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
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