Turtle Dove 1w at Toogs, West Burra.
Corncrake at Tingwall Loch.
Yellow-browed Warbler at Hillswick.
Yellow-browed Warbler at Houl Road, Scalloway.
Yellow-browed Warblers x 2 in community woodland, Brae.
Yellow-browed Warblers x 2 at Pool of Virkie.
Red-breasted Flycatcher, Barred Warblers x 2, Yellow-browed Warblers x 3, Siberian Chiffchaff at Quendale.
Hawfinch at Levenwick.
Barred Warbler, Yellow-browed Warbler, Pied Flycatcher at Hoswick.
Yellow-browed Warbler at Papa Lodge, Ocraquoy.
Yellow-browed Warblers x 2 at Wester Quarff.
Barred Warbler in field at pumping station, Greenland White-fronted Goose at Loch of Hillwell.
Yellow-browed Warblers x 2 in garden at Sand Voe, Greenland Redpolls x 5 at Oxensetter, North Roe.
Yellow-browed Warblers x 2, Barred Warbler at Boddam, Dalsetter.
Yellow-browed Warbler at Loch of Housetter.
Yellow-browed Warbler at Hoganess, Burrastow.
Yellow-browed Warbler at Baliasta.
Yellow-browed Warbler at Cruisdale, Sandness.
Greenland Redpolls x 4 in willows at playground, Ollaberry.
Arctic Warbler in burn south of Spiggie Hotel, Loch of Spiggie.
Common Rosefinch at Scousburgh.
Blyth's Reed Warbler & Barred Warbler still at Skaw, Whalsay.
Common Rosefinch, Yellow-browed Warblers x 2 at Mid Yell.
Barred Warbler, Yellow-browed Warbler at Valyie, Yellow-browed Warblers x 3 at Norwick, Unst.
Spent all day birding in beautiful sunny weather. Checked out my road first, but didn't find anything except for watching my Leucistic House Sparrow fly past me at eye level and land on my nut feeder! Searched for migrants at Gulberwick and found a Garden Warbler and 2 Blackbirds along the woodland stream walk at Westerwick House. Had lunch by the voe at Boddam, but no birds of note seen here.
Leucistic House Sparrow
Ladysmith Road, Scalloway
Walked to the quarry at Quendale and beyond. Best birds in the quarry were a Garden Warbler, 2 Willows Warblers and 2 Blackbirds. Several Meadows Pipits seen, one very smart orangy Wheatear and 4 Swallows. Back at the main copse at Quendale Mill, I watched a Red-breasted Flycatcher, Garden Warbler, male Blackcap, a Wren, a Robin (which I hadn't expected and not seen one since February in my garden) and a Siberian Chiffchaff. Lots of House Sparrows and Starlings by the mill itself.
Siberian Chiffchaff
Quendale
Drove up the road to overlook Quendale Beach – what a view! Lots of Eider on the sea and 2 Slavonian Grebes, Sanderlings, Turnstones and Oystercatchers on the beach. Had a snooze in the car and then cruised home in beautiful light.
This evening I painted the living door frame a second coat of the pine overlay and the second coat on the bathroom inner frame. Vivid aurora showing on the Shetland webcams, nothing seen from my garden though and too tired to drive out again.
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