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Re: Recent birds
DIR By: George
Date: October 26, 2011, 12:11 pm
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Thank you Anne.. it was difficult with the salt in the air, it
was blowing everywhere, the video i made at Grutness, because
the wind was so strong, I had to sit down on a boulder..
george..
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Re: Recent birds
DIR By: George
Date: October 29, 2011, 1:43 am
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Shetland is awash with thousands of Fieldfares Redwings &
Blackbirds..
Also the Isabelline Shrike Great Grey Shrike & Redbacked
Shrike..
The Siberian Rubythroat is still at Gulberwick.. and of course
we have other birds as well..
This is a few pics of the fieldfare taken yesterday..
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george..
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Re: Recent birds
DIR By: Motheroftheshire
Date: October 29, 2011, 4:58 am
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As ever, George, these photos are really great. You have an eye
for bird photography that's for sure. Anne.
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Re: Recent birds
DIR By: George
Date: October 29, 2011, 8:01 am
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Thank you Anne.. would really like one of the Short Eared Owls
down at Scatness. there were 11 yesterday morning..
george..
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Re: Recent birds.. Rough Legged Buzzard.. 5th. Nov. 2011
DIR By: George
Date: November 7, 2011, 2:19 am
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The R.L.Buzzards are back on Shetland, there are two at
Laxobigging area, they are here two months earlier than the last
lot were..
Yesterdays pictures were a surprize to me, as i spent most of
the day watching them for ages, but they were so far away, for
any local twitcher that knows the area, then look at the meadow
beyond Bertie Johnsons house [from the Graven rd.]
The one I got in the camera was a fluke, as I did'nt see it
coming towards me, it was following the burn, it then crossed
the road and landed on the heather, I scrambled out my car, and
took a few shots [handheld] then it lifted and disappeared up
the burn..
Two of my pics were taken on the fifth [mobbed by crows] the
other ones were yesterdays pictures..
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Yesterdays pics..
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Then it flew off up the burn..
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This is a Meadow Pipit a few days ago, not the best o photos,
but I liked it flying away from its post..
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And this one is the Siberian Rubythroat, it was rather far off
for my lens..
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george..
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Re: Recent birds.. R.L.Buzzard..
DIR By: George
Date: November 8, 2011, 1:52 am
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I went to Laxobigging to watch the R.L.Buzzard yesterday..
At first, I only caught a far off glimpse of it with the binos..
Then I decided that breakfast was a really good idea, so I set
off, at the next passing point on the single track road, I
thought.. that looks odd..
It was the R.L.Buzzard feeding on a rabbit with a gull waiting
nearby..
Breakfast was soon forgotten..
When it finished its meal it flew up and landed on a roof on a
barn.. It was being pestered by a hoodie crow, so it flew to the
next barn roof..
It stayed on the barn roof for about three mins.. then it flew
low followed by the hoodie crow..
It disappeared in the middle of the meadow behind a ridge..
Then I went to the next village for my breakfast [Frankies cafe]
Rough Legged Buzzard..
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When I returned to the site I met Roger Tait from Brae Village,
Roger was a bit excited at seeing the buzzard...
george..
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Re: Recent birds. catch-up
DIR By: George
Date: November 24, 2011, 1:36 am
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I thought I would do a wee catch-up..
Its been interesting in shetland with all the migrant birds we
have, and the local birds don't disappoint either..
This is the Merlin.. I had been looking for the R.L.Buzzard and
could'nt find it, so I decided I would go for my breakfast.. I
was crossing the moor in my car, when I noticed this bird in the
heather, at first I thought it was a Fieldfare, but it was a
Merlin, it seemed to be searching an area of heather, probably
knocked a bird out the sky and lost it in the heather..
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george..
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Re: Recent birds.catch-up cont..
DIR By: George
Date: November 24, 2011, 1:46 am
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Shetland Wren..
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Snow buntings..
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!Tundra! Geese..
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Hume's warbler..
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Rough Legged Buzzard..
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george..
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Re: Recent birds
DIR By: George
Date: November 30, 2011, 2:16 am
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Horrible weather for taking pictures.. but I did get these of
the R.L.Buzzard..
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That was two days ago...
This was yesterday.. It was windy and wet, with the rain blowing
in my car window.. digital cameras don't like getting wet, so
did'nt hang about for long..
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george..
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Re: Recent birds
DIR By: George
Date: November 30, 2011, 2:28 am
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I've just realised that i've not showed my recent pictures of
the Snow buntings at Eshaness..... Snow buntings are a bit
nervous, and usually fly away from you.. So I took some wild
bird seeds with me and prepared the site with them.. Then waited
for them to get used to my car... Which they did.....
Snow buntings..
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george..
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