A gorgeous day with very
light SSW winds and almost wall to wall sunshine; we were unfortunately back
down to a single observer but efforts with the nets at Holland really produced
the goods as the island’s second HUME’S WARBLER was
heard calling shortly after dawn and caught soon after, it was still present in
the evening, calling frequently again just at dusk.
Other birds through the day around the southern end
of the island with a little look around Torness, Lenswick and Westness included
2 Red-throated Divers, 5 Herons, 5 Pink-footed Geese, the Barnacle Goose, the Green-winged Teal still on Gretchen, 2 Goldeneye south past Trinley (very scarce
so far this autumn), 2 Hen Harriers, single Merlin and Kestrel, a Woodcock, a
Black-headed Gull, 7 Meadow Pipits, 6 Rock Pipits, 4 Robins, a Song Thrush, a
Chiffchaff, 5 Chaffinches, a Brambling, 4 Linnets, 26 Twite, a Common Redpoll
and 3 Snow Buntings.
Hume's Warbler
Common Redpoll
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