Rare Bird Alert News
MAINLAND
King Eider ad. fem still off Twagoes Road, Yellow-browed Warbler at Loch of Clickimin, Lerwick.
Siberian Chiffchaffs x 2 at north road, Boddam.
Siberian Chiffchaff at Swining.
Yellow-browed Warblers x 2 at Busta House Hotel, SE of Brae.
Yellow-browed Warblers x 2 at Njugalswater Burn, Bridge of Fitch.
Yellow-browed Warbler at Brae Community Wood.
Siberian Lesser Whitethroat, possible (form blythi) at Sumburgh Farm.
Yellow-browed Warbler at graveyard, Vidlin.
Firecrest still in garden, Yellow-browed Warbler by Greencroft at Wester Quarff.
Buff-breasted Sandpiper still in wet field at Fleck.
Yellow-browed Warblers x 3 at Upper Kergord.
Yellow-browed Warblers x 5 at main plantation, Kergord.
EASTERN STONECHAT sp. (probably Western Siberian Stonechat) 1w still in rough field before Heimli at Netherton Road, Levenwick.
Yellow-browed Warbler at Sullom Plantation.
Olive-backed Pipit at house with large sycamore garden, Yellow-browed Warblers x 2 at Maywick.
Quail flushed at Aithsetter, Cunningsburgh.
Scaup at Loch of Hellister, SE of Tresta.
Red-breasted Flycatcher 1w on north face of garden at public hall at Ollaberry.
Yellow-browed Warblers x 3, Barred Warbler, Ring Ouzel at Quendale Mill.
Yellow-browed Warblers x 2 at Aith Community Woodland.
Yellow-browed Warblers x 2 at Virkie Willows, Curlew Sandpiper at Pool of Virkie.
Great Grey Shrike flew from fence line towards village, Bixter.
Yellow-browed Warblers x 2 at Stromfirth.
Barred Warbler, Yellow-browed Warblers x 4 at Hoswick.
Barred Warbler at Laxfirth.
Yellow-browed Warblers x 5 at Breiwick, east of Laxfirth.
Yellow-browed Warbler in garden at Melby.
Yellow-browed Warblers x 3 in garden at Haggersta, Whiteness.
Yellow-browed Warblers x 2 at Channerwick.
Yellow-browed Warbler at Ellister.
Yellow-browed Warbler at Sandsayre, Leebitton, Yellow-browed Warbler at Swinister Burn, Sandwick.
Yellow-browed Warbler at Muckle Roe.
Yellow-browed Warbler at Islesburgh.
Yellow-browed Warblers x 2 at La Gairdins, Sand.
ISLANDS
Little Bunting, Siberian Chiffchaff on west side of North Wart Cottage, Yellow-browed Warblers x 2 at Ham Pines, Yellow-browed Warbler at Gorie, Yellow-browed Warblers x 6, ISLE OF BRESSAY.
Red-backed Shrike juv. at Hamnavoe, Yellow-browed Warbler at Burravoe, YELL.
Richard's Pipit still at Housay, Siberian Chiffchaff at Bruray Pool, OUT SKERRIES.
Little Bunting in plantation at Skaw, Yellow-browed Warbler at Isbister, ISLE OF WHALSAY.
Red-backed Shrike 1w in pines at Northdale, UNST.
A few months ago I discovered a garden so large that it has to be one of the largest gardens here if not the largest and its at the end of road by the sea. I never hear any bird news from here, so guess that nobody checks this regularly. I parked my car up on a grassy area next to a small beach and walked to the end of the road to view the garden. Its so large and dense that you can only just see the house. I walked around the entire circumference (almost) of the garden for the first time which included very boggy ground. There are blue bridges over streams in the garden, it looked so fascinating and so beautiful with so many trees and shrubs and areas of grass. I would LOVE to own this property, a birder's dream! The shocking thing was that all I could find was a Blackbird that flew up from a stream and another bird that flew up from a branch and didn't see again, which really wasn't worth all my efforts! The only highlight was a Red Admiral butterfly which took me by surprise. This garden should at least have had a Siberian Rubythroat, its so large there could have been and whoever owns this massive garden is not going to allow birders to roam round their paradise, so will only ever be able to view this from the surrounding cliffs and fields. I'm not going to say where it is, my secret!
Went to Wester Quarff and was rewarded with one very brief view of the Firecrest and a second view for a bit longer in the tops of the willows, but raining and very sadly no photos. There were a handful of birders here too. Went to Levenwick and finally had lovely but distant view of the Siberian Stonechat on a fence post, then it disappeared, still raining and again no photos – bumped into Jim N. here who was also seeing this for the first time. Checked out the Geosetter Burn but only managed to find 3 Robins in the fading light. After hearing news of a Minke Whale fairly close in and heading north from Ocraquoy I headed that way and parked my car up on a high hill at Fladdibister which overlooks Ocraquoy headland – didn't see anything and continued my journey home.
Atrocious weather here tomorrow with 44mph+ south west winds and rain all day long.
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