a single Yellow-legged Gull.

My first Caribbean Seabean was just sat on top of the seaweed in the far east corner of Porth Mellon Beach

What the seed looks like before it’s drops out in the Caribbean

Spending hours lookin for a Violet Seasnail with no succuss on the beaches during the wreck during Augyust/September just gone, it was a kinda of suprise when we turned up this individual very close to where the seabean was

The size 7 shoe was cluttered in Goose Barnacles but we couldn’t anythin hiding inside them

Only 2 small Portuguese Man-O-war

The female on the left and the male Columbus Crab was discovered deep in amongst the Goose Barnacles thanks to Scott Reid who also took all images of the crabs

And this is the float with Goose Barnacles that held the 2 Columbus Crab

A close-up of one of the Goose Barnacles

Yesterday, early afternoon, I arrived at Porth Hellick Sussex Hide. I lifted up the slats and got a shock when there was, what I thought at the time by appearance of being a large size, a Pomarine Skua, sat on the edge of the water with 2 Little Egret! I immediately alerted others on the WhatsApp group and within twenty minutes there were four of us enjoying this first for the pool. It was pretty obvious it wasn’t in good shape and the debate was if it was storm wrecked or bird flu? Everyone left happy with the ID that is until Bobby ‘Dazzler’ Dawson came along after and said that it was an Arctic Skua. When I was told this shortly afterwards, I was like, no way, it’s too big! It came across as the same size as the Little Egrets that were only meters away from the skua. Bob Dawson was right all along and it was an Arctic Skua. A quick look from Higher Moors to Holy Vale and there were 3 Siberian Chiffchaff, 5 Woodcock, the vocal Great Spotted Woodpecker and a single Firecrest while on Little Porth there were still 4 Black Redstart

Arctic Skua at Porth Hellick sat down with Little egrets, Moorhen and Cormorant In the above image, it still appears slightly larger, bulky or the same size as the egrets but I guess that weak lookin bill was the giveaway for it not to be a Pomarine Skua

Little Egret

One of the 3 Siberian Chiffchaff at Higher Moors

Chiffchaff

Greenshank at Little Porth

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Download11,886 views Nov 19, 2022Do you remember before 2016, when many hard working Poles used to come to Britain to increase their standard of living? Well, this month saw the average family in post Brexit Britain being overtaken by their equivalent in Poland. The average Slovenian family will ALSO be better off than their UK counterparts by the end of next year. So much for falling living standards in post Brexit Britain being due to the pandemic and the war in Ukraine. Other countries may be suffering too, but just not so much as the UK. According to the government’s Office for Budget Responsibility, Britain is facing the biggest fall in living standards on record, as we enter a 15-month recession engineered by Rishi Sunak, Jeremy Hunt and their incompetent and corrupt predecessors. I appreciate all of you who share my videos with friends and social media to get the word out there. Together, let’s bring this extreme right wing government to an end. Unlike those weird new right wing TV news channels and ultra right wing “think tanks” that are always on the telly, I receive no hidden funding. Or any funding, come to that, except YouTube partner programme advertising revenue, and YouTube $uperthanks donations from viewers. As well as sharing the videos on social media and with your friends, hitting the Like button and subscribing to the channel is also really helpful, as it tells YouTube to offer my videos to a wider audience. Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/c/TruthToPowe… Follow me at Twitter.com/TruthToPowerTV Facebook.com/PowerKnowsShow less

4 Dusky Warbler on St Mary’s

20th November 2022

This Red-flanked Bluetail has now been present at Lower Moors for 11 days since I discovered it on the 9th. Today was by far top notch observation as it showed off in the sun for a few minutes

I managed to get these shots of the Red-flanked Bluetail in the few minutes it was out in the open in the late afternoon sun before a Robin chased it into to cover and never saw it again. Yesterday I had the highest number in a single day of Dusky Warbler. This included, single at Higher Moors, the long stayer at Parsons Field and with Higgo, 2 while observing the bluetail. Today I heard one of the Dusky and a Yellow-browed Warbler with 2 Reed Bunting in the west reed bed

