Rare Bird Alert News
Yellow-browed Warbler at Brakefield Road, Yellow-browed Warbler at Swinister Burn, Yellow-browed Warblers x 2 at Setter, Sandwick.
Yellow-browed Warbler, Hawfinch at Wadbister, SSE of Girlsta.
Rose-coloured Starling on Saturday at Haldane Burgess Crescent, Lerwick.
Hawfinch at Helendale, Hawfinch at Lower Sound, Siberian Chiffchaff at Dales Voe, Yellow-browed Warbler behind Sound Hall, Lerwick.
Hoopoe, Great White Egret, Snow Buntings x 6 at Boddam.
Yellow-browed Warbler at Sumburgh Farm.
Siberian Chiffchaff, Yellow-browed Warbler at Sumburgh Hotel Carpark.
Yellow-browed Warbler at south end of Muckle Roe.
Yellow-browed Warbler at Burn of Valayre, Voxter.
Common Rosefinch, Yellow-browed Warblers x 2, Siberian Chiffchaff, Great White Egret at Maywick.
Siberian Chiffchaff at Hoswick.
Barred Warbler, Siberian Chiffchaff at Grutness.
Yellow-browed Warblers x 2, Siberian Chiffchaff at Wester Quarff.
Yellow-browed Warbler at Geosetter Burn.
Siberian Chiffchaffs x 2 at cemetery plantation, Yellow-browed Warblers x 2, Hawfinches x 2 at Vidlin.
Yellow-browed Warbler at Gott, Tingwall.
Great Grey Shrike at Quendale Farm.
Yellow-browed Warbler at Levenwick.
Paddyfield Warbler at Leawart, Greenish Warbler, Little Bunting, Siberian Chiffchaffs x 3 at Valyie, Norwick, Unst.
Siberian Chiffchaff at Funzie, Yellow-browed Warbler, Siberian Chiffchaff in plantation at Feal, Fetlar.
I spent a while searching Scalloway for migrants, nothing found, but my neighbour Jimmey said he had had a couple of Grey Wagtails feeding on the road between our houses this morning! I did have a Robin in the garden along with the usual crew. Gulberwick only produced a couple of Blackbirds. News came through of a Hoopoe at everyone's favourite place to go birding, Boddam! I arrived very late and the light was fading fast. After bumping into Roger R. and then Paul H., the Hoopoe had flown off, presumably to roost somehere. Luckily I relocated it as I walked along a track between houses – it flew across me and landed on someone's guttering! Lucky me! I was shocked I managed to get a picture at 6.04pm, but it won't win any prizes! 😆
Hoopoe at Boddam – at dusk
Lucy Update
After several hours on buses, Vivien arrived at her hotel in King's Lynn and had to get another bus to visit Lucy in her new flat. Vivien said the flat looked really nice, but there is alot of stuff to sort and Lucy can't unpack until she buys some furniture to put everything away properly. Lucy understandably was exhausted. There is only one major thing wrong at the moment and I can't see that being rectified – Lucy said she didn't get much sleep last night, as all she could hear was what sounded like a very loud extractor fan throughout the night. Lucy was very stressed and unhappy about this tonight and wanted to know exactly what it was and where it was coming from. So, I rang the staff this evening and two people confirmed that it must be the Air Source Heat Pump, which is situated close to Lucy's flat. Apparently the tenant next to Lucy has 'learnt to live with it', well sadly Lucy won't at all. Lucy had a similar issue with a person's bathroom extractor fan in her last place and we heard about it nearly every single day. Her description was correct "sounded like a very loud extractor fan" Oh dear! This is such a shame and means Lucy won't be able to stay there if nothing can be done – she was very angry about this. After Googling, there are quieter models than some and they can have casing built around, to reduce the noise output.
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