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New rarity decisions added
here on 12th August.
Friday 31st August
2007
The Melodious Warbler
was seen briefly at Baltasound, and the Rose-coloured Starling is still
there.
The Hawfinch is at Sumburgh Head. A
Pied Flycatcher is at Hoswick. There are 148 Greylag Geese, 300
Curlews, a Goldeneye, 18 Mute Swans and 110 Rock Doves
at Spiggie. Another flock of 300 Rock Doves is at Tingwall.
A Peregrine Falcon is at Isbister,
Whalsay.
NB Great Shearwater pictures added for 29th
August.
Thursday 30th August
2007
Melodious Warbler at Baltasound - George
Petrie (2 photos); Jim Nicolson; Rose-coloured Starling at Baltasound -
Mike Pennington
Common Rosefinch at Virkie; Hawfinch at
Sumburgh Head; Greenshank in Dunrossness
-
Hugh Harrop
Common Rosefinch at Virkie; Hawfinch at
Sumburgh Head - Rob Fray
A Melodious Warbler
is at Baltasound, along with the Rose-coloured Starling, while the
Common Rosefinch and a Red-backed Shrike are at Norwick.
A Hawfinch is at Sumburgh Head; it is
still moulting out of juvenile plumage and the only other 2 August records were
probably adults lingering from spring. A Common Rosefinch is at Virkie.
There are 450 Golden Plovers at Turdale
Water, Bixter.
Wednesday 29th August
2007
Killdeer at Pool of Virkie - Roger Riddington;
Greenshank at Pool of Virkie - Jim Nicolson; Willow Warbler at Hoswick - Lee
Mott; Starling, Turnstone and Ringed Plover at Lunna - George Graham
Great Shearwater 40 km west of Sumburgh - John
H. Simpson
The Killdeer is still at Pool
of Virkie, along with a Greenshank, while a Greenshank was also
seen at Scatness. A Pied Flycatcher and a Robin are at Hoswick. A
Green Sandpiper flew over Kirkidale, Walls.
A Common Rosefinch is at Gardie, Bressay.
The Rose-coloured Starling is still at Baltasound.
There were 4
Great Shearwaters
and 25+ Sooty Shearwaters at about 55 km SW of Foula
(or 40 km north of Westray); one Great Shearwater
followed the boat until it was about 40 km west of Sumburgh Head (or about 30 km south
of Foula).
Tuesday 28th August
2007
Rose-coloured Starling at Baltasound
-
Mike Pennington
The Pallid Harrier
flew north over Loch of Spiggie in the late afternoon. The eclipse male King Eider
is still off Wester Quarff along with 759 Common Eiders. There are 36
Knots at South Ness in Lerwick. There are 2 Siskins at Sandgarth,
Voe.
The Rose-coloured Starling is still at
Baltasound, and a Common Rosefinch is at Norwick.
Monday 27th August
2007
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Greenshank in Dunrossness
-
Hugh Harrop; Sanderling at
Norwick - Wendy Dickson
The
Ortolan Bunting
was still at Hoswick first thing, there are 40 Swallows at Hoswick and a
Common Sandpiper at Noness. An Iceland Gull is at Ness of
Hillswick. There are 2 Black-tailed Godwits on Whalsay.
Sunday 26th August
2007
Ortolan Bunting at Hoswick
-
Hugh Harrop (4 photos); Dave
Hall (one photo); Lee Mott (2 photos); Sanderling at Lund
-
Mike Pennington
The Killdeer flew over
Virkie calling in the morning, and a Black-tailed Godwit is at Pool of
Virkie. The eclipse
male King Eider is still off Wester Quarff.
The male
Ortolan Bunting is still at Hoswick.
A Wood Warbler is on Out Skerries, along with the
long-staying Tree Sparrow. A Barred Warbler is at Ham, Bressay.
At least 10 Great Shearwaters
were seen from a fishing boat about 27 km west of Fair Isle, along with 70
Sooty Shearwaters. One Great Shearwater
followed the boat to about 40 km SW of Sumburgh Head (still nearer to Orkney, at
bout 30 km distance). A juvenile Long-tailed Skua and a Sooty
Shearwater were seen off West Burra and 3 Sooty Shearwaters and a
Manx Shearwater were seen off Eshaness.
Saturday 25th August
2007
Little Gull and Common Snipe at Pool of Virkie
-
Hugh Harrop
The Killdeer was on Pool of
Virkie, the first time it has been reported for over 2 weeks, and a first-winter
Little Gull and 3 Bar-tailed Godwits were also there. An eclipse
male King Eider is off Wester Quarff. A male
Ortolan Bunting is at Hoswick, and a
Greenish Warbler was reported there as well.
The adult Rose-coloured
Starling is still at Baltasound.
There are 5 Ruffs and 2 Bar-tailed Godwits at Voe
of Leiraness, Bressay, and a Garden Warbler and a summering Chiffchaff
at Gorie.
Friday 24th August
2007
The adult Rose-coloured
Starling is still at Baltasound and the Common Rosefinch is still at
Norwick.
