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19/10/2024

That's another year finished on Scilly; my 46th. Not much in the rarity category this year but there's always next year!

14/10/2024

Another regularly-occuring but scarce migrant on the Isles of Scilly is Greater Short-toed Lark. The taxonomy of both this species and Lesser Short-toed Lark (which was recently split into four species) is quite complex. The western population of Greater Short-toed Lark has a disjunct breeding population throughout southern Europe with isolated populations as far north as central France and wintering in Africa from Algeria southwards. This first winter bird eas photographed at the fourth attempt on Penninis, St. Mary's and as usual is a 'back of camera' image.

13/10/2024

One of my favourite British birds is the gorgeous little Firecrest which breeds sparcely in southern England and is also a passage migrant from Europe on the Isles of Scilly.

12/10/2024

There are certain scarce passage migrants which you can reasonably expect to see on the Isles of Scilly every year and Wryneck is certainly one of them and to see it perched on the top of a lichen-covered drystone wall is perfect.

11/10/2024

Whilst on Scilly I'm spending evenings going through my Australia photographs, a major task. Southern Cassowary is a much-wanted bird and once again we found one at our usual spot. One of the photographs showed the reason why you should be extremely wary of these giant birds, just look at those claws, they can easily rip you to pieces!

06/10/2024

Looks like I've been cloned again, ignore any friend requests!

02/10/2024

Well, we're legal again for another year! A huge amount of effort (and cost at around £20,000) to keep our license every year. Remember, when you book with us your monies are fully ATOL protected.

25/09/2024

At Sydney airport waiting for flight back to the UK after a fabulous 7 weeks in Australia where I managed 16 'phototicks', then heading on to Isles of Scilly. My favourite plane, the Airbus A380, a marvel of engineering, I just hope that they lengthen the runway in time!

24/09/2024

Nearly finished our Australia tour and seen some fantastic birds, stunning scenery and a few interesting animals. In the little spare time I have I've been doing some research on Spinifex Grass and on the paper I will be publishing soon I have come to the scientific conclussion that Spinifex Grass has two purposes in life; to cut your legs to pieces and hide some important endemic birds from you!

21/09/2024

White-backed Swallow is a scarce, solitary breeder in the Outback/Red Centre of Australia where they tunnel holes in steep sandy banks like our Sand Martins. We see them every year but they are VERY hard to photograph with their fast, twisting flight and I am nit so good at flight pictures as Sveta. This time however, I managed my best ever photograph ise to Uluru.

18/09/2024

Last year we managed to miss the Red-footed B***y on Isles of Scilly not once but twice! I'm not bothered about my British list any more but as it would have been a world phototick it hurt! Roll on nearly a year and on a Great Barrier Reef cruise from Cairns Ray O'Reilly found one. After some initial confusion when we also found a Masked B***y in with the Brown B***y colony, it was established that it was a 'three b***y day'!

17/09/2024

So, after enjoying fantastic views of a male Victoria's Riflebird a few days ago, our second objective today at the wonderful O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat was Paradise Riflebird. Thanks to a tip-off from Nik Borrow we had excellent views today.

15/09/2024

Shortly before we arrived at Etty Bay to look for the Cassowary, Sveta spotted 2 snipe by the edge of the road. A quick turnaround and enjoyed point-blank views of Latham's Snipe. They are long distance migrants breeding in northern Japan and eastern Russia, wintering as far south as Tasmania. I have seen them only once before but these views were much better of thos normally shy species.

13/09/2024

We were just minding our own business walking along Etty Beach and this thing got in the way of the view! Southern Cassoway

12/09/2024

A much-wanted bird in Queensland is Victoria's Riflebird and it didn't disappoint today with stunning views of a male. The iridescence is difficult to see os the gloom of the foliage except for the tail!

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