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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29.9.17

SHETLAND DAY 9

At last, a break in the weather this morning, still very windy with light rain. We birded again on the mainland today, south of Lerwick, and then the weather turned bad again, torrential rain! We did stay out all day but got absolutely drenched.

List of birds seen:
16 Blackcaps
10 Goldcrest
20 Robins
52 Song Thrush
12 Redwing
46 Blackbirds
11 Willow Warbler
4 Swallow
32 Chiffchaff
1 Great Grey Shrike
1 Kestrel
17 Yellow Browed Warbler
2 Dunnock
1 Grasshopper Warbler
1 Reed Warbler
7 Redstart
4 Brambling
1 Quail
2 Wheatear
2 Lesser Whitethroat
2 Linnet
2 Fieldfare
4 Reed Bunting
50+Skylark
150+Meadow Pipit
Dan and Pierre birding the south mainland




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