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#Post#: 686--------------------------------------------------
Re: Recent birds
DIR By: Motheroftheshire
Date: November 30, 2011, 4:49 am
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Lovely photos again, George. That was a good idea taking wild
bird seed with you. Well done.
Anne.
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Re: Recent birds
DIR By: George
Date: December 2, 2011, 2:08 am
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Thank you Anne.. it was Hugh Harrop that told me about the bird
seeds..
Last winter I did peg out rabbits for the over-wintering
R.L.Buzzard.. but the Ravens got them first. lol ..
george.
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Re: Recent birds.Scaup & Goldeneye.
DIR By: George
Date: December 2, 2011, 3:33 am
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These guys were at the Houb o Urafirth..
Goldeneye in a hurry..
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Scaup..
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george..
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Re: Recent birds.. Desert Wheatear..
DIR By: George
Date: December 13, 2011, 2:25 am
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Yesterday was a day of choices... continue watching the
R.L.Buzzard, go to Lerwick and see the Desert Wheatear or head
to Sumburgh to see the Humpback Whale.. The Desert Wheatear won
hands down as I've never seen one before.. so I made the phone
call for its location..
Desert Wheatear..
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This is a shaky video I made of the D/Wheatear..
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george..
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Re: Recent birds.yesterdays bird.
DIR By: George
Date: December 14, 2011, 3:16 am
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After yesterdays excitment [Desert Wheatear] in Lerwick it was
back to the Rough Legged Buzzard..
I found it sitting on a shed roof..
I got my car side on to the buzzard, unfortunatly it was back
lit..
Never mind it was relatively close [about 4 hundred feet from
me]
Then a Hoodie crow started to annoy it, thats when the fun
started..
R.L.Buzzard..
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george..
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Re: Recent birds
DIR By: George
Date: January 3, 2012, 11:49 am
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I seen the R.L.Buzzard again today, it was in a valley quite far
from the road.. The wind had changed from s/westerlys to
easter'lys thats probably why its in this valley taking
advantage of a more sheltered position... These pictures were
all taken before the new-year..
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george..
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Re: Recent birds [Today]
DIR By: George
Date: January 10, 2012, 10:33 am
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This R.L.Buzzard can be seen most days, if you have patience.
But sometimes you spot it when you arrive [like today] I watched
several times this morning..
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george..
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Re: Recent birds.. A few from yesterday ..
DIR By: George
Date: January 14, 2012, 3:30 am
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I checked out the R.L.Buzzard at Laxobigging [ its still with us
]
Then I made a trip to Lerwick.. I heard that lots of Iceland
gulls were at the [catch] with a few Kumlien's and an Glaucous
Gull..
But first I made a stop at Strand loch to see the Goosanders..
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Then it was onward to Lerwick.. Where I saw these birds..
Iceland gull..
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Kittiwake..
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Iceland gull..
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Eider..
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Iceland gull..
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Kittiwake..
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And last was another Iceland gull..
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george..
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Re: Recent birds..R.L.Buzzards & R.B.Mergansers..
DIR By: George
Date: January 18, 2012, 2:24 am
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The R.L.Buzzard took me by surprize yesterday.. I was parked on
the high ground overlooking the old WW2 cinema [now a ruin] at
the cemetery.. Suddenly it appeared. It was flying past the old
cemetery heading up the burn, but it was flying leisurely above
the heather, crossed the steep fence, still going up, then down,
then landed near the top.. I took a few pictures of it.. If I
find a decent one then i'll show you.. unfortunatly I was
waiting for it to take flight, but the rain started, it was
blowing in my car window so I called a halt to my birdwatching..
R.B.Merganser..
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Flight shot with ripples of Sullom Voe..
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R.L.Buzzard..
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And this is where it landed just as the rain started..
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george..
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Re: Recent birds
DIR By: George
Date: January 22, 2012, 2:12 pm
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Rough Legged Buzzard..
I was off oot birdwatching at first light [well 0900] It was
amazing to watch it hovering.. It made a few sweeps down to the
heather.. [see the coloured picture] the sun was making things a
bit difficult for me, but some of my pics although backlit, they
are still ok in my opinion..
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george..
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