18th November 2006 Holbeach St. Marks Cold

Black-eared Kite 1 juv. pale vent, white bases to primaries forming an obvious white patch on underwings

Black-eared Kite at Holbeach (Stephen Botham)

12th November 2006 Beachy Calm

Brent Goose 4

Scoter 40
Pheasant 3
Great Crested Grebe 1W
Gannet 1
Little Egret
Grey Heron 1S
Kestrel 2
Merlin 1SE out to sea over Hollow
Razorbill 3
Wood Pigeon 200S, 100N
Green Woodpecker 4
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
House Martin 4
Meadow Pipit 5W
Grey Wagtail 1W
Pied Wagtail 5W
Stonechat 1
Blackbird 2
Blackcap 1
Firecrest 1
Jay 2
Chaffinch 10W, 2
Greenfinch 2
Goldfinch 7W
Redpoll h

11th November 2006 Dawlish Calm and Sunny 1.30pm – 3.30pm

LONG-BILLED MURRELET 1 ex. UK496

Long-billed Murrelet at Dawlish (Nigel Blake)

5th November 2006 Beachy NW1 Sunny and warm after cold dawn

Scoter 15

Red-throated Diver 3
Cormorant 3
Little Egret 3
Grey Heron 1
Sparrowhawk 4
Kestrel 1
Great Black-backed Gull 30
Wood Pigeon 50S
Collared Dove 1W
Skylark 2W, 5
Pied Wagtail 1W, 4
Wren 5
Dunnock 4
Robin 7
Stonechat 7
Blackbird 13
Song Thrush 5
Dartford Warbler 1 male ex. Beachy Head Hotel Garden
Long-tailed Tit 5
Blue Tit 9
Great Tit 4
Starling 10W, 200
House Sparrow 4
Chaffinch 8N, 6
Brambling 2W, 1
Goldfinch 9
Linnet 3
Clouded Yellow 7

4th November 2006 Beachy & Cooden NW2 Sunny. Cold. Frost

Brent Goose 3E

Pheasant 1
Diver sp. 2E
Great Crested Grebe 4E
Grey Heron 2
Marsh Harrier 1W
Lapwing 1N
Razorbill 10
Wood Pigeon 1700 S
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1, 1h
Skylark 11W
Swallow 4
Grey Wagtail 4
Pied Wagtail 4
Wren 2
Dunnock 2
Robin 8
Stonechat 1
Wheatear 1
Blackbird 6
Fieldfare 1
Song Thrush 5
Redwing 1
Mistle Thrush 2
Goldcrest 9
Long-tailed Tit 5
Blue Tit 6
Jay 2
Rook 50
Starling 70W
House Sparrow 1
Chaffinch 10
Brambling 2, 1h
Goldfinch 5W
Siskin h
Redpoll 1E
 

Cooden Beach 1.00pm – 2.00pm

Desert Wheatear 1 female ex. surprisingly sandy-orange rump

Desert Wheatear at Cooden (Nic Hallam)

Desert Wheatear at Cooden (Gary Thoburn)

29th October 2006 Beachy Calm Overcast

Little Egret 1

Sparrowhawk 2
Kestrel 2
Peregrine 1
Oystercatcher 30
Curlew 1
Black-headed Gull 10
Stock Dove 11
Wood Pigeon 1025 SW
Great Spotted Woodpecker 2
Skylark 2N
Meadow Pipit 25W, 16
Pied Wagtail 1E, 4W
Dunnock 5
Robin 7
Black Redstart 2
Stonechat 4
Wheatear 2
Ring Ouzel 1 male
Blackbird 2
Song Thrush 3
Chiffchaff 1
Goldcrest 5
Long-tailed Tit 8
Blue Tit 3
Jay 2
Raven 1
Starling 60
House Sparrow 9
Chaffinch 17
Brambling 1E, 1, 5h
Greenfinch 3
Goldfinch 20
Siskin 4N

28th October 2006 Beachy W3 Overcast

Brent Goose 1E, 4W

Cormorant 4
Kestrel 3
Peregrine 3
Oystercatcher 2W
Curlew 3
Black-headed Gull 7
Stock Dove 3N
Wood Pigeon 32N
Tawny Owl 2
Swallow 2
Pied Wagtail 2E, 10W, 1
Stonechat 6
Ring Ouzel 2
Blackbird 1
Blackcap 1
Goldcrest 5
Firecrest 2
Long-tailed Tit 6
Blue Tit 3
Starling 45
Goldfinch 2E, 10W, 10
Siskin 4S
Redpoll 1

