The is about 50 Greenland White front geese, soon to be known as USA white Fronts if Donald duck gets his way in Shetland at the moment.
I check several flocks of Greylag before finding 12 GWF opposite the boat shed at Tingwall. They were happily feeding and moving south.
It has a distinct white forehead and dark bars across its breast & orange legs. more obvious than picking out Bean geese, one Pinkfoot was with this flock.
The GWF is considered one of the rarest geese in Europe with around 7,800 individuals.
It migrates south to Iceland and also Western Scotland , Wales and Ireland, with only the odd bird recorded from Eastern parts.
As well as the geese at least 50 Fieldfare feeding with 100 Starling. In a field a bit further south to the boats shed a good number of waders congregated.
Curlew (108), Redshank (17), Turnstone (6), Oystercatcher (56), Lapwing (75) Golden Plover (128) along with 50 Starling and 6 Blackbirds.
With the OM1-2 it is good to know that you can use silent shooting on a high resolution (50mp) shot. This takes away any mechanical use and reduces the strain on the mechanical shutter (so better when it comes to selling or exchanging- as they always look at how many shutter activations have taken place.
A silent shutter is far better when shooting wildlife as any noise would normally scare a bird or mammal. I was stood next to a Canon user and found the noise of the mechanical shutter to be very disturbing. He turned to me and asked why I wasn't taking any photos- I was using a silent shutter.
A benefit of using the OM1-2 silent shutter is that it also reduces camera shake and you can use higher shutter speeds. They can be found in most mirrorless and a few DSLR cameras.
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