Scillies - Day Six - Arctic Warbler

A quiet day but one that featured another new bird.  Planning to head to St. Martin's, an Arctic Warbler was found on St. Agnes so a quick change of plan and we were off.  A little idle wander first and back towards the lighthouse.

Viewing past the house of the initial sighting, I scanned through a laurel bush after noticing a bit of movement.  The Warbler appeared, energetic and looking a little edgy.  All the diagostic features were visible during a brief spell of sunshine, longer bill, the prominent eye-stripe, and single wing bar, that all made this wonderful eastern vagrant joy to observe.

Unfortunately it didn't hang around for long, disappearing into the thickets and was not seen again.

An undoubted highlight of the trip will always be tea and biscuits with David Bradshaw - now a perennial Scilly tradition.

Later at St. Mary's, a Great Northern Diver was seen distantly from Porthcressa Beach.