Scilly Day 7

My holiday was coming to an end with this being my last full day. Whilst it will not go down in the memory as one of the classic autumns, it was just good to be down here. In a way however, Scilly has lost some of its magic and although it continues to produce some good birds the dearth of common birds is more and more evident with every passing year. I'm not sure what the causes are but it is a bit depressing.

Wheatears were however present in good numbers this year - bucking the trend

Anyway with the winds veering into the north east it encouraged a good passage of Redwings and some Fieldfares. A very showy Snow Bunting on Peninnis sent my camera racing:

After that I walked round the north east side of St Mary's and captured some of the views looking out towards Tresco & St Martin's:

and around Porth Hellick:

Whilst at Porth Hellick a Jack Snipe showed very well from the Stephen Sussex hide:

Jack Snipe

and finally St Mary's Harbour: