11th May
Rare Bird Alert News
Wood Sandpiper on pools between Channerwick and Bigton.
Eastern Subalpine Warbler in garden at Rocklea, Wood Sandpiper, Ring Ouzels x 2, Pied Flycatchers x 2 on Out Skerries.
Kumlien's Gull in field behind Easter Loch, Uyeasound, Unst.
Surf Scoter drake & fem. still off Brough Lodge Pier, Isle of Fetlar.
Gorgeous weather this weekend and forecast to continue for the next couple of weeks and no rain until the 21st May! It felt like a Bee-eater kind of day and I noticed that there was one found on Fair Isle today – check out the FIBO link above for photo!
Two Arctic Terns over Scalloway Harbour. Checked out the Burn of Njugalswater, SW of Bridge of Fitch and found nothing at all. Went to Planti Crub Garden Centre, returned home with a few plants and then headed south to look for the Wood Sandpiper on the pools at Bigton, no sign of this but a pair of Mallard there with 10 cute ducklings. At the Geosetter Burn I didn't find a single bird. A few Meadow Pipits and Wheatear around on route south.
At Grutness there was one Dunlin, one Shelduck and one Ringed Plover on the pool and saw one Swallow flying over. Met and chatted to Gordon who owns the famous Grutness walled garden, who was telling me the pier building work will be going on until Christmas! Fussed the very friendly ginger and white cat. There are two huge cranes there now, the entire scene has changed! I can't see the Arctic Terns settling there this Spring.
Went for a stroll on St Nininian's Isle and saw two Razorbills on the sea, a few Eider, Fulmar, a Black Guillemot and Turnstones and Sanderling were feeding along the shore. There is a notice saying "No Vehicles on the beach" – there were loads of different types of tyre tracks all over the beach! Checked out the pool again for the Wood Sandpiper, again no sign.
I didn't even know this was happening, I would have liked to watch this.
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