Monday 30th November 2009
Blyth's Reed Warbler at Quendale
- Hugh Harrop (3 photos), Roger Riddington (2 photos); Grey Wagtail at Quendale
- Roger Riddington
The Blyth's
Reed Warbler is still at Quendale along
with 2 Grey Wagtails, a Woodcock, a Jack Snipe and 3 Chiffchaffs.
A Little Grebe is on Loch of Hillwell. A Blackcap is at the Sletts in Lerwick
with 4 Greenfinches and a Chaffinch at Sound.
Sunday 29th November 2009
Blyth's Reed Warbler at Quendale
- Roger Riddington; Common Redpoll at Cunningsburgh - Jim Nicoson; White-fronted
Goose at Spiggie - Hugh Harrop
A Blyth's
Reed Warbler is in the burn at Quendale along
with 2 Grey Wagtails, a Jack Snipe and 3 Chiffchaffs. A
juvenile European White-fronted Goose, 2 Pink-footed Geese and a
Little Grebe are at Spiggie. There are 2 Common Redpolls at Leebitton,
Sandwick, and one at Cunningsburgh.
A Little Auk and a Little
Grebe are at Burrafirth, Unst.
There are 20 Whooper Swans and 3
Coots on Kirk Loch, Cullivoe.
Saturday 28th November 2009
Smew on Unst - Mike Pennington
The Smew and a
Common Scoter are still on Loch of Snarravoe.
There are still 3 European
White-fronted Geese at Scatness along with a Barnacle Goose, with 2
more Barnacle Geese at Loch of Brow, while a Knot is at Pool of
Virkie. A Coot is still on Loch of Clickimin.
Friday 27th November 2009
Long-eared Owl at Baltasound -
Rob Brookes; Mute Swan at Strand - Karn Crow
On Unst, a redhead Smew and a
Common Scoter are on Loch of Snarravoe and 2 Long-eared Owls are at
Baltasound.
A Grey Wagtail is at
Cunningsburgh. A Dunnock is in Lerwick. There are 4 Chaffinches
and a Chiffchaff at Scalloway. A Water Rail is still visiting a
garden at Brae.
There are 24 Whoopers Swans on
Kirk Loch, Yell.
Thursday 26th November 2009
There is still a European White-fronted Goose
at Spiggie, along with a Gadwall, while 2 Pink-footed Geese and a
Little Grebe are at Hillwell. A
Water Rail and a Woodcock are at Rerwick.
There are 3 Grey Wagtails and 3
Moorhens at Sullom Voe Terminal.
A Blackcap and 4 Skylarks
are on Out Skerries.
A Goldcrest and a Chiffchaff
are at Brough, Whalsay.
Wednesday 25th November 2009
A Long-eared Owl is at Haroldswick.
Tuesday 24th November 2009
Tundra
Bean Geese at Rerwick and White-fronted Goose at Spiggie - Hugh Harrop
A Tundra
Bean Geese is still at Rerwick, near Bigton and
a European White-fronted Goose is still at Spiggie.
A Coot is still on Loch of Clickimin and
there are 9 Jackdaws at Kergord.
On Unst a Common Scoter is on the north
end of Loch of Cliff, a Little Grebe is on the south end, a Goosander
is north of Uyeasound and 2 Common Scoters are still on Loch of Snarravoe.
A Water Rail is at Camb, Yell.
Monday 23rd November 2009
A Peregrine Falcon and 150 Twites
are at Hillwell, a Gadwall is still at Grutness, a Yellowhammer
and 2 Greenfinches are at Scousburgh and 17 Pink-footed Geese are
at Sandwick. There are 2 Chaffinches and 2 Stonechats at Veensgarth. A Coot is at
Loch of Flatpunds.
There are 15 Common Scoters at Dales Voe,
Delting, 2 Coots on Loch of Vatster, 8 Slavonian Grebes at Cat
Firth, and 8 Meadow Pipits and 3 Greenfinches at Firth.
On Unst, the Wheatear is still at
Haroldswick and a Water Rail is at Baliasta.
On Whalsay, a Jack Snipe is at Symbister,
a Water Rail is at Brough and 2 Song Thrushes are at Skaw.
