Saturday 1 October 2011

Friday 30th - Sat 1st

Birding today was fantastic, a stark contrast to yesterday which was hard work, the Red-backed Shrike pictured below being the highlight. There was an obvious fall over night with lots of Redwings all over the place and a great start in the garden with - Pied Flycatcher (1), Redstart (1), Yellow-browed Warbler and best of all was a Wood Warbler. The rest of the day we spent birding the south with over 20 Yellow-browed Warblers (below) recorded as well as Barred Warbler (1), Common Rosefinch (1), Lesser Whitethroat (1) and a single Sedge Warbler. We fly home tomorrow evening just as things are starting to get good but with 2 Olive-backed Pipit's (below) on the mainland, who knows what tomorrow may bring! Click on any of the images to see an enlarged version.






Above 3 Images, Olive-backed Pipit, Quendale.



Above 2 images, Red-backed Shrike, Grutness.


Pallid Harrier, Quendale


Yellow-browed Warbler, Sumburgh hotel garden. (1 of 5 present)



Above 2 images, Wheatear, Sumburgh hotel garden.

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