MEGA BIRD NEWS:2nd May 2026-Lesser Kestrel-Cornwall-Croft Pascoe Pool-Adult male still showing well in roadside bush at 50.0280, -5.1723; very limited parking, park considerately in layby (TR12 6SN) and walk through woods to end of plantation to view-Zitting Cisticola-Suffolk-Walberswick NNR-Displaying male again over saltmarsh between beach and Dunwich River; use Cliff Field car park (IP18 6TX; card/app payment only) and walk south-west along beach for c 1km to view from 52.3063, 1.6560. View only from the seawall, do not walk out on the raised bank-Stejneger's Scoter-Fife-East Wemyss-2nd-summer drake still on sea; use Weavers Court car park (KY1 4RT) and view from Wemyss Caves
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23.9.17

SHETLAND DAY 3

I met up with Dan this morning after breakfast, and we did some birding around the south of the mainland as we had to drop two lads off at the airport.
List of birds seen:
 3 Whooper Swan

 1 Common Crane
3 Dunlin
4 Redstart
17 Yellow Browed Warbler
6 Redstart
4 Spotted Flycatcher
9 Garden warbler
1 Grasshopper Warbler
1 Merlin
1 Kestrel
9 Chiffchaff
2 Willow warbler
9 Redshank
2 Red-breasted Merganser
6 Turnstone
7 Linnet
70+ Meadow Pipit
40+Skylark
2 Reed Bunting
23 Brambling
7 Wheatear
9 Song Thrush


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