Sunday 22nd November 2009
Chiffchaff on Whalsay - Jason
Atkinson; Bean Goose at Rewick and Grey Heron at Boddam - Hugh Harrop
A Tundra
Bean Geese is at Rerwick, near Bigton and
a European White-fronted Goose, a Pink-footed Goose and 2
Barnacle Geese are at Spiggie. A Greenfinch is at Sound, Lerwick. There are
40 Purple Sandpipers and 40 Wigeons at Sandness, and 374
Lapwings at Bixter.
On Unst, a Song Thrush is at Skaw, a
Chiffchaff and a Dunnock are at Norwick, a Sparrowhawk and a
Long-eared Owl are at Northdale, there are 6 Common Scoters, 5
Slavonian Grebes, a Little Grebe, a Long-eared Owl and an
adult European White-fronted Goose at Baltasound, and 2 Common Scoters
are still on Loch of Snarravoe.
On Whalsay, a Blackcap and a Chiffchaff
are at Brough, and the 8 Whooper Swans, a Black Redstart and a
Chiffchaff at still at Skaw.
Saturday 21st November 2009
Long-tailed Duck at Scalloway -
Hugh Harrop
There are 3 European White-fronted Geese
at Scatness, a Jack Snipe, a Grey
Wagtail and 5 Chiffchaffs (2 Siberian) at Quendale, and an adult
European White-fronted Goose and 2 Barnacle Geese at Ringasta. A
Water Rail is at Brae.
On Whalsay, there are 5 Jack Snipes at
Symbister, 31 Pink-footed Geese at Brough, and 8 Whooper Swans, a
Black Redstart and a Chiffchaff at Skaw.
There are 2 Lapland Buntings, a Water
Rail and a Jack Snipe at North Roe, and 2 Common Redpolls and
a Sparrowhawk at Sullom.
A very late Wheatear is at Haroldswick.
A Greenfinch and
a Water Rail are at Crueton on Bressay.
Friday 20th November 2009
A Coot is at Loch of Clickimin. On Yell,
14 Whooper Swans are on Kirk Loch. There are 5 Common Scoters, 2
Chiffchaffs and a Jackdaw at Baltasound.
Thursday 19th November 2009
A Woodcock is near the Kveldsro Hotel and
a Blackcap is at the Sletts, Lerwick. A Water Rail is at
Oxensetter, Northmavine. There are 2 Common Scoters in Loch of Snarravoe
and 2 Chiffchaffs at Baltasound
on Unst.
Wednesday 18th November 2009
Long-tailed Ducks at Lerwick -
Jim Nicolson; Jackdaw, Snow Bunting and Rock Pipit at Burravoe, Yell - Dougie
Preston
The
American Wigeon is still at Hillwell along
with a Little Grebe, a
Black Redstart and a Grey Wagtail are at Scord, Sumburgh, further
Grey Wagtails are at Scousburgh and Quendale, 80 Bramblings are at
Fleck, there are 2 Short-eared Owls at Big of Bakkasetter, a Reed
Bunting and 3 Blackcaps are at Sumburgh, and a Gadwall is
still at Grutness. A Long-eared Owl is at Burra and a Chiffchaff
and 2 Stonechats are at Clickimin. A Stonechat is at Tingwall and 2 Coots
are on Loch of Asta.
There are 4 Slavonian Grebes, a Jackdaw
and 4 Common Redpolls at Baltasound.
Tuesday 17th November 2009
Bean Goose at Brake - Roger
Riddington; Little Gull on Yell - Dougie
Preston
The Tundra
Bean Geese is still at Brake, north of Hillwell, a Black Redstart
is at Boddam and 2 Little Grebes are at Hillwell. A
Goosander and 2 Coots are on Loch of Tingwall. A Blackcap is
still at the Sletts in Lerwick, and a Song Thrush is at Gremista.
A Little Gull is at Burravoe on Yell.
Monday 16th November 2009
Snipe at Scalloway - Karn Crow
An adult
White-billed Diver is in Bluemull Sound.
The single Tundra
Bean Geese are at still at Bigton and at Brake, north of Hillwell, with a
Jackdaw also at Brake. There are 4 Woodcocks at Sullom Voe Terminal.
