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#Post#: 588--------------------------------------------------
Re: Recent birds.. Tuesday 26/04/011
DIR By: George
Date: April 26, 2011, 1:25 pm
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I had a chiffchaff in my garden this morning, at first I thought
it was a greenish warbler, so I contacted the shetland recorder,
Mark came round to my house and watched the photos, he said it
was a chiffchaff... but looked like the scandinavian type..
I got a pic. of a wood pigeon on sunday, scarce in shetland..
Then yesterday it was wheatear time at sandness on the west side
o the island..
I.ve just had a phone call as I was writing this, it was J.L. at
Toft..
He has just spotted the R.L.Buzzard which I have'nt seen from
the 20th April .. so I'll report it to the shetland bird club
tonight ..
Wood pigeon..
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Wheatear ..
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Chiffchaff ..
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george ..
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Re: Recent birds.. Wednesday 27th. April 2011
DIR By: George
Date: April 28, 2011, 1:11 am
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The R.L.Buzzard is still at Toft..
Its almost into May, and its still in Shetland, I haven't heard
of the other three, two in Unst, one in Yell, so can't comment
on these..
But the one in the mainland has been here a long time now, at
least [ four months ]
So I was wondering if it is going to stay all year in Shetland..
The area it stays in is quite remote, so a lot of people who
don't have the patience that I have, still haven't seen it yet..
I watched it soaring quite high yesterday, then it landed on top
of a power post, there it stayed about a half hour, then it flew
low to the ground, up and over the ridge into the next valley,
I've got three pics taken yesterday, but it was very far off,
but i'll show one pic...
Then I had to leave, as I had to book my trip off the Island, so
I made my way to Lerwick, catching a Curlew & Whooper on the
way..
Images.
R.L.B.
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Curlew..
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Whooper Swan..
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george..
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Re: Recent birds.. Friday 29th April 2011
DIR By: George
Date: April 29, 2011, 2:57 am
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I was'nt feeling so good yesterday, so did'nt venture far from
my house, and was I glad, as I spotted a first for me..
It was a Grasshopper Warbler [thanks Dougie for the ID]
I noticed it first when it was sitting on the top of my
bird-house, then it flew into a bush..
I did'nt see it again for a while, then I seen it again, it was
working its way along the ground, then it reached my old pile of
logs alongside one of my bushes.. the image of it [the large
one] was taken through my lounge window, then I slowly opened my
window to get the others..
Grasshopper warbler..
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george..
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Re: Recent birds.. Saturday 30th April 2011
DIR By: George
Date: April 30, 2011, 12:48 am
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Yesterdays birds from Laxobigging.. Skylark & Meadow pipit..
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george..
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Re: Recent birds .. Sunday 1st. May 2011
DIR By: George
Date: May 1, 2011, 1:55 am
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I did'nt go far yesterday as I wanted to erect a rustic kind'a
fence/ roost for the birds round a home made feeder, I used the
branches of a bush which one o my sons wanted cut down..
The fence/roost but the sparrow is on my sperm whale bone, which
I also use as a bird table..
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Sparrow at the top o the rowen tree.
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Blackbird.
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Starling..
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george..
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Re: Recent birds.. Wednesday 3rd. May 2011
DIR By: George
Date: May 4, 2011, 1:51 am
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Yesterday I went to Sumburgh. I was wanting to get a few pics.
of the Puffins on the cliffs, and other birds I found...
Puffin
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Shetland Wren
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Guillemots.
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Fulmar
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Eider.. at Grobness..
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Shelduck unfortunatly it was backlit at the pool of Virkie..
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george ..
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Re: Recent birds.. Friday 6th. May 2011
DIR By: George
Date: May 6, 2011, 3:15 am
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Some birds reported in the last few days..
