Things starting to warm up on St Mary's again today. A quiet start on the Garrison to start, with just a Ring Ouzel to speak of and then down into town for the very showy Subalpine Warbler.
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| Subalpine Warbler |
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| Subalpine Warbler |
From here it was Lower Moors past a few Yellow-browed Warbler, where 3 Jack Snipe were out in the open, as usual.
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| Jack Snipe |
No sign of the possible Eastern Yellow Wagtail that had just been flushed by 2 Kestrel from the Standing Stone Field. While we were up the hill out of Old Town searching, we got the news that it had dropped in front of the hide at Lower Moors. A dash back for some stunning close-up views. By now up-graded to probable, showing a very long hind claw and yellow based black bill. A very raspy call seemed to back up these features.
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| Eastern Yellow Wagtail? |
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| Eastern Yellow Wagtail? |
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| Eastern Yellow Wagtail? |
From here it was up to the north of the island for some distant views of a Barred Warbler. News of a Pallas's Warbler at the Garrison had us heading back south. A quick stop at Carreg Dhu failed to turn up the reported Arctic Warbler, but there were good views of a Firecrest.
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| Firecrest |
A long slog to the Garrison where the Pallas's Warbler showed very well, but proved a nightmare to photograph.
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| Pallas's Warbler |
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| Pallas's Warbler |
Hopefully more to come!
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