On Bressay, a Woodcock and 2 Song
Thrushes are at Voehead and a Bar-tailed Godwit and 12 Dunlins
are at Kirkabister.
Sunday 15th November 2009
Bean Geese at Brake (3 photos)
and Bigton (3 photos) - Hugh
Harrop; Snow Buntings at Burravoe - Dougie Preston; Snipe at Brough, Whalsay -
Jon Dunn
There are single Tundra
Bean Geese at Bigton and at Brake, north of Hillwell, while the
American Wigeon is still at Hillwell, along
with 4 Jackdaws. There are 8 Greenfinches at Sound, Lerwick.
There are 2 Short-eared Owls and a Reed
Bunting at Brig of Bakkasetter, 2 Common Scoters and 5 Scaups
on Loch of Brow, and a Stonechat at Spiggie.
On Fetlar, a Little Gull was in Wick of
Tresta and there are also 2 Jackdaws, a Long-eared Owl, 2
Common Scoters and 2 Song Thrushes on the island.
On Unst, a Jackdaw and a Bar-tailed
Godwit are at Uyeasound, 2 Song Thrushes and 18 Skylarks are
at Westing, a Chiffchaff is at Baltasound and a Blackcap is at
Skaw.
On Yell, a Woodcock and a Black
Redstart are at West Sandwick, a Woodcock is at Ulsta and a Knot
is at Burravoe, while 2 Little Auks were seen in Yell Sound.
On Out Skerries there are 3 Woodcocks and
a Dunnock.
There are 4 Robins and a Chaffinch
on Whalsay.
Saturday 14th November 2009
Siberian Chiffchaff at Virkie -
Roger Riddington; Snipe at Baltasound - Mike
Pennington; Long-tailed Ducks and Eiders at Lerwick - Hugh Harrop
A Siberian Chiffchaff is at Virkie.
A Jackdaw and a Common Redpoll are
at Baltasound and a Water Rail is at Haroldswick.
There are 2 Woodcocks at Sullom Voe
Terminal.
On Whalsay, a very late Garden Warbler is
at Saltness, a Song Thrush is at Skaw, a Woodcock is at Symbister,
and 3 White-fronted Geese and a Chaffinch are at Brough.
A probable Red Kite was reported at Ollaberry.
Friday 13th November 2009
There are 4 Woodcocks at Sullom Voe
Terminal.
Thursday 12th November 2009
The
American Wigeon is still at Hillwell, and a Pink-footed Goose
and a Wood Pigeon are at Spiggie.
Wednesday 11th November 2009
Gadwalls at Scatness - Jim
Nicolson; Common Scoter at Skaw - Rob Brookes
The
American Wigeon is at Hillwell, the
Green-winged Teal is at Scatness, along with 45 Snow Buntings, a
Tundra Bean Goose is at Brow along with a
Common Scoter, 2 Barnacle Geese, a Shoveler, 2 Water Rails
and a Little Grebe are at Spiggie, and 3 Gadwalls are at Grutness.
A Little Auk is in Mousa Sound and a Water Rail is on Mousa.
On Unst, there are Common Scoters at Skaw
and Loch of Snarravoe, a Velvet Scoter, a Little Grebe and a
Whinchat at Baltasound, a Glaucous Gull at Burrafirth, and the
Coot still at Uyeasound.
On Fetlar there are 3 Woodcocks, a
Common Scoter, a Long-eared Owl, a Dunnock, 3 Chiffchaffs
and a Jackdaw.
On Yell there are 11 Bar-tailed Godwits at
Loch of Littlester and 2 at Hamnavoe.
Tuesday 10th November 2009
Long-eared Owls at Cunningsburgh
- Jim Nicolson; American Wigeon at Hillwell - Roger Riddington
The male
American Wigeon is at Loch of Hillwell, along with the
Green-winged Teal and a Grey Wagtail.
There are 2 Long-eared Owls at Cunningsburgh. A flock of 15 Jackdaws
flew over the Knab, Lerwick.
Monday 9th November 2009
Little Auk at Norwick - Rob
Brookes
A late Wheatear is at Spiggie.
A Jackdaw is at Nesbister. A late Barred Warbler, a late Tree
Pipit and a Blackcap are at Laxfirth, Tingwall. A Blackcap is
still at the Sletts, Lerwick. The Water Rail is still at Brae.
