13th-31st May 2026

I came across 2 Golden Oriole at Trenoweth

On the 13th May, Rox and I twitched a Golden Oriole, that has been seen around Sandy Lane for the last few days, and instead got a vocal Crossbill and the 4 Turtle Dove but no sign of the oriole. On the morning of the 26th, at the Standing Stones field, a shrike sp was front on less than 20ft away. With the sun behind me, I could clearly see that it was a female ‘type’ Isabelline Shrike sp! This was confirmed when it flew off and showed off a bright rufous tail contrasting with pale upperparts. It disappeared into the next field out of sight. I only observed it for 10 secs with my naked eye. I thought, no problem, I’ll relocate it but after ten minutes no sign of it and I had to get back to work. I put news out as a Issy Shrike sp, but it was never seen again. Oh well! Given the date, it was more than likely a Turkestan Shrike. Fortunately, Will discovered the only Scilly record on St Martins, 3rd July 2015, that I identified some two hours later when I first saw it, after relocating it. We were the only two to see it and I managed to get a distant record shot.

This male Turkestan Shrike, St Martins, 2nd July 2015 is the only Scilly record

On the 28th, I was in the ISBG hide and observed a male Little Bittern make a brief flight low over the reeds from the left and dropping in reeds the right. Like the shrike, there was no sign of it again. Also had 2 Hobby nearby hawking together. Two days later, I was searching for Golden Oriole at Trenoweth and was rewarded with two vocal individuals. One showed well and as a result, Rox successfully twitched it as she always wanted see one. We both observed the 1st summer male out in the open while at the same time the other individual was singing nearby. The following day, I returned to Trenoweth and the 2 Golden Oriole were observed together and again showed well. In the next field from 3 last week, there were now 2 Turtle Dove while above, 4 Swift and 30 House Martin.

Golden Oriole performing well with a Cock Chafer

And this is how Rox observed this 1st summer male Golden Oriole out in the open giving the Jay call followed by a burst of song now and again.

THIS WILL SHOCK YOU TO THE CORE!!

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