Last Day on Scilly

Wednesday October 20
A lot cooler to-day, I actually wore my birding jacket - not done up though. Spider took us to the Longstones cafe entrance where we had a sausage bap lunch, sitting at an outside table enjoying the Autumn sunshine. The highlight was pods of Common Dolphins passing Porthcressa Bay, distantly viewed from the cafe. Small pods but it must have taken 20 minutes for them all to pass through; diving Gannets accompanying them as usual. I was able to enjoy scoping them.
A Bar-tailed Godwit flew over as did Crossbills and Golden Plover and then, a flock of Siskins on the way to Carreg Dhu gardens.
On entering the gardens, we heard a racket from a sycamore tree. We coudn't see the source of the agitation but did identify a male Blackcap, Firecrest and Goldcrests.
I sat in a glade watching a large Sycamore whilst Pam went off to look at the plants. Most of the flock dispersed but I added another Yellow-browed Warbler amongst the Goldcrests and Chaffinches.
Rocky Hills is, as its name implies,  a difficult walk, although downhill and a much shorter route to Porth Loo than via the road.
We love sitting on a bench looking over Port Loo beach, we've seen many good brds here. Not to-day but it was good to see six Sanderling back, they've been absent for the last few years.
Addition
Whilst at Lower Moor yesterdays, we saw an Accipiter which I initially called as Merlin but decided it was bigger - but small for a Sparrowhawk. Was it the suspected Sharp-shinned Hawk first reported by Spider, pooh poohed by everyone but now appearing on the pager as 'possible' ? Armchair tick........