Scillies - Day Twelve

A nice assortment of things today but it really feels like things are winding down now unless there is a final twist in what has been a great few weeks on the Isles.

Heading through Lower Moors, the Spotted Crake continued to show ridiculously well, totally non-plussed by the movement of people barely a couple of metres from the track.

I headed up the Sunnyside Trail where around four Chiffchaff were present in the elms.  A bit of an increase of this species today with a further five seen at the Newford Duckpond.

The weather was glorious and with the air temperature a modest 14C, in the sun and light winds, it felt lovely.

There were two Whinchat dashing around for insects at the bottom of the Holy Vale trail.

At Porth Hellick, the Blue-winged Teal was still present, swimming up toward Stephen Sussex hide before scooting off again.  Just wish my camera hadn't had a hissy fit just at that moment.  A female Mandarin was new in, only the fourth record for Scillies.

There were around 15 Common Snipe feeding on flotillas of reeds.  

Other notable sightings were a Swallow over Porth Hellick and Grey Wagtail over Carreg Dhu gardens earlier on in the day.