Black Kite on Yell
Subalpine Warbler at Ocraquy
Goshawk at Unst
Pectoral Sandpiper at Unst
Red Footed Falcon at Gunnister
Great Snipe at Fair Isle
Two Wrynecks at Whalsay
Male Collared Flycatcher at Fair Isle
And a few Bramblings, Blackcaps Greenfinch, and Siskins..
A few pics of mine taken in the last few days.. nothing exotic,
like the ones reported above..
Blackcap.
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Rock pipit.
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Wheatear.
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george..
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Re: Recent birds. Back in Shetland..
DIR By: George
Date: May 31, 2011, 2:35 am
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Well I'm back in Shetland after my visit to my daughters bit in
Strathclyde..
I had a great time, though the weather was terrible..
As I waited to board the ferry in Aberdeen I had a call from the
Killer whale alert group. a pod of Killers were in Nesting bay..
then the next day I had another alert. Killers off Sumburgh, but
I was home in the north of the island..
So back home, I looked out my window and spotted a Mealy
redpoll, of course my camera was still packed in the car...
So later I set my camera in its tripod in my lounge.. not long
to wait as the mealy came back..
Mealy redpoll ..
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Then there was a Blackbird, it had just finished a bath..
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Then another one..
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george..
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Re: Recent birds. Squacco Heron. 7th.June 2011.
DIR By: George
Date: June 8, 2011, 2:24 am
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At about 1700 on monday I got a call from the county recorder,
Mark had just been told that a Squacco Heron was at the pool at
Urafirth..
So I set off to the North mainland to see the bird, only to be
told that it had flew off..
So I looked at another Loch. Loch of Urafirth. it has a lot of
reeds at the west shore, I did'nt see it at all, so I went to
check out Ronas Voe and checked it out as well, with no luck.
So I made my way home, later I got an email from Hugh Harrop
which said the Squacco Heron was back at the pool at 2100.
So I decided that I would go north again very early the next
morning..
So I was up at 0430 the next day, and was at the pool by 20
minutes to six, I met another birdwatcher. He had been there
since 0400 and he told me he had'nt seen it, so I parked my car
at the opposite end of the pool from the other guy, and waited..
A short while later, this bird with very light pinkish wings
landed very near me, never have'nt seen a Squacco before, I was
struck by its small size, but it was such a beautiful bird..
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It was about 40 feet from me, then it flew closer only about 20
feet now, it stayed there for a while, then the other guy came
round wae his car and asked me if I had seen it, I told him it
was right in front of him, then it flew off to the other side of
the pool..
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Then I moved my car slowly to get nearer, I was about 150 feet
from it, then it flew up and came closer to me again, only about
30 feet.
Flying up.
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and landing.
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I then phoned a couple of friends to tell them it was still at
the pool o Urafirth.
This was it hunting along the edges..
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Then it was lost in the tall Irises. so I made my way to the
other side o the pool, and waited for Mark to arrive..
In the meantime other birders were arriving, and asked if the
bird was still about, I told them, yes but it was'nt visible in
the Irises, but I told them exactly where it was.. These guys
got the pictures that they deserve as I'm sure they had come
from the UK mainland for this bird.
I then seen the bird flying up from the Irise, it circled the
valley and landed very close to me again, then it walked into a
cleft on the bank and was out of sight.
Later some friends arrived and Mark, who originally told me
about the bird.. Mark asked, is it gone, I told him no, it was
right in front of him. Mark then spotted its head in the cleft,
and got other birders in his car and moved slowly to see it
better, then Julie arrived, she seen it as well, then it flew
off to the other side o the pool.
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The Squacco Heron is a new record for Shetland. so I was
delighted to see it, and got over 300 pictures of it, on two
cameras..
george..
#Post#: 608--------------------------------------------------
Re: Recent birds. Slideshow[Squacco Heron]
DIR By: George
Date: June 9, 2011, 2:19 am
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This is a wee Slideshow of selected photos of the Squacco Heron
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HTML http://tinyurl.com/68355u5
george ..
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