The Robins were always ganging up on the bluetail and would push it off

Siberian Chiffchaff

In the last two days, A lot of Chiffchaff appeared have moved out

Teal on the pool

There were up to 5 Black Redstart with 8 Pied Wagtail at Porthloo Beach in the late afternoon

Also some 9 Mediterranean Gull

And a single Common Gull Here with a Mediterreanan and Black-headed Gull

Also small numbers of Turnstone on the Beach

Yesterday in four large flock in a number of places on St Mary’s, I had 3 Brambling with over 400 Chaffinch including some 20 Chaffinch in the garden where I took these pics

These pics of the Red-flanked Bluetail were taken in the glade yesterday where it favoured just of the main path opposite Shooters Pool.

While Martin, Higgo and I were observing the bluetail, this Sparrowhawk perched very briefly before movin on

On the 16th, a very late House Martin was at Porth Hellick

On the pool there was an Kittiwake that appeared not in good shape

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Download11,181 views Nov 12, 2022Austerity 1.0, was imposed by then chancellor George Osborne during David Cameron’s Tory/lib Dem coalition, known as the ConDem government. It meant deep cuts to community services like libraries and social care, as well as to the justice system, the prison service, road maintenance, policing and defence. Austerity 1.0 then, stripped away much of the U.K.’s social fabric, causing lasting and profound economic damage still in evidence today. It’s not ALL Brexit, it has to be said! Even more tragically, a recent study claimed that Cameron and Osborne’s austerity policy was responsible for hundreds of thousands of excess deaths. Austerity 1.0 intended that Three-quarters of the gap between spending and taxation was to be filled by spending cuts. With the exception of the National Health Service, schools and aid spending, all government budgets were slashed; public sector pay was frozen; and the tax burden rose, mainly through the regressive tax, VAT. Austerity 1.0 didn’t work, it didn’t balance the books, led to reduced life expectancy and a lower standard of living for everyone bar the billionaires. So why the hell are we about to be shafted again, by Austerity 2.0? It’s the exact opposite of what I believe should happen. I appreciate all of you who share my videos with friends and social media to get the word out there. Together, let’s bring this extreme right wing government to an end. Unlike those weird new right wing TV news channels and ultra right wing “think tanks” that are always on the telly, I receive no hidden funding. Or any funding, come to that, except YouTube partner programme advertising revenue, and YouTube $uperthanks donations from viewers. As well as sharing the videos on social media and with your friends, hitting the Like button and subscribing to the channel is also really helpful, as it tells YouTube to offer my videos to a wider audience. Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/c/TruthToPowe… Follow me at Twitter.com/TruthToPowerTV Facebook.com/PowerKnowsShow less

A late wryneck at Carn Friars

12th November 2022

After just getting a blurred record shot of the Red-flanked Bluetail that I turned up three day ago, I was delighted to get another chance when yesterday it was relocated still at the Rose Hill end of Lower Moors.

With SSE pushing in overnight, this morning I found myself at Porth Hellick as I knew most resident birders would be at Lower Moors hoping that the bluetail might still be present. It was and by the time I had covered the former sight, no surprise, it was obvious that there was new birds in. 1 Yellow-browed, 1 Willow and 2 Reed Warbler, 4 Siberian Chiffchaff and up to 50 Chiffchaff. Kicked out 3 Woodcock and distant in front of the Sussex hide was the Wilson’s Snipe. Moving onto Carn Friars, there were more chiffchaff but at the entrance of the south horse paddock, I flushed a Wryneck from the deck into a Pittosporum hedge. sIt’s the second week of November and I wasn’t expecting to bump into one of them. In the hedge it sat there for couple of minutes before flying off towards the orchard maze. High up, a large flock of noisy Siskin flew north in off the sea.

This Willow Warbler was at Porth Hellick

And on the loop trail, the Yellow-browed Warbler was still present

With up to 8 siberian Chiffchaff between Porth Hellick and Holy Vale, there was plenty of opportunity to get a few pics of them

And with well over 80 Chiffchaff, this was the only pic that I took of one

Got a surprise when I kicked this Wryneck out of the grass into a Coprosma hedge where it showed well. By far the latest sighting that I observed on Scilly.

