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Re: Recent birds.. Kestrel..
DIR By: George
Date: August 7, 2011, 9:08 am
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I went looking for the super- pod of White-sided Dolphins at
Vidlin voe,yesterday, there was 300 + but only saw the Common
dolphin, then I checked out Lunna in general but nothing seen
except this Kestrel, it was posing quite nice on a fence post
till i lifted my camera, then it flew off, then I was glad it
was a kestrel, as it started to hover as they do.. I've been
down in Scotland mainland on holiday last year and this year,
and I haven't seen any Kestrels along the motorways, just
Buzzards. So I was really pleased that I came across this one..
Kestrel..
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george..
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Re: Recent birds.Kittiwake..
DIR By: George
Date: August 18, 2011, 1:48 am
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I stumbled on this Kittiwake at the village pier, they have to
be one of our prettiest gulls imo..
Kittiwake..
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george..
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Re: Recent birds. More Kittiwakes..
DIR By: George
Date: August 24, 2011, 2:38 am
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23. 08.011.
I spent yesterday morning with my favorite
Gull, the Kittiwake, its such a beautiful bird, they were mixed
in with mainly common and herring gulls, here they are..
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Hope you like them..
george..
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Re: Recent birds
DIR By: Motheroftheshire
Date: August 24, 2011, 4:08 am
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Those are great photos of the little kittiwake, George. It is a
lovely bird. Come to think of it, I haven't seen one recently.
Well not close up anyway. Thanks for those. Anne.
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Re: Recent birds
DIR By: George
Date: August 24, 2011, 2:15 pm
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Thanks Anne, the kittiwake seems to be a bit rarer these days,
so its nice to see them at the village..
george..
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Re: Recent birds
DIR By: George
Date: September 24, 2011, 3:59 am
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This week Shetland is awash with migrant birds..
Swainsons thrush, Grey-cheeked Thrush [on fetlar] Great Grey
Shrike [on Fair isle], at least five Pallid harriers.
Lots of other birds as well.. just in. [A Bairds's Sandpiper is
also on Fair Isle.] Buff-bellied sandpiper was most elusive at
Eshaness yesterday..
I'll show some waders..
Sanderling.
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Sanderling & right Dunlin.
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[Red] Knot..
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Redshank..
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Twite, just starting their bath..
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george..
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Re: Recent birds
DIR By: George
Date: September 28, 2011, 12:47 am
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I've been busy trying to get a pic. of the Lesser Grey Shrike,
since monday, so far without success..
In the meantime I'll show some more obliging birds..
Snow Bunting.
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Wagtail.
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Twite. it just finished a bath..
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Blackcap in my garden.
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Wren in my garden.
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Starling in my garden.
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Blackbird in my garden.
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george..
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Re: Recent birds
DIR By: Motheroftheshire
Date: September 28, 2011, 3:26 am
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Lovely bird photos, George, but the one of the blackbird is
really striking.
Anne.
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Re: Recent birds. Lesser Grey Shrike..
DIR By: George
Date: September 29, 2011, 1:36 am
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Thank you Anne for the comment re.blackbird, sometimes we forget
that the commonest birds are so beautiful..
Lesser Grey Shrike..
Its took me four days to get its
picture, I was talking to two birders up in holiday, I told them
I had seen it very briefly the day before.. When they left me
and wandered up the hill, I noticed them watching something with
there binoculars, it was the Shrike, it was hunting insects
lower down the hill, it seems to be favoring this meadow, as it
has a bit of shelter from the wind, another birder arrived, I
told him where it was, he started to play an audio of a shrike,
hoping it would come closer, it did, but was still quite a
distance..
Today i'll take my tripod, and fit my 1.4x onto my lens, that'll
make it a 700mm F5.5 m/f .. and hopefully that will bring it
closer..
Lesser Grey Shrike..
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george..
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Re: Recent birds
DIR By: George
Date: October 5, 2011, 5:45 am
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I'll show a few pics of the Great Skua, taken within the last
seven days, note the weather. it was lovely, unlike yesterday,
it was horrible..
Great Skua.
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Yesterday.. A lady from Rhode Island USA got a lift in my car
from Sumburgh lighthouse to Sumburgh hotel, she just escaped a
heavy shower, I seen it coming over the Atlantic and stopped for
her, she was finding it hard to walk with the stong gale o wind,
and we shared this lovely bird between us..
Wheatear. [ it was very tame]
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george..
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