Finstown
Posted Mon, May 20th 2013, 00:54
Turtle Dove still at Heddle Hill today in Finstown . Recently fledged Robins in the garden ttoday.. Cheers Alan ... From: Orkbird@yahoogroups.com on behalf of...
Re: Those Redpoll's Again !!
Posted Mon, May 20th 2013, 00:50
Ken, Thing is that's not what BOURC thinks, so we're lumbered with trying to identify the little swine. Yes I could enter my redpoll sp on BirdTrack (if the...
Re: Shapinsay
Posted Sun, May 19th 2013, 23:34
The trip to Helliar Holm this morning produced a pair of bonxies, a lot of herring, lesser black-backed and greater black-backed gulls, several eider duck...
Re: Shapinsay
Posted Sun, May 19th 2013, 21:54
Twas grand bro! Good to see you guys too. On East Hill the walking group saw a fine summer plumaged great northern diver off shore, a peregrine flying past,...
Shapinsay
Posted Sun, May 19th 2013, 21:29
Shapinsay today: 1 Meek 1 Knight 1 Branscombe 1 Bignall etc Also, 1 greenfinch, 2 arctic skuas near the gas works. 1 sedge warbler by the Mill Dam hide Several...
Egilsay, Garden warbler
Posted Sun, May 19th 2013, 21:00
Not too exciting but what a stunning day, the first warm one of the year! The male Garganey has re-appeared after 5 days of not being seen and an influx of...
Burray Migrants
Posted Sun, May 19th 2013, 19:29
All I could rustle up today were 2 Redstarts. Barrie All I could rustle up today were 2 Redstarts. Barrie...
Deernes migrants
Posted Sun, May 19th 2013, 19:01
Male Red-back Shrike and a male Redstart at Mull Head plantation and a female Red-backed Shrike on the fence at the Mull Head car park this morning and a...
buzzards at berstane
Posted Sat, May 18th 2013, 20:17
2 buzzards calling to each other today, harrassing the rooks, but the rooks were giving as good as they got and chased them off a few times, some young rooks...
Those Redpoll's Again !!
Posted Sat, May 18th 2013, 20:06
I feel I must compliment you all on a great blog site and I just thought you mightlike to have my opinion on that Redpoll plumage and size question. I have...
Arctic Skua
Posted Sat, May 18th 2013, 19:56
Just seen our first of the year fly past the house. Lindsay Widewall...
Tomorrow
Posted Sat, May 18th 2013, 19:36
Will be something special. Early night beckons and a pre-dawn loin girding session booked. 16 + hours in the field planned . . . . Cheers, Paul...
Long-tailed Skua
Posted Sat, May 18th 2013, 19:05
Linda and I have just seen a Long-tailed Skua flying past the house heading Eastward down Water Sound and crossing over the edge of Burray Village. ...
Deerness birds
Posted Sat, May 18th 2013, 17:45
Lesser Whitethroat at Grindigar Quarry and a Snow Bunting in the new sown field above the Mull Head Plantation. Cheers, Morris Lesser Whitethroat at...
Out East
Posted Sat, May 18th 2013, 15:52
This morning, there was a Pied Flycatcher in the Langskaill Plantation and an immature Iceland Gull (prob 3 CY)in the fields on the other side of the main...
