As a Least Sandpiper has now turned up along with a further 5 additional Scillies ticks there for me, I usually only manage one or two at best a year, I am scampering off down there earlier than planned and will be there from Friday for just over 2 weeks.
This year so far the islands have pretty much been the place to be despite several very good birds turning up elsewhere around the country. In the past 3-4 weeks there has been: Northern Waterthrush, Black-and-white Warbler, Baltimore Oriole, 1+ Red-eyed Vireo, 1+ Solitary Sandpiper (assuming the bird y'day and today is not the bird from over a week ago), Lesser Yellowlegs, Baird's Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, loads of Buff-breasted Sandpipers, American Golden Plover, a possible Wilson's Snipe, Spotted Sandpiper, 1+ Pallid Harriers, Blue-winged Teal, Black Kite, multiple Woodchat Shrikes, 2+ Aquatic Warblerm Subalpine Warbler, Honey Buzzard plus some excellent pelagic seabirding the list goes on...really looking forward to the next couple of weeks birding and a continued plethora of rare's turning up with some of the current crop lingering on.
Bring it on..
See you all there