Myrtle Warbler on Ramsey Island (Alan Tate http://www.aabirdpix.com/)
Myrtle Warbler on Ramsey Island (D. Woodhead)
After an overnight drive with JK on arriving near the harbour we asked a young lady on her way home from a pub for directions and she kindly offered us a place to stay. Instead, keen on finding the harbour car park, we slept in the car and awoke to a windy dawn. There was much talk of the boat to Ramsey not running, but it did, even if a little hair-raising on an inflatable in the choppy seas! There were no trees on Ramsey so the Myrtle Warbler was hopping around on the ground alongside a small stream affording superb views. Getting back aboard the inflatable required a leap of faith off the small quay/cliff as the tide had gone out but somehow everyone avoided mishap! Three Irish records aside, it had been a long nine years since the duo on the Isles of Scilly but at last the wait for this Dendroica was over!
