Rare Bird Alert News
Golden Oriole in garden near the kirk at Gulberwick.
Pectoral Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper at Loch of Spiggie.
Quail by 1st bridge, Swinister, Hoswick.
Black-throated Diver offshore at Melby.
Quail singing at Geosetter.
Black-throated Diver at Easter Quarff.
American Golden Plover at Isle of Foula.
This morning Norfolk birder Baz Scampion, found a Golden Oriole in the garden of a self catering house his partner Emma and he are staying at in Gulberwick! This happened whilst I was getting ready for work! Massive hail storm this afternoon, which took Catherine and I by surprise in the office!
Hearing news that the Golden Oriole was more than probably still around throughout the day, I headed to Gulberwick straight from work. I spent around 3 hours there and dipped out. Walked around and checked out all the trees in the area. There were a few people looking. Lovely male Siskin in the fir trees and a few Blackbirds around. Long story short, a couple of birders did see it while I was standing in the wrong area as it flew seemingly from the large garden at Wick House and back along the burn towards the Kirk, but no one saw where it landed. Prior to this it was heard calling at about 5.55pm from the fir trees in the garden of Wick House by a visiting birder, who apart from me was the only person left at this point and James didn't have a phone signal, so I put the news out for him and apologies to RBA and all, I typed West Hall (I have no idea why) when it was Wick House, sorry!
It was lovely to bump into Baz and Emma and had a good catch up as they stood in the driveway of their holiday self-catering house and gorgeous garden. It was a beautiful sunny evening. I gave up around 8pm and headed home, stopping birding on route but didn't see anything of note.
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