Dunnock

Throughout the morning, small numbers of Chaffinch had been moving through with Redwing. At Higher Moors, 3 Brambling were in the Sallows where there were also single Siberian Chiffchaff and Yellow-browed Warbler. Nearby in Holy Vale, it was pretty productive with a total of up to 3 Siberian Chiffchaff, 2 Yellow-browed Warbler and single Firecrest and Willow Warbler. The latter species appeared like a Northern ‘type’ A lot paler and slightly larger than the individual I had earlier on at Porth Hellick. I finished the day off at Little Porth where I caught up with Ren’s Water Pipit that he discovered two days ago. It showed well in the west corner with some 6 Black Redstart but the light was shite as fog had rolled in.

A possible Northern ‘type’ Willow Warbler at Holy Vale

This Water Pipit that Ren discovered two days ago, kept it’s distants at Little porth

One of the 6 Black Redstart also at Little Porth

A productive few hours with a total of 2 Willow, 2 Reed, 4 Yellow-browed Warbler, 8 Siberian Chiffchaff, 80 Chiffchaff, 3 Woodcock, 100+Chaffinch, 3 Brambling, 1 Firecrest, 3 White and 2 Pied Wagtail, 60 Redwing and 6 Fieldfare

More evidence of new birds in were a Radde’s Warbler at Porthloo Lane near to Rose Hill found by Bob ‘Dazzler’ Dawson and Scott Ried heard a Dusky Warbler at Porth Hellick.

Yesterday, like everyone else present, I only had brief glimpses of the Red-flanked Bluetail from the main path before Shooters Pool. However, I drifted off in search of it and after over an hour, the beauty popped up in front of me before being chased off by a Robin. The day before, I spent a lot of trying to relocate the bluetail and as a result, a Buff-bellied Pipit flew NE towards Sunnyside. I called Graham Gordon to him know only for him to tell me that he had it before me over the airfield!

Also yesterday, the Long-eared Owl flew out, at very close range, of Shooter Pool and all I get was this blurred record shot. It makes my head go dizzy when looking at this shot

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10th Red-flanked Bluetail for Scilly

9th November 2022

This autumn, I’ve been fortunate in finding very rare birds and one mega but there was one species that I always wanted to discover and this afternoon it happened, Red-flanked Bluetail! In less than ten seconds, I just got two record shots including this one above before it disappeared never to be seen again.

Graham’s Dusky Warbler that he turned up less than a week ago at Little Porth was still on show in the nearby gardens of Sallyport. Here, I relocated it on call on arrival and found it in thick hedge bordering the path. It showed well briefly out in the open where I managed to fire off some shots before it disappeared into the next garden out of sight. At 10.50, Dulcie and I were rushing to get down to Porth Hellick where Jim had trapped a Radde’s Warbler and made it in time to see it being released. At 11.20 I was meeting a flight coming in and while chatting to Mike, a vocal Richard’s Pipit flew south. Probably the same individual that Graham had a few days ago over Pungies Lane.

Despite discovering 6 Dusky Warbler in the last year, all of them behavouring like real skulkers only to catch glimpses, this mornings individual at Sallyport was the first one that I’ve observed out in the open probably in the last two to three years.

This is my second Radde’s Warbler that I’ve seen in the hand at Porth Hellick

I returned to Porth Hellick where I had 2 Siberian Chiffchaff, 2 Yellow-browed Warbler, single Willow Warbler and Reed Warbler, the Great Spotted Woodpecker and distant in front of the Sussex Hide, the long staying Wilson’s Snipe. Altogether there were over 30 Chiffchaff and at Higher Moors, a single Siberian Chiffchaff. At the stables there were up to 4 Black Redstart with ones and twos dotted elsewhere. Later on at 15.40, I was birding the Rose Hill end of Lower Moors where there was a good number of Chiffchaff with the odd Blackcap. It was when I reached the east side of the first wood into the north end of Lower moors that things started to heat up. A Robin sized bird flicked up in front of me, front on and as it was only some five meters away, I could clearly see what it was. No way! I had gone and found the one species that every birder dreams of finding. Red-flanked Bluetail!!! It turned to show off it’s bluetail before flying off into cover. I immediatly put the news out but after an hour of a few us searching for it, there was no sign. Fortunatly, in the less than ten seconds view that I observed it, I got two record shots to priove that I wasn’t dreaming.

