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George Petrie
7th November 2024
Bird Sightings:
More Winter Thrushes made landfall in Shetland today.
Unst: 3 Great Shearwater past Skaw. 2 Brambling at Valyie, 2 Moorhen and 29 Snipe at Norwick.
Yell: Glaucous Gull at Gutcher.
Out Skerries: Little Egret.
Bressay: Short-eared Owl at Kirkabister.
North Mainland: Barred and Yellow-browed Warbler at Voe, Northmavine.
Central Mainland: Little Egret and 7 Whooper Swan at Orwick Water, Muckle Roe.
South Mainland: Lesser Whitethroat at Hillside Road, Sandwick. Hawfinch at Swinister. Seawatch from Sumburgh Head Lookout produced 26 Great Shearwater, plus a Manx Shearwater over the day. Short-toed Lark at Setter, and Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, and Shoveler, Spiggie still. Little Grebe and Jack Snipe at Hillwell.
Cetacean Sightings: 2 Risso's Dolphin off Sumburgh Head this morning.