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Re: Recent birds.. Tuesday & Wednesday 13/04/011
DIR By: George
Date: April 14, 2011, 12:16 am
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Tuesday the 12th .. I was at the site about 0900am.. I met up
with Andrew, he was at the site at the back of 0800 , so I
showed Andrew where the R.L.Buzzard normally shows on the hill.
Despite the relative high temperature, it felt cold with the
wester'ly wind, so we sat in our cars..
At about 1100 I told Andrew that I was going to Laxobiggin then
to Voxter, but I would be back later..
I was back at 1300 Andrew told me the R.L.B. did'nt show, but he
did see a Swallow passing him ..
Andrew then left, and I stayed another hour, but no sightings..
So. there were no sign of the Rough Legged Buzzard on tuesday
Then I was back on Wednesday 13th. I was there about the same
time as tuesday..
Then at 1100 I spotted it, it was on the ground where it
normally rests half way up the hill..
I kept my lens trained on it, I was waiting for it to fly off,
which it did ..
The R.L.Buzzard has now been here from the 5th Jan. when it was
first noticed ..
Images were taken yesterday..
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I'll check on the site later on this morning ..
george ..
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Re: Recent birds.. Friday 15th April 2011
DIR By: George
Date: April 15, 2011, 1:08 pm
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I decided last night to go to the south mainland, I wanted to
find out if the puffins were back on the cliffs.. Its a bit
early for them, I only seen three at a distance, lots of fulmars
shags & gannets and a few wheatears, I did get two black tailed
godwits at the pool of virkie.. and a lapwing at grobness ..
unfortunatly I left one hour early as a pod of four orcas swam
past where I was, they were heading up the east side of the
island ...
Now todays birds..
I'll show the fulmars first ..
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Black tailed Godwits..
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Lapwing ..
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Wheatear ..
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Rabbit ..
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George ..
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Re: Recent birds.. Saturday 16/04/011
DIR By: George
Date: April 16, 2011, 10:50 am
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The Rough Legged Buzzard is still at Toft..
There were two on Unst, one was seen in Yell yesterday, and one
at Toft, on the mainland ..
I was talking to J.L. this morning, he was telling me that the
one in Toft takes rabbits at the back of his house, and takes
them into the middle of the field to eat them.. while I was
there today, J.L. said to me, oh, there it is back, and sure
enough, there it was.
This is some of the pics I took this morning ..
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george..
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Re: Recent birds.. Sunday 17/04/011
DIR By: George
Date: April 18, 2011, 1:33 am
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Today started with me looking for killer whales, there has been
a few sightings of these majestic animals around the islands,
unfortunatly I did'nt spot any, the sound was very rough in the
high wind, exacerbated by the wind blowing against the tide, the
tide flows at twelve knots through the sound, so even on a calm
day it can be dangerous ..
So I decided to go to the R.L.Buzzard site..
Later I met up with Julie, she saw a pod of orcas at Sumburgh a
few days ago, she took stunning photos of them, then Austin
turned up at the site, we had a wee chat about lenses and the
R.L.Buzzard, then I excussed myself and left to do more whale
watching ..
Later, Austin told me that he had seen the R.L.B. going over the
range of hills..
So the Rough Legged Buzzard is still with us..
I'll show a few pics of a curlew I took before Julie & Austin
showed up..
Curlew ..
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I'll show one pic of the R.L.B. taken the previous day which I
did'nt show on my blog ..
The R.L.B. had landed in the field, this is it just flying off
again ..
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Today I think i'll go to Lerwick and try to get pics of the Long
Tailed Ducks in summer plumage..
george ..
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Re: Recent birds.. Monday 18/04/011
DIR By: George
Date: April 18, 2011, 2:41 pm
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The Rough Legged Buzzard is still at Toft..
I was there early followed by Andrew, he set up his scope, I had
my camera and tripod set up..
We waited for a while, the temperature said it was warm, but the
wind felt cold, I had to go to Lerwick, I was wanting to get
some pics of the long tailed ducks..
So I left Andrew.. he wrote on my facebook later.. rough-leg
appeared just as i was reversing back into place after you'd
left! it flew across the field alarming the curlews and settled
onto post/gate you mentioned about but by the time i got back
out to the scope it seemed to have gone, presumably over the
hill. Good flight views with bins though! Hope you caught up
with the Long-tailed Ducks ok.
Well, the long tailed ducks were'nt there, apart from one, and
it was far off for a pic .. so I had fun taking pics of the
seals..
I'll put the seals on here,as they are on this blog..
I was back on the buzzard site at 1514 and spotted the R.L.B.
straight away, it was on the range at the highest point..
Then it took to wings, and hunted along the range of hills, then
it turned and went north, getting higher and higher suddenly it
dived onto the top of the moor. and that was the last sighting I
had of it ...
Wheatear taken this morning ..
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Female Eider in Lerwick ..
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Seals in Lerwick ..
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george ..
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Re: Recent birds.. Pause for thought..
DIR By: George
Date: April 20, 2011, 1:39 am
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The R.L.Buzzard..
Its now been with us for 119 days, since it was first sighted on
the 5th. Jan..
But I think its been here for much longer. as its such an
elusive bird, lots of people have visited the site, but still
not seen it, it seems to be very local to the site, never going
far.. It roosts in the north at Mio-Ness then comes south to its
favorite place on the hill, there it lands on the ground
sometimes resting there for a while before it takes flight..
thats when I get my pics of it, it normally leaves its place on
the hill and goes to the high moor..
I seen it a few afternoons ago, it was sitting on the highest
point of the hill, then it went south along the range then
turned and soared very high on the thermals and drifted north
beyond the radar mast, then it dived down to the moor..... I did
get pics, but they were no good, as it was so far off..
I did go yesterday, but visibility was poor and it was raining,
so I had to leave it, i'll see if I can spot it this morning..
Kareen. my friend, seen a Siskin and a Brambling in her garden
in the village ..
george ..
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Re: Recent birds
DIR By: benjiesmum
Date: April 20, 2011, 2:19 am
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It's been there a long time now George. I feel sorry for it
though because it hasn't got a mate..... :'(
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Re: Recent birds
DIR By: George
Date: April 20, 2011, 2:42 am
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Would'nt it be great Lynne if it got a mate [there's another on
Yell] and two on Unst the one on Yell is just across the sound
and they bred on Shetland, then that would be a first for
Shetland, I think the ones in Wales are common buzzards [pale
morph] light varient ..
Just had a call from J.L. the R.L.B. is still at Toft this
morning, guess where i'm going ..
george ..
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Re: Recent birds.. Wednesday 20/04/011
DIR By: George
Date: April 20, 2011, 11:52 am
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The R.L.Buzzard is still at Toft..
A drake Green-winged Teal at Loch of Trondravoe near Scatsta.
Pics of the R.L.B. later..
R.l.b. todays images..
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george ..
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Re: Recent birds.. Saturday 23/04/011
DIR By: George
Date: April 23, 2011, 1:54 pm
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No sightings of the R.L.Buzzard today..
So I went elsewhere and got wheatears and juvenile herring gulls
on the moor, then back to Garths Voe, there I got a male
R.B.Merganser..
Wheatears..
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Herring gulls..
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R.B.Merganser ..
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George ..
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