A Greenshank is at Brig of Bakkasetter.
Thursday 23rd August
2007
Pallid Harrier in Dunrossness
-
Hugh Harrop (3 photos); Rob
Fray (3 photos)
Ruff at Noss, Spiggie - Dave Hall; Willow Warbler at Sandgarth - Tony & Beth
Gerrard
A juvenile Pallid Harrier was
near the Spiggie Hotel beside Loch of Spiggie and was then seen later moving
between Hillwell and Brow.
The adult Rose-coloured
Starling is still at Baltasound.
The Barred Warbler is still on Fetlar, along with a
Common Rosefinch and a Wood Warbler.
There are 2 Ruffs and 4 Knots at Eshaness. There
are 7 Ruffs at Voe of Leiraness on Bressay.
Wednesday 22nd August
2007
Greenish Warbler at Skaw and Whooper Swan on Mainland - Larry
Dalziel
Greenish Warbler at Skaw
-
Hugh Harrop
Greenish Warbler at Skaw - Rob Fray
Greenish Warbler at Skaw, Rose-coloured Starling at Baltasound
and Skylark on Unst - Dougie Preston; juvenile Kittiwake at Mossbank - Karn Crow
Barred Warbler on Fetlar
-
Brydon Thomason
The Greenish Warbler is
still at Skaw
on Unst, although another was seen briefly at Northdale late morning but not
later, a Common Rosefinch is at Norwick and the adult Rose-coloured
Starling is at Baltasound along with 8 Ruffs.
A Corncrake, a Barred Warbler, 2 Garden Warblers,
2 Whinchat, a Pied Flycatcher, 2 Ruffs, 9 Black-tailed
Godwits and about 800 Golden Plovers are on Fetlar.
A
Barred Warbler and a Garden Warbler are at Sumburgh Hotel, a
Garden Warbler is at Toab, a Whinchat is at Sumburgh Head, a
Lesser Whitethroat is at Virkie and 150 Greylag
Geese at Loch of Spiggie. A Common Buzzard flew south over Firths Voe
at Mossbank. There are 2 Ruffs and 12 Knots at Voe of Leiraness on
Bressay.
Tuesday 21st August
2007
Greenish Warbler at Skaw, Unst -
Mike Pennington
Wood Warbler at Norwick and Willow Warbler at Skaw, Unst -
Mike Pennington; Rose-coloured
Starling at Baltasound - Glenn Harrison; Spotted Redshank at Scatness - Jim Nicolson
A Greenish Warbler is at Skaw
on Unst, a Wood Warbler is at Norwick and the adult Rose-coloured
Starling is at Baltasound. There is also a Greenshank at Skaw, 3
Spotted Flycatchers and 2 Whinchats in north Unst, and several
Willow Warblers.
There are also Wood Warblers at Ocraquoy and Toab, a
Garden Warbler at Fladdabister, 25 Knots and 2 Bar-tailed Godwits
at Virkie, and the Spotted Redshank and 30 Knots at Scatness,
along with a scatter of Willow Warblers. A Garden Warbler and 28
Knots are on Noss.
Monday 20th August
2007
There are 45 Knots and a
Ruff at Pool of Virkie, and a Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common
Sandpipers and 4 Knots at Boddam.
An adult Rose-coloured
Starling is at Baltasound along with 6 Ruffs, a
Spotted Flycatcher is at Northdale and 2 Whinchats are at Norwick.
Sunday 19th August
2007
A Barred Warbler is at Norwick, along with
2 summering Chiffchaffs, and a Spotted Flycatcher and a Grey
Wagtail are at Skaw, Unst.
The Spotted Redshank is still at Scatness,
although one at Pool of Virkie in the evening may have been the same bird. There
are also 132 Knots
and a Black-tailed Godwit at Pool of Virkie, 13 Knots and a
Ruff at Scatness, 13 Knots at Boddam, 7 Ruffs at Quendale, and
19 Ruffs and a Green Sandpiper at Quendale. There are 4
Shovelers at Loch of Spiggie, while there are 35 Linnets at Virkie
and a Willow Warbler at Toab.
There are 6 Sanderlings at Kirkabister and
10 Wigeons in South Nesting.
Saturday 18th August
2007
Spotted Redshank at Scatness
-
Hugh Harrop; Gannet at Belmont -
Mike Pennington; Whooper Swans -
Dave Okill
The Spotted Redshank is still at Scatness
and another is at Loch of Troswickness.
A Shoveler and 8 Wigeons are at
Uyeasound.
Friday 17th August
2007
Knot and Little Gull at Scatness - Jim
Nicolson
A Storm Petrel flew past Wester Quarff.
A Spotted Redshank and a juvenile
Little Gull are at Scatness and there are 21 Knots and a Ruff
at Pool of Virkie.
Thursday 16th August
2007
White-rumped Sandpiper at Pool of Virkie
-
Hugh Harrop (3 photos); Rob
Fray (2 photos); Jim Nicolson (one photo); Ruff at
Haroldswick
-
Mike Pennington
A White-rumped Sandpiper is at Pool Virkie. The
Pectoral Sandpiper
is still at Boddam.