This Northern ‘type’ Willow Warbler was hanging out with 2 Yellow-browed Warbler on the loop trail

There were up to 2 Siberian Chiffchaff at Porth Hellick with a single at Higher Moors.

In the last week there has been good numbers of Black Redstart including a few corking males like this one

Blackcap

This was the second record shot I got of the Red-flanked Bluetail at Lower Moors before it vanished and wasn’t seen again despite a few of us despertly trying to relocate it. It was also the fifth that I’ve seen on Scilly.

This Marsh Harrier was having a hard time at Content a few days ago

also this Willow Warbler was at Content in the same field where the Marsh Harrier was hunting.

Over two week ago, there were up to 40 Painted Lady feeding on Buddleia at Helvier

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Penduline Tit at Lower Moors

4th November 2022

This morning Graham Gordon discovered a Dusky Warbler at Little Porth followed by this Penduline Tit at Lower Moors over an hour later

An early morning call from Graham Gordon, 07.20, to tell me that he had a Dusky Warbler in my bosses garden at Little Porth. After finding one myself yesterday at Newford Duckpond, I thought I would go and have a look at it later. Less than an hour later, there was no sign of the warbler and with Graham, we were birding the Standing Stones field. As Graham was goin onto cover Lower Moors and the weather was turning in a few hours, I thought I would part and get to Porth Hellick. Shortly after seeing a Sibeian Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler at the entrance of Porth Hellick, Graham called again to let me know that he had just found himself a British tick! ‘Penduline Tit!‘ It was in front of the ISBH at Lower Moors and even though the only British Penduline that I’ve ever seen was nearly 25 years ago, when James Siddle turned up a single bird also at Lower Moors in November, I continued to bird, as I knew that there were other scarities to be unearthed. Lee Almey, had a Pallas’s Warbler a few days ago on St Agnes and it was now also in company with a Dusky Warbler in the same hedge that Lee alerted us on the WharsApp group. Ten minutes later, After seeing the long staying Wilson’s Snipe, I was nearing the beach, when I could hear a Dusky Warbler calling just south of the Seaward Hide. It continued to call when I was almost on top of it and only catching glimpses low down on the edge of the reeds. I could still hear it as it made it’s way towards the ringing station. Listening to 2 Yellow-browed Warbler on the loop trail, the wind had increased but it was shortly afterwards, high up in the Sallows at the entrance of Higher Moors, that I got onto a Subalpine Warbler sp. I lost it when the Sallows were blown all over the shop only to pick it up again, then loose it in the same way from another gust coming through. Some twenty minutes while trying to relocate the Subalp, a visiting birder got onto the Melodious Warbler, that’s been hanging out in the same clump of Sallows for the last few days. I only saw it breifly as it moved through.

This Willow Warbler was at Higher Moors

Not many Siberian Chiffchaff around at the moment with this individual only my third of the autunm so far was also at Higher Moors

If only the Wilson’s Snipe showed like this Snipe at Porth Hellick

The Rains finally arrived and mid-afternoon, I was watching the late Spotted Flycatcher at Rose Hill late in the afternoon, I was with other birders in the ISBG hide at Lower Moors observing Graham’s Penduline Tit for a good tewenty minutes before it disappeared into the reeds towards the Dump.

This late Spotted Flycatcher has been present art Rose Hill for the last few days.

The only other Penduline Tit that I’ve seen, away from Kuwait and Spain, was a single individual also at Lower Moors in November ’97 that James Siddle turned up.

Moorhen

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