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Re: Recent birds
By: George Date: January 17, 2011, 11:56 am
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The rough legged buzzard was still at Toft up until about 12
noon.
It then flew to Bigga isle and landed on the ground..
We watched it with binos..
I'll look for it tomorrow in case it flys back to its normal
location..
We got a few pics, but it was backlit by the sky..
The picture below. I put a hide where these fence posts are,
unfortunatly I set it up yesterday.. lol ..
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And this rabbit had a amazing near miss, the buzzard flew over
it, only about 4 feet from it..
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We also watched a merlin fly past, and a fieldfare was down the
track..
george..
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Re: Recent birds
By: George Date: January 18, 2011, 9:19 am
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Update on the extraordinary Rough Legged Buzzard..
It was still at Toft up the Brough Rd.
It seems to favour the pasture land where it meets the moor..
It was'nt hovering today, but kept low to the ground, it upset a
flock of Curlews, and their cries gave its location away.. It
would be seen to be hunting in a large circle, as it was seen
near the radar mast, then the pasture..
I found a really good spot to watch for it, its an old ruined
croft house in the middle of the pasture..
This ruin is just past the second house on the left side of
Brough Rd.
If anyone who is interested to see it, I think the best time
would be about 12 noon..
that seems to be the best time to spot it, as, over the last few
days we have seen it at between 12 & 1pm.
I'm going again tomorrow, but i'll go earlier than that, to get
to the ruin before it turns up..
Three birders came this morning, but they only waited about
threequarters of an hour.. You need patience to see such a
beautiful bird.. I spent over 4 hours at the location.. freezing
cold with lots of sleet showers, just hope its milder tomorrow..
george..
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Re: Recent birds. Last summers Osprey.
By: George Date: January 19, 2011, 1:25 am
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I was looking at my bird pics, from last summer, and thought I
would show three pics of the Osprey at Lochaweside..
After looking at them, it kind'a makes me think of booking a
chalet in Argyll again this summer, its such a beautiful place..
Osprey.
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Mm, on the other hand, I would miss the Merlins in Shetland.
this one was feeding on a Wheatear on the top of a fence post.
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george..
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Re: Recent birds.. R.L.Buzzard..
By: George Date: January 19, 2011, 9:28 am
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The rough legged buzzard is still at Toft..
The first pic. is taken from the cattle grid, take it from me,
the buzzard is in this pic.
It was on its favorite roosting post .. about a quarter mile
past the grid..
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This is it heavily cropped to show its still there..
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I was walking back to my car, after watching for it for three
hours, without a sighting, when I met Roger, he told me that he
had'nt seen it either.
I told him that Mark had seen it earlier, that it was sitting on
its favorite roost, then it flew west..
I said to Roger that it might have caught a rabbit, then went
back to its roost. he checked it out with his scope and said,
your right, its there..
So I took very long distance photos with my modest 400mm lens..
and you can see them above, very poor pics, because of the
distance involved.. but I thought I would show them for your
benefit..
I'll not bother submitting it to the Shetland bird club. instead
i'll inform them that its still there..
george..
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Re: Recent birds. update on rough legged buzzard.
By: George Date: January 20, 2011, 9:41 am
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Despite seven pairs of eyes looking for it.. It did'nt show,
that means, its now left, or it was resting somewhere else..
I'll look again tomorrow .. I still have a gut feeling that it
is still about..
I took a short interval and went to Toft pier, and found this
Shag on the rocks drying out..
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george..
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Re: Recent birds
By: George Date: January 21, 2011, 3:10 am
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I'm going shortly to check if the rough legged buzzard is still
around..
If I spot it, i'll inform those of you by mobile, who are
interested in it..
But first i'll make a flask of coffee..
george..
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Re: Recent birds. update.
By: George Date: January 21, 2011, 10:06 am
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The rough legged buzzard is still at Toft, Julie got two amazing
pics of it with her point & shoot, I think she is going to
submit them to the shetland bird club, if she does, i'll put a
link tomorrow, and you can look at it then..
The last sighting was of it at the radar mast, being chased by
two ravens, it landed on Bigga Isle.. note.. that was where it
was, it flew over the sound, then landed on the moor, thats
where Julie got her first pic..
I unfortunatly was at the wrong location, Hugh phoned and told
me that Julie had got it..
Twelve snow buntings were at the old Toft camp but the peregrine
falcon was gone.. I took this pic. of greylag geese..
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george..
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Re: Recent birds. Link to Shetland bird club.
By: George Date: January 21, 2011, 11:59 pm
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This is the link to Shetland bird club..
please click here
HTML http://www.nature-shetland.co.uk/naturelatest/latestbirds.htm
george..
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Re: Recent birds.Hugh Harrop.
By: George Date: January 22, 2011, 12:33 am
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This is a link to hughs website for beautiful pictures and much
more.
click here
HTML http://hughharropwildlifephotography.blogspot.com/
george.
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Re: Recent birds
By: George Date: January 22, 2011, 2:43 am
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I'm setting off very shortly for Toft..
I'll be at the last ruin [on the banks] on the Brough rd. there
i'll set up my tripod & camera. I'll take my video camera as
well..
The R.L.Buzzard seems to travel between Bigga Isle and Toft, so
with a bit o luck.. lol ..
george..
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