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GREY-CHEEKED THRUSH again along track by houses and in flooded willows along road/track opposite bus stop at Easter Quarff.
Yellow-browed Warblers x 2 at Easter Quarff.
Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll 1w still, Yellow-browed Warblers x 2 at Burn of Sound, Lerwick.
Siberian Chiffchaff, Yellow-browed Warbler at Brae Wigwams, Yellow-browed Warbler in Community Woodland, Brae.
Dusky Warbler in gardens along East Shore, Olive-backed Pipit flew NE from willows at Pool of Virkie.
Yellow-browed Warbler at Fladdibister.
Turtle Dove in garden near Carnegie Hall at Sandwick.
American Wigeon ad. drk still north of Setter Marsh at Loch of Spiggie.
Yellow-browed Warbler at Maywick.
Yellow-browed Warbler at Grutness.
Western Bonelli's Warbler in garden at dusk, Frakkafield
Yellow-browed Warbler in garden at Wester Quarff.
ISLANDS
Yellow-browed Warbler at Burravoe, Yellow-browed Warbler at Mid Yell, YELL.
Dusky Warbler at Northdale Pines, Barred Warbler at Haroldswick, Great Grey Shrike at Norwick, Yellow-browed Warbler at Valyie, Yellow-browed Warblers x 2 at Ordale, UNST.
Arrived at Easter Quarff very early morning. It was only 4°C and very chilly. Handful of birders had arrived before me. The gorgeous fluffy ginger cat came out to greet us and looked extremely pleased to have so many admirers this early in the morning and being made a fuss of! The Grey-cheeked Thrush flew around from a large garden and landed on the kerb of the driveway of the house adjacent to the fence post it landed on last night. So fabulous to see this for far longer than last night's view. A Robin was not impressed by its presence. It was very difficult to photograph though for some reason. I put the news out at 8.43am and birders who had possibly been waiting on news arrived on scene. It moved through to the road between the houses and was feeding next to a yellow rock rose shrub, again difficult to photograph with too many people and often had a shadow of an arm etc in the photo. Eventually it ended up in the willows much further up and it was here where I managed to step off the track into a very deep watery ditch concealed by grass 😅 I managed to climb out with one foot, but the other was stuck and sinking further – a very kind gentleman helped me out, thank you! You know that feeling when you fall as an adult, everyone has seen that and you just want to disappear with embarrassment! I played it cool, like it was all fine but I had return home to remove my water filled boots and drenched trousers and socks and changed! Whilst at home I had a quick look at my photos, none of which I was excited about at all.
Checked out some gardens in Scalloway, but only found Blackbirds, a Robin, House Sparrows and Starlings. Drove to Tingwall to check out the garden and scrub opposite where the Siberian Thrush was and found nothing of note. Headed back south.
Returned to Easter Quarff where I spent the rest of the day enjoying the fabulous Grey-cheeked Thrush which was mostly feeding in the willows and burn – mostly difficult to photograph but occasionally out in the open when you had to be quick off the mark. There was a male Blackcap here too. Lovely to bump into Ian and Richard again – love their banter, would be great if they lived here. I got my best pictures when almost everyone had left, but the light wasn't as good then. See pictures on next post. Thank you to the residents at Easter Quarff for putting up with an influx of visitors, the ginger cat was very pleased with all the fuss 😻 So many clumsy accidents this week, lets hope it doesn't continue!
Steve and Sue: fabulous large house at the end of my road for sale overlooking Scalloway Harbour. Prime position!!! Will save you twitching Shetland Steve! Think about it, you'll twitch Norfolk far less and you'll remain at Number 1! 😉😊 The garden isn't very big though, but what a view! Its the only house along the road that isn't obscured by trees.
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