15th October 2006 Beachy Calm, overcast and misty

Gannet 2E

Heron 1
Marsh Harrier 1
Peregrine 2
Kestrel 1
Stock Dove 1N
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Swallow 28
Ring Ouzel 3
Skylark 3
Grey Wagtail 1W
Pied Wagtail 90E
Stonechat 2
Wheatear 1
Black Redstart 1
Grasshopper Warbler 1
Chiffchaff 2
Starling 12, 5E
Chaffinch 9
Greenfinch 9E
Linnet 10E
Goldfinch 190
Jay 1

9th October 2006 Kilbaha, Loop Head, Ireland

Gannet 5S

Chiffchaff 1
Willow Warbler 1
CANADA WARBLER 1^st-year female. ex. UK495.
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Hooded Crow 5

Canada Warbler at Kilbaha (Michael O'Keefe)

8th October 2006 Beachy S2 Overcast

Little Egret 4W

Sparrowhawk 3
Common Gull 3W
Arctic Skua 2W
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1h Hotel Garden, 1 Hollow
Swallow 147
House Martin 1
Pied Wagtail 15, 2W
Meadow Pipit 20
Stonechat 5
Wheatear 1
Whinchat 1
Blackcap 7
Chiffchaff 19
Goldcrest 1
Long-tailed Tit 4
Chaffinch 6
Goldfinch 20
Linnet 700
Jay 1

7th October 2006 Beachy NW5 Clear

Gannet 1W

Sparrowhawk 1 male
Peregrine 1
Kestrel 3
Golden Plover 1W
Swallow 23
House Martin 2
Pied Wagtail 1S
Stonechat 10
Wheatear 5
Blackcap 1
Chiffchaff 5
Goldcrest 1
Raven 2
Greenfinch 11
Goldfinch 43
Chaffinch 6
Siskin 4
Linnet 30
Reed Bunting 1

29th September 2006 South of Aberdeen

Pink-footed Goose 250

28th September 2006 Mainland Shetland SW4 Clear

Barnacle Goose 33 Sumburgh Head

Sparrowhawk 1
Curlew Sandpiper 1
Swallow 2
Skylark 35
Whinchat 1
Wheatear 6
Robin 2
Song Thrush 2
Sedge Warbler 1
Blackcap 2
Goldcrest 1
Chaffinch 25
Siskin 20

27th September 2006 Mainland Shetland Calm Clear

Heron 1

Dark-bellied Brent Goose 1
Merlin 1 male
Collared Dove 1
Swallow 2
Skylark 29
Wheatear 13
Pied Wagtail 1
Redstart 1
Robin 1
Song Thrush 3
Blackcap 1
Garden Warbler 1
Willow Warbler 1
Goldcrest 1
Chaffinch 4
Siskin 8
Brambling 2

26th September 2006 Mainland Shetland SW1 Overcast with fog

Heron 1

Scoter 3
Kestrel 3
Golden Plover 1
Collared Dove 1
Swallow 2
Skylark 6
Dunnock 4
Robin 6
Redstart 1
Wheatear 4
Song Thrush 3
Marsh Warbler 1 Garths Ness
Whitethroat 1
Blackcap 8
Arctic Warbler 1
Willow Warbler 2
Chiffchaff 2
Yellow-browed Warbler 1 Geosetter
Pied Flycatcher 1 Sumburgh Lighthouse
Red-backed Shrike 1 juv. Hillwell
Chaffinch 14
Siskin 27

25th September 2006 Mainland Shetland SW4 Overcast

Heron 1

Barnacle Goose 1 over Quendale in morning and on Scatness in evening
Kestrel 2
Peregrine 1 Scatness
Collared Dove 1
Turtle Dove 1 Grutness crop
Swallow 10
Skylark 33
Pied Wagtail 1
Dunnock 1
Robin 2
Whinchat 2
Wheatear 21
Song Thrush 5
Sedge Warbler 1
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Blackcap 4
Willow Warbler 3
Goldcrest 1
Spotted Flycatcher 1
Chaffinch 37
Brambling 2
Siskin 32

