Rare Bird Alert News
MAINLAND
PECHORA PIPIT in garden at Westing (only seen once briefly), Ladysmith Road, Scalloway.
Northern Long-taileld Tits x 2 at Ladysmith Road, then the Sunken Garden in Lover's Lane, Scalloway.
Waxwing in rowan opposite shop at Walls.
Firecrest above Orca Country Inn, Yellow-browed Warbler at Hoswick.
Waxwing still at South Nesting.
Western Oriental Turtle Dove juv. again flew from stubble field, north of Loch of Hillwell.Olive-backed Pipit in gardens at end of road, Wester Quarff.
Firecrest at Ocraquay.
Siberian Chiffchaffs x 2 at Sumburgh.
Yellow-browed Warbler at Levenwick.
Yellow-browed Warbler, Waxwing in garden at Sand Lodge, Leebitten.
Ring Ouzel 1w male at Sand Water.
ISLANDS
Dusky Warbler at Hunters Wood, Siberian Chiffchaffs x 4, Greenland Redpoll, Baltasound, Dusky Warbler in roses at post office, Baltasound, Siberian Chiffchaff at Skaw, Long-eared Owl, Greenland Redpoll, Siberian Chiffchaff at Norwick, Unst.
Yellow-browed Warbler at Burravoe, Yell.
SIBERIAN RUBYTHROAT fem. briefly at Kirkaton, UNST.
Northern Bullfinches x 4 (2 males), Siberian Chiffchaffs x 4 at Out Skerries.
View from the top end of Ladysmith Road, Scalloway
So this weekend my OWN road is on fire for rare birds, but sadly and embarrasingly, I haven't seen ANY of them! I can't recall such an unlucky birding situation as this for a long time, if at all!
Andy J. jammed in on the Pechora Pipit this morning with his thermal imager, but not seen long enough for him to get a photo. Andy was shocked that after another 2+ hours that he didn't see it again. I did point out how insanely lucky he was to see it at all and later on I think he realised how elusive this bird is. No one else saw the Pechora Pipit today.
Later Andy found two Northern Long-tailed Tits in the same spot, you couldn't make it up! They ended up in the Sunken Garden in Lover's Lane. Huge congratulations to Andy for seeing his first Pechora Pipit and for finding two top birds in MY road! 🔥 😂
It was a beautiful sunny day here with almost no wind at all. Birds I have managed to see today in Scalloway and mostly in Ladysmith Road: Redpoll briefly on top of conifer, Bullfinch briefly, Chiffchaffs, Robin x 2, Blackcaps x 3 feeding on apples, Goldcrests.
I headed south – no sign of the Olive-backed Pipit at Wester Quarff, which Andy J couldn't find either. Not one of my best birding weekends at all! Oh and the elusive or a second Kingfisher has turned up in Lerwick today, seen at The Sletts and flying towards Tesco! Back to work tomorrow.
Memories and photos of my first and only Pechora Pipit at Quendale Mill last year here.
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