On Unst, a Little Auk and a
Woodcock are at Norwick, a Pink-footed Goose is at Haroldswick and
2 Water Rails are at Baltasound.
Sunday 8th November 2009
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American Wigeon at Brow - Roger
Riddington (2 photos); Bean Goose at Spiggie - Hugh Harrop (3 photos); Hooded
Crow Robin and Redwing on Unst - Wendy Dickson; Blackcap at Whitness - Laurence
of Mar; Water Rail at Grutness - George Petrie; Wood Pigeon at Sandgarth - Tony
& Beth Gerrard (2 photos); Black Redstart at Baltasound - Rob Brookes; Bean
Goose at Eshaness - Roger Tait
A male
American Wigeon is at Loch of Brow along with a Common Scoter,
2 Coots, a Gadwall and 5 Pochards, and a
Tundra Bean Goose is at Spiggie, along with
a Barnacle Goose, a Gadwall and a Shoveler. A Gadwall,
a Pochard, and the Green-winged Teal
are at Loch of Hillwell, a Gadwall, a Water Rail and a Woodcock
at Grutness, there are 3 Short-eared Owls, 4 Jack Snipes, 200
Snipes and a Woodcock in the Brig of Bakkasetter (Brow Marsh), 7
Pink-footed Geese are still at Fleck, a Knot is at the Pool of Virkie,
a Sparrowhawk is at Scatness and a Woodcock is at Maywick. A
Dark-bellied Brent Goose is at Levenwick.
There are 2
Tundra Bean Geese at Eshaness. A Water Rail, a Wood
Pigeon, a Blackcap and a Chiffchaff are at Sandgarth, Voe. A
flock of 12 Greenfinches are at Sound, Lerwick. Up to 12 Blackcaps
are at Whiteness. There are 20 Chaffinches at Veensgarth and 2 Wood
Pigeons and 48 Blackbirds at Kergord.
On Unst, there are 2
Tundra Bean Geese at Muness and one at
Westing, a very late Tree Pipit, a Reed Bunting, a Moorhen,
a Coot and a Bar-tailed Godwit at Uyeasound, a Common Scoter
on Loch of Snarravoe and 2 Black Redstarts at Baltasound.
On Whalsay, there are 3 European
White-fronted Geese, 2 Pink-footed Geese, a Woodcock, a
Grey Wagtail and 3 Chiffchaffs.
A Blackcap is at Voehead on
Bressay.
Saturday 7th November 2009
Short-eared Owl at Virkie - Gary
Bell; Chiffchaffs at Quendale - Roger Riddington (3 photos); Snow Bunting at Skaw, Unst - Mike Pennington; Chiffchaff at Baltasound -
Rob Brookes (2 photos); Wren and Robin at Cunningsburgh - Jim Nicolson; Redwing
and Fieldfare at Maywick and Whooper Swan at Spiggie - Hugh Harrop
The male Hen Harrier was at
Quendale, along with 3 tristis-type Chiffchaffs, the
Green-winged Teal and an adult Peregrine
Falcon are at Hillwell, a Dunnock and 2 Woodcocks at Sumburgh,
and 2 Long-eared Owls are at Grutness. A Short-eared Owl, 4
Chiffchaffs, a Blackcap and a Wood Pigeon are at Virkie and
there are 6 Jack Snipes, a first-year Glaucous Gull and 2
Woodcocks at Scatness. There are 2 Chiffchaffs at Cunningsburgh. A
Blackcap is at the Sletts in Lerwick. A Chaffinch is at Twatt. A
Woodcock is on Trondra.
On Unst, a Sparrowhawk, a
Woodcock and a Chaffinch are at Skaw, and a Goldfinch, a
Blackcap, a Chiffchaff, a Water Rail, 3 Wood Pigeons
and 5 Common Scoters are at Baltasound.
A Water Rail, a Chaffinch
and 2 Jackdaws are on Out Skerries.
Friday 6th November 2009
Hen Harrier at Sumburgh - Gary
Bell; Curlew Sandpiper on Unst - Rob Brookes; Mistle Thrush at Maywick - Hugh
Harrop
The Hen Harrier is still at
Sumburgh and there are 2 European
White-fronted Geese, a Dark-bellied Brent Goose and 7 Pink-footed
Geese at Fleck. A Mistle Thrush is at Maywick.
