Saturday 3 June 2023

another Shetland Eastern Sub-Alpine Warbler

 Like the Blyth Reed Warbler this bird turned up earlier in the day with no other reports, but you have to give it a go

It had been seen down at West Voe so this was a good place to start. I walked down the single track road and saw another two people looking into some shrubs



It was a beautiful day and the sun shinning in the right direction for photography. Glad to see it was still present.
I got onto it straight away only about 10 feet away moving through the shrubs which now showed some vegetation



This was the second time in less than a month that an Easter Subalpine Warbler had showed, the other up in Lerwick about 25 miles away. Was it the same or a different bird. Some are saying it has different markings.
It was a beautifully marked bird that didn't seemed bothered with the on lookers. It worked its way up and down the line of shrubs showing well at times.

It stayed about 1/2 hour before flying up and over the wall down towards Jarlshof and was not seen again





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