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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26.9.17

SHETLAND DAY 6

Got up early again this morning, and we headed back over to Bressay with Pierre Andre-Crochet and Pete Aley. Birding was a bit better today with a lot of migrant birds around, but it continues to be very windy.

List of birds seen:

       
39 Yellow-browed warbler
12 Song Thrush

 1 Wood Warbler
5 Lesser Whitethroat

4 Spotted Flycatcher
1 Pied Flycatcher
5 Garden Warbler



1 Barred Warbler-Back in the fruit cage
12 Twite 
8 Willow Warbler
8 Chiffchaff
10 Goldcrest
9 Blackcap
6 Robin
2 Mealy Redpoll
4 Chaffinch
2 Redwing
1 Reed Warbler
1 Reed Bunting
1 Little Bunting
2 Red-breasted Flycatcher
4 Red-breasted Merganser
7 Wren
We finished birding around 5.30pm and got a reasonable day list. We have decided to bird on Whalsay tomorrow, which I am looking forward to as it is a new island tick for me.
 You can't tick these, Dan
Pierre looking for the biggy.
















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