Iceland gulls land in town harbour
ARCTIC visitors dominate the records this week, with up to six Iceland and three glaucous gulls at the Shetland Catch factory in Lerwick, 22 Slavonian…
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Cold snap fails to deter wintry visitors or locals
DESPITE the wintry weather, with sub-zero overnight temperatures, there were still a few small migrants around in the last week of November. The coal tit…
READ FULL STORYSnow brings Arctic visitors
DURING a week when Shetland was plunged into sub-zero temperatures and bitter, northerly, snow-bearing winds, it is not surprising that Arctic gulls should feature prominently…
READ FULL STORYChiffchaffs still hanging on in isles
MIGRANTS, such as chiffchaffs, were still present on Mainland this week. In general, most chiffchaff records peter out in mid-November although there have been a…
READ FULL STORYMigrants include taiga bean geese
THERE have been recent records of a Hume’s warbler from Unst and Whalsay and, on the 11th, there was one in Bressay. Hume’s leaf warbler…
READ FULL STORYRare influx of waxwings catches us by surprise
THE BBC Autumnwatch programme featured the waxwings which have been arriving along the east coast of Britain this week. Several also reached Shetland, with 15…
READ FULL STORYSiberian visitors arrive
WE returned from holiday to the recent storms – a stark contrast to the gentle, warm colours of the Perthshire autumn which we had been…
READ FULL STORYBad seabird season
DURING the breeding season, it became clear that many of Shetland’s seabirds were having poor breeding success. In the recent edition of the Shetland Bird…
READ FULL STORYA slew of northern visitors
GIVEN the sudden wintry weather at the beginning of October, it is not surprising that several bird visitors from northerly regions were recorded this week….
READ FULL STORYRare vagrant appears
SEPTEMBER ended with more warbler rarities. A Syke’s warbler was identified at Sumburgh on the 25th by Roger Riddington and Paul Harvey. A very rare…
READ FULL STORYVisiting migrants keen to stick around
MANY of last week’s migrants are still present and there have been new visitors around this week. The juvenile rose-coloured starling (sometimes referred to as…
READ FULL STORYExcitement as rare warbler joins autumn migration
THIS week brought the biggest “fall” of autumn migrants to Shetland for over 10 years. National rarities included an Arctic warbler at Exnaboe, a citrine…
READ FULL STORYTime to be spotted if you are a flycatcher
SPOTTED flycatchers are fairly common passage migrants, with most of the autumn records in September. The adults are not spotted but juveniles are heavily marked…
READ FULL STORYRare cuckoo joins the willow warblers
THE BEGINNING of the month brought a fall of migrants with widespread records of willow warblers – up to 25 being recorded at Sumburgh Farm….
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