24th September 2006 Mainland Shetland SE3 Overcast

Sparrowhawk 1

Greenshank 1
Golden Plover 23
Collared Dove 1
Swallow 1
Red-rumped Swallow 1 Hoswick
Skylark 53
Alba Wagtail 2
Redstart 1 male Sandwick
Whinchat 1
Wheatear 18
Robin 1
Dunnock 1
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Blackcap 7
Garden Warbler 1
Willow Warbler 3
Pied Flycatcher 1 Sandwick
Common Rosefinch 1 Toab
Siskin 1
Chaffinch 20

23rd September 2006 Mainland Shetland W4

Kestrel 2

Black-tailed Godwit 2
Ruff 1
Lapwing 14
Swallow 14
Skylark 13
Alba Wagtail 5
Citrine Wagtail 1 1^st-w at Scatness. Supercilium encircling ear-coverts. Two white wingbars. Grey upperparts contrasting with black tail. Underparts pale with vague yellowish wash to throat. Feint dark breast bar and sides to neck. Call a bzzz. Smoky greyish flanks contrasting with white belly. Stout black bill and legs. Tertials with white edgings. White secondary panel. Black tail with white outer tail feathers. Yellowish suffusion to supercilium. Broad white tips to median and greater coverts. Black centers to tertials contrasting with grey upperparts. Pale area across nape. Ear coverts slightly streaked pale. Supercilium bridges across base of upper mandible. White undertail coverts. Supercilium broadens behind eye. Tertials cloak primaries. 
Wheatear 19
Song Thrush 2
Lesser Whitethroat 2
Garden Warbler 1
Blackcap 3
Arctic Warbler 1 Geosetter
Willow Warbler 1
Yellow-browed Warbler 1 Boddam Croft Museum, 1 Geosetter
Chaffinch 3
Siskin 10

22nd September 2006 Mainland Shetland SE6 Clear

Sparrowhawk 1

Little Stint 4
Curlew Sandpiper 1
Swallow 8
Skylark 27
Pied Wagtail 1
Whinchat 2
Wheatear 35
Lesser Whitethroat 3
Blackcap 3
Arctic Warbler 1 Geosetter
Willow Warbler 6
Yellow-browed Warbler 1 Sumburgh, 1 Geosetter
Chaffinch 14
Siskin 1

21st September 2006 Mainland Shetland Calm with drizzle

Ruff 15

Curlew Sandpiper 2
Black Guillemot 2
Red-rumped Swallow 1 Hoswick
Alba Wagtail 2
Robin 1
Whinchat 2
Wheatear 15
Marsh Warbler 1 glimpsed briefly revealing thick yellow legs at Casho, Quarff.
Blackcap 1
Barred Warbler 1 Maywick
Arctic Warbler 1 ex. A surprise find near the road at Geosetter it quickly moved up the burn - our second BBRC find in five days - easier than in Sussex!
Willow Warbler 6
Chiffchaff 1
Yellow-browed Warbler 2 Wester Quarff
Pied Flycatcher 1 Quarff, 1 Hoswick
Chaffinch 4
Black-headed Bunting 1

Arctic Warbler in Geosetter (Jim Nicolson)

20th September 2006 Mainland Shetland SW3 Overcast

Little Stint 3

Swallow 2
Skylark 13
Redstart 1
Wheatear 17
Pied Wagtail 1
Tree Pipit h
Sedge Warbler 1
Lesser Whitethroat 2
Garden Warbler 1
Willow Warbler 2
Chiffchaff 1
Common Rosefinch 1 Toab, 1 Quendale
Black-headed Bunting 1

19th September 2006 Fair Isle until 11.35am SE4

Knot 1
Jack Snipe 1
Swallow 1
Skylark 10
Whinchat 2
Wheatear 6
Song Thrush 3
Pechora Pipit 1
Reed Warbler 1
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Garden Warbler 2
Blackcap 1
Willow Warbler 11

Mainland WSW7! Rain

Knot 26

Merlin 1
Wheatear 2

18th September 2006 Fair Isle Calm misty at first becoming foggy

Twitched onto Fair Isle when, on arrival, received the unbelievable and dreadful news that my good friend and respected birder Kevin Johnston had just passed away - we had exchanged texts just a couple of days earlier with respective birding news from Filsham and Shetland - the Pechora Pipit, rather fittingly haunting the reedbed of Fair Isle, will always be for you Kev...

