Lapland Bunting , always nice to see and this one was very confiding
Wednesday 16 October 2024
Friday 27 September 2024
Shetland Red Breasted Flycatcher
This is the second RBF i have seen this autumn but the only one photographed
This one was a Grutness and i saw it over a couple of days becoming more confiding
Although there is still a lot of leaves on the bushes it did come onto the end of branches and a post
Shetland whales
also around 40 Porpoise close in to the lower layby coming up the hill from Cunningsburgh
Thursday 26 September 2024
Friday 20 September 2024
Shetland divers
Whooper swan with young at Spiggie, we normally have more Whoopers breeding than Mute swans
Sanderling on the move
Red Throated Divers
Sanderling on the move
Red Throated Divers
Thursday 19 September 2024
Shetland Rare Black Kite
If you are birding in Shetland you never know what or when a rare bird will turn up.
I was down at Quendale yesterday looking at a Red Breasted Flycatcher which was being chased by a Garden Warbler.After an hour in the area i noticed an increase in migrants with a dozen Swallow and 4 Willow Warbler
I was drawn to a raptor in a clear blue sky, a Black kite !!!, amazing these are rare birds in Shetland
It passed up the valley circling around before coming back down towards the mill and then headed up to Hillwell
A few gulls and around 20 Starlings buzzed it but the kite didn't seemed bothered
Thursday 12 September 2024
Shetland migration starts
Looks like migration has started
This is one of three Peacock butterflies down at Grutness, a scarce migrantLots of Greenland Wheatears can now be seen, this with a beetle on its beak
Always lots of Greenland Greylags making a loud noise as they flew over
Rabbits making a come back
Still Fulmars on the cliffs, making them feel less empty
Gannets passing Sumburgh from their nest sites on Noss
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