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MAINLAND

Northern Bullfinch at Loch of Clickimin, Lerwick.

Ring-necked Duck at Loch of Housetter.

Siberian Chiffchaff at Sandness.

Yellow-browed Warbler at North Roe.

Red-breasted Flycatcher, Waxwings x 2, Siberian Chiffchaff at Swining.

Siberian Chiffchaff at Quendale.

 

ISLANDS 

Northern Long-tailed Tits x 2 (nominate form caudatus) still at Sound, West Yell, Northern Long-tailed Tit at Camb, Northern Bullfinch fem. at Burravoe, Yell.

Northern Long-tailed Tit (nominate form caudatus), Northern Bullfinch at Norwick, Little Bunting at Kirkaton, Unst. 

 

https://www.fairislebirdobs.co.uk/latest_sightings.html 

 

Had a walk around Scalloway this morning to try and find the Waxwings that were seen yesterday, no sign of them at all, but did find two female Blackcaps, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Brambling, 1 Robin, several Redwings, a few Blackbirds, Collared Doves and some beautiful cats. The man who's garden the Waxwings were in said he had seen a Great Spotted Woodpecker around a couple of weeks ago close by. I put out two organic apples on the feeder in my garden, obviously the Waxwings had a better offer somewhere else! The Kingfisher was seen yesterday at Loch of Clickimin, but not seen by anyone today.

I'm the top cat around here – don't forget it! 

 

The last two days have been awful conditions for birding, but today was a complete contrast of almost no wind and very little rain, fairly bright in the morning, but the skies deteriorated as the day went on. Much colder and lit the fire early evening. Nearly every leaf is off the sycamore trees around my garden, so on the next still day I will do the final clear up of the leaves. I really need to spend more time birding in Scalloway, as there are some very mature sheltered gardens and I'm sure I have missed some good birds here. I don't think there are any other birders that check Scalloway regularly (I may be wrong), so I really should spend far more of my time here and take a leaf out of Andy Johnson's book, who checks what seems like all of Lerwick every day and turns up some cracking birds! The Great Crested Flycatcher could be here somewhere!