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Monday, 26 January 2026

SHETLAND BIRD NEWS & MORE!

Rare  Bird  Alert  News
MAINLAND
TENGMALM'S OWL
in undisclosed location on the west side of mainland. 
Waxwing in garden at Voe.
Taiga Bean Geese x 3 still at Virkie.
 
ISLANDS 
Kumlien's Gull or Thayer's Gull 3w still at Easter Loch, Uyeasound, Unst.
White-billed Diver, Iceland Gull at south end of Hascosay Sound. 
 
 
TENGMALM'S OWL 
in undisclosed location on the west side of mainland.
 This is a screenshot from a post earlier today on Facebook
 
 
What I would give to see this, just WOW! I remember all the excitement about the one at Lea Gardens at Tresta in 2019 when I was living in Norfolk and here I am living in Shetland, another turns up and nobody can go and see it, utterly heartbreaking. Hopefully the owner will change their minds about birders coming to see it. Its not as if the place will be flooded with twitchers from 'south' with the current weather conditions, more ferries and flights being cancelled over the next few days, plus any cheque book twitchers (as I call them 😉) would have nipped over in 2019 so won't need to come here again.

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