There are 3 Black-tailed Godwits at Baltasound and 5
Ruffs at Haroldswick.
Wednesday 15th August
2007
Knots at Virkie - Rob Fray
There
are 2 Greenshanks at Scatness and 20 Knots at Pool of Virkie.
On Unst there are 36 Knots at
Baltasound and 23 at Burrafirth, and 6 Ruffs at Haroldswick.
Tuesday 14th August 2007
Ruff at Scatness - Jim Nicolson; Ruff,
Sanderling and mixed waders at Scatness - Dave Hall; Arctic Skua at Mossbank -
George Graham; Sandwich Terns at Virkie - Rob Fray
A Wood Warbler is at Skaw and a
Fieldfare, a Grey Wagtail and a Willow Warbler are at
Burrafirth. A Willow Warbler is at Burravoe, Yell.
There were
2 Sandwich Terns at Virkie in the evening, along with a Ruff, a
Bar-tailed Godwit, 7 Sanderlings and a
Willow Warbler, with a
Greenshank and a Ruff
at Loch of Huesbreck, a Ruff at Boddam and 3
Ruffs at Scatness.
There are 3 Ruffs, 8 Sanderlings,
31 Dunlins and 51 Ringed Plovers at Melby. There are 5
Sanderlings on Noss.
Monday 13th August 2007
Ruff at Boddam -
Hugh Harrop
(3 photos); Rob Fray (3 photos)
An immature Peregrine Falcon flew over
Lund and a Willow Warbler is at Burrafirth.
A Ruff and a Greenshank are at Boddam, a Green Sandpiper
and a Sedge Warbler are at Quendale and 25 Linnets are at Virkie.
A Greenshank is on Noss.
Sunday 12th August 2007
The
Pectoral Sandpiper
is still at Boddam, in the cut grass field just inland of the voe, while 3
Ruffs, a Greenshank and 2 Knots are also at Boddam, a Greenshank is at
Huesbreck, and 20 Knots, 21 Sanderlings, a Bar-tailed Godwit
and a Whimbrel are at Pool of Virkie.
A Willow Warbler is at Burrafirth.
Saturday 11th August 2007
Pectoral Sandpiper at Boddam -
Hugh Harrop
(3 photos) and Rob Fray (3 photos)
The Pectoral Sandpiper
is still at Boddam Voe. There are 8 Knots,
23 Sanderlings and 2 Willow Warblers at Virkie.
Friday 10th August 2007
Pectoral Sandpiper at Boddam and Bar-tailed
Godwit at Virkie - Jim Nicolson
Sedge Warbler at Skaw and Manx Shearwaters on
Fetlar
-
Brydon Thomason
A Pectoral Sandpiper
is at Boddam Voe. There are 7 Knots,
21 Sanderlings, a Bar-tailed Godwit and 2 Willow Warblers
at Virkie.
The Sedge Warbler is still at Skaw, Unst.
There were 2 Manx Shearwaters in the Wick of Houbie, Fetlar, in the
evening.
Thursday 9th August 2007
A Sedge Warbler is at Skaw, Unst. A
Greenshank is at Loch of Huesbreck. There
are 5 Knots, a Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Bar-tailed Godwits, 6
Sanderlings and a Willow Warbler at Virkie.
Wednesday 8th August 2007
The
Killdeer was at Point of Tangpool, east of the Ness boating club,
Virkie, at midday.
There are 7
Knots, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit and 13 Sanderlings at Pool of
Virkie. A Ruff is on Fetlar.
Tuesday 7th August 2007
There are 4 Black-tailed Godwits, 3 Bar-tailed Godwits, 10 Knot, 115 Dunlins and 14 Sanderlings
at Virkie, and a Willow Warbler is at Scousburgh.
A Fieldfare is at Skaw, Unst.
Monday 6th August 2007
A Wood Warbler is on Fetlar.
There are 56 Knot, 89 Dunlins, 13 Sanderlings and a Bar-tailed Godwit at Virkie, and 43 Sanderlings at Grutness.
Sunday 5th August 2007
2 Manx Shearwaters were seen from the Papa Stour ferry this evening, about a mile off West Burrafirth. There are 24 Knot and a Bar-tailed Godwit at Virkie. A Willow Warbler is at Maywick.
Saturday 4th August 2007
3 Black-tailed Godwits, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit and 10 Knot are at Virkie. A Greenshank is on Fetlar.
Friday 3rd August 2007
The unidentified ringtail harrier was seen near Sandwick. There are 4 Knot at Virkie and 12 Sanderlings at Grutness.
Thursday 2nd August 2007
Arctic Terns at Skaw and juvenile House Sparrow at Haroldswick - Wendy Dickson
There are 2 Bar-tailed Godwits and 4 Knot at Virkie, 16 Sanderling at Grutness and 5 Shovelers at Scatness.
Wednesday 1st August 2007
A Knot and a Bar-tailed Godwit are at Virkie.
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