Shetland Gt White Egret

 Its been good watching the Gt White Egret that has been present down at Spiggie since the 5 March, which may have been the same bird seen on Yell the day before.

Its been at the north end of the loch tending to keep to the edge of the water

Shetland Waders +

Big arrival of Fieldfare these last few days, just refuelling before heading back to breeding sites in Scandinavia

Greenland Greylag seem to be everywhere in large flocks, last time i saw an estimate on numbers the total was at least 16,000 but that was a few years ago

Purple sandpipers still in good numbers down at sandsayre, most in a rocky area but a few coming up on the jetty

Same for Turnstone, around 60 present most days with 22 Purple Sandpiper and several Redshank

 

Large flocks of Oystercatcher have been n the south mainland since January earlier than usual. They dont seem to have spread to north Shetland in numbers as yet according to a few people

Sea Goldeneye

Its always odd to see birds in unfamiliar habitats, but several Goldeneye have been on the sea for weeks

This male displaying

Lots of displaying going on. This party of three down at Sandwick, four more at West Voe Sumburgh then two yesterday at Perrie Spiggie

 

Shetland Wren