Same
again, with the strong and blustery ESE wind bringing spells of drizzle and low
cloud across the island but today (compared to yesterday) was slightly clearer,
slightly drier and slightly windier.
Most species experienced increases with today’s scarcities including 3 Red-breasted Flycatchers (the Holland bird, the Westness
bird and a new bird at Doo Geo) and 5 Yellow-browed Warblers
– mainly up the west coast. The
excellent spread of common migrants included 4 Herons, 75 Barnacle Geese, 2 Hen
Harriers, 2 Sparrowhawks, 4 Kestrels, a Grey Plover, a Little Stint on Westbeach, the first Jack Snipe
of the autumn, 115 Snipe, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (including a
Baltic-looking juvenile), a late Swift over the Obs, 11 Swallows, 40 Skylarks, 190
Meadow Pipits, 3 Rock Pipits, 6 Robins, an excellent 21 Redstarts,
3 Whinchats, 40 Wheatears, 2 Fieldfares, 133 Song Thrushes, 47 Redwing, 3
Lesser Whitethroats (all probably eastern in origin), 2 Blackcap, 10
Chiffchaff, a Willow Warbler, 7 Goldcrest, a Chaffinch, 4 Lapland Buntings and
a Snow Bunting.
Yellow-browed Warbler
Very slim, small, dark, pointed 1cy Lesser Black-backed Gull looking good for fuscus but....
Interesting Lesser Whitethroat, obviously an eastern bird but the tail pattern, dumpiness and very short P2 suggested something a bit better than blythi....we'll see when the DNA comes back
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