SHETLAND DAY 7

Got up this morning and made the 8.30am ferry over to Whalsay.This was a new Island for me, so I was looking forward to birding on it.

List of birds seen:
1 Great Grey shrike
4 Willow Warbler
17 Blackcap

 4 Whitethroats

 18 Yellow-browed warblers

 1 Whinchat

 12 Spotted Flycatcher

 9 Garden Warbler

 17 Song Thrush

 16 Chiffchaff

 1 Little Bunting

2 Grasshopper Warbler
1 Reed Warbler

6 Redstart

13 Robin

2 Brambling

4 Wheatear

2 Redwing

We also found a leucistic House sparrow on the Island that is a bit of a celebratory on the Island. When talking to the locals, they have called the bird "SNOWY"

A good day's birding, but hard going with the high winds, but a really nice Island with some cracking areas for birding.

Me,Dan and Pierre 

 Leaving Whalsay behind as we head back to the Mainland

As we were going out for tea, we called in at Sumburgh quarry on the mainland, where we got stunning views of two Red-breasted flycatchers.