Week for vagrant warblers
VARIOUS species of warblers have been recorded this week including reed, wood, willow, garden and booted. The booted warbler, a rare vagrant from eastern Europe,…
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Impressive whale sighting
A POD of four killer whales provided an impressive spectacle on the morning of the 15th, travelling south from Gulberwick to Mousa Sound where they…
READ FULL STORYRare warbler among the visiting vagrants
A MELODIOUS warbler, a rare vagrant from Southern Europe, was at Sumburgh Head this week, first being recorded on the 6th. In Scotland it is…
READ FULL STORYRare butterfly sighting
ANOTHER two-barred crossbill, a juvenile this time, appeared at Eshaness this week and was still around on the 4th. Common crossbills are still present with…
READ FULL STORYRare visitor from Siberia and hot time for waders
WADERS, returning from more northerly breeding grounds, are beginning to move through Shetland now. On the 26th there were 32 knot, a green sandpiper and…
READ FULL STORYArctic waders make their return from the far north
THE RSPB report of a serious decline of seabirds in Orkney and Shetland is one that is clearly being mirrored throughout the North Atlantic. It…
READ FULL STORYCrossbills and golden plovers take a bow
NOTABLE migrants still around this week were crossbills at Lerwick, Busta House and Cunningsburgh. Common crossbills are thick-set, powerful finches and, as the name suggests,…
READ FULL STORYMigrant bonanza over
CONSIDERABLY fewer migrants have been recorded this week after last week’s bonanza. The first summer male surf scoter was still at Catfirth along with two…
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