Blast from the past...

Sociable Plover, October 2008

Some record footage of this most unexpected first for Scilly. Filmed here in the standing stones field at Lower Moors and at Telegraph, opposite Porth Low Lane.

Blue-winged Teal...

At Lower Moors today

Dump Gulls...

Iceland Gulls at the dump

Juvenile (left) and second winter

Above and below: Second winter

Blast from the past...

Cream-coloured Courser, October 2004

Addendum to Storm-petrels and Bulwer's Petrel...

As mentioned in Storm-petrels & Bulwer's Petrel (p 125) a number of extralimital records of Bulwer's Petrel were under review of the respective national committee. We recently heard from Dick Groenendijk, Chairman of CDNA in the Netherlands, the decision about the famous Westplaat petrel. After lengthy discussions, and consultation with experts, the petrel was finally rejected as Bulwers Petrel and the species is therefore removed from the Dutch Avifaunal list. Photos of the bird in question can be found at:

http://dutchbirding.nl/gallery.php?p=bigpic&gal=9&fid=4192&page=zoek

and

http://dutchbirding.nl/gallery.php?p=bigpic&gal=9&fid=4192&page=zoek