The Curlew Sandpiper is still
at Westing on Unst and at least 3 Jackdaws are still at Baltasound.
Thursday 5th November 2009
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Dusky Warbler, Snow Bunting and
Bluethroat on Whalsay - Jason Atkinson; Bean Geese on Foula - Geoff
Atherton; Hen Harrier at Sumburgh - George Petrie
A Dusky
Warbler is at Sandwick, Whalsay, with the Bluethroat still at
Brough and 2 Woodcocks and a Black Redstart at Skaw.
There are 2
Tundra Bean Geese at Stremness, Foula.
A Firecrest
is at Twageos Road, Lerwick. A Stock Dove is at Kergord. A Black
Redstart and a Mistle Thrush are at Sullom Voe Terminal. A Common
Redpoll was found dead at Brae. There are 6
Rooks at Bridge of Walls and 70 Ringed Plovers at Sandness.
The
Green-winged Teal is still at Hillwell along with a Yellowhammer
and 2 Reed Buntings, the Hen Harrier is still at
Sumburgh and there are 3 European
White-fronted Geese and 8 Pink-footed Geese at Fleck.
Wednesday 4th November 2009
Olive-backed Pipit at Grutness -
Roger Riddington; Water Rail, Redshank, Shag and Curlew at Cunningsburgh - Jim
Nicolson
An
Olive-backed Pipit is at Grutness, and a male Hen Harrier and
5 Woodcocks are at Sumburgh. A Hawfinch is at Exnaboe. A Woodcock and a Blackcap are
at Ocraquoy. A Jackdaw and a Woodcock are at Sullom Voe Terminal.
Tuesday 3rd November 2009
Chaffinch at Ocraquoy - George
Petrie
The Wheatear is still at
Brough on Whalsay. The Coot is still at Loch of
Tingwall. A Water Rail is visiting a garden in Brae.
Monday 2nd November 2009
White-fronted Geese at Virkie -
Rob Fray; Purple Sandpiper at Sandwick - Jim Nicolson; Redshanks and Turnstones
at Boddam - Charles Gifford
A late Wheatear is at Virkie
along with 2 European White-fronted Geese, a Reed Bunting and a
Water Rail. A Grey Wagtail and a Woodcock are at Toab. A
Blackcap is at the Sletts, Lerwick. The Richard's Pipit is still at
North Roe, 3 Scaups, a Common Scoter and a Little Grebe are
at North Roe and a Black Redstart is at Firth.
On Whalsay, another late Wheatear,
a Short-eared Owl and 4 Jackdaws are at Brough, the Lesser
Whitethroat is still at Sandwick and a Black Redstart is at Skaw.
On Unst, a Blackcap and a
Reed Bunting are at Skaw, a Chiffchaff is at Norwick and the Coot
is still at Uyeasound.
Sunday 1st November 2009
Short-toed Lark on Unst - Rob
Brookes; Bluethroat on Whalsay - Jason Atkinson; Chiffchaff at Cunningsburgh -
Jim Nicolson; Swan Goose (of the domestic form known as 'Chinese Goose' at Strand - Gordon Waddell
On Unst, a
Short-toed Lark is at Skaw, a Blackcap and a Chiffchaff
are at Norwick, 11 Jackdaws are at Baltasound and the Coot is
still at Uyeasound.
On Whalsay, a late Bluethroat
is at Brough, along with a Common Redpoll, 2 Chiffchaffs and a
Blackcap., while 2 Black Redstarts, 5 Chiffchaffs, a
Woodcock and 3 Jack Snipes are at Skaw.
Another late Bluethroat is at
Sandgarth, Voe, along with a Water Rail, 2 Common Redpolls, a
Dunnock and 5 Blackcaps. A late Swallow is at Sandness, along
with a late Sanderling. A Blackcap and a Chiffchaff are in
Dale of Walls. A Coot is Loch of Tingwall and a Goosander is on
Loch of Tingwall. There are 3 Chiffchaffs at Cunningsburgh.
On Out Skerries, there are 5
Woodcocks and the Stock Dove is still present.
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