Ruff 4

Kestrel 1
Swallow 2
Swift 1
Skylark 8
Fair Isle Wren 1
Whinchat 4
Wheatear 6
Tree Pipit 4
Meadow Pipit 50
PECHORA PIPIT 1ex UK 494 Delicate compared to Meadow Pipit. Call ‘plup’ on being flushed from the reeds in the Meadow Burn at Quoy. Later a series of ‘pip pip pip’ when flying from ram field back to Meadow Burn. Pale pink legs. Short hindclaw. Broad white wingbars. Broad white tramlines running down scapulars with a hint of a second parallel stripe. Buffish suffusion to upper breast. Upper breast heavily streaked black. Gorget of heavy streaking very narrow. Rufescent suffusion to neck-sides. Heavy double row of broad streaks on flanks. Looked dark in flight. Stout base to triangular bill. Dark u shaped mark under eye. Primaries projecting beyond exposed tertials.
Song Thrush 2
Garden Warbler 5
Willow Warbler 7
Chaffinch 1

Pechora Pipit in Meadow Burn on Fair Isle (Paul Baxter)

17th September 2006 Mainland Shetland SE5 Fog

Honey Buzzard 1 Sumburgh Head flushed from lighthouse garden!

Kestrel 1
Knot 11
Bar-tailed Godwit 4
Swallow 6
Skylark 2
Redstart 1
Whinchat 2
Wheatear 19
Dunnock 1
Whitethroat 1
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Barred Warbler 1 Grutness
Garden Warbler 3
Blackcap 1
Willow Warbler 8
Pied Flycatcher 1 Grutness
Chaffinch 7
Black-headed Bunting 1 immature

16th September 2006 Mainland Shetland S3 Misty

Heron 5

Black-tailed Godwit 7
Golden Plover 3
Lapwing 25
Kestrel 1
Swallow 6
Skylark 6
Alba Wagtail 6
Redstart 1
Whinchat 1
Wheatear 15
Willow Warbler 2
Red-breasted Flycatcher 1
Chaffinch 2
Black-headed Bunting 1 immature found whilst walking a stubble field at Toab. Ex.

15th September 2006 Mainland Shetland S5 Overcast

Heron 1

Kestrel 5 Sumburgh Head
Common Sandpiper 1
Wheatear 13
Song Thrush 1
Blackcap 2
Whitethroat 3
Garden Warbler 4
Barred Warbler 1 Grutness
Willow Warbler 11
Yellow-browed Warbler 1 Toab
Pied Flycatcher 1 Toab, 1 Sumburgh Lighthouse
Red-breasted Flycatcher 1 Sumburgh Hotel
Chaffinch 6
Basking Shark 1 off Sumburgh Head Lighthouse

14th September 2006 Mainland Shetland Foggy

Wigeon 2

Sparrowhawk 1 female
Knot 2
Lapwing 6
Skylark 2
Swallow 6
Wheatear 21
Whinchat 1
Blackbird 8
Whitethroat 1
Barred Warbler 2 Grutness
Willow Warbler 6
Pied Flycatcher 1 Virkie
Linnet 7

13th September 2006 Mainland Shetland & Whalsay SE3-4 Clear

Wigeon 50

Arctic Skua 1
Swallow 4
Wheatear 9
Whinchat 1
Blackbird 2
Barred Warbler 4 (3 Grutness)
Willow Warbler 1

Whalsay 11.00am – 5.30pm Foggy

Black Guillemot 85

Skylark 4
Robin 2
Whinchat 2
Song Thrush 1
Blackcap 1
Willow Warbler 10

12th September 2006 Mainland Shetland S1 Overcast

Lapwing 9

Arctic Tern 2
Skylark 3
Swallow 8
Alba Wagtail 1
Pied Wagtail 1
Robin 3
Wheatear 12
Redstart 1 Maywick
Fieldfare 1 Maywick
Blackbird 5
Garden Warbler 1
Blackcap 2
Common Whitethroat 1 Sumburgh Quarry
Lesser Whitethroat 2
Barred Warbler 2 Grutness
Willow Warbler 16
Wood Warbler 1 Scatness – appeared same individual from Sumburgh Hotel
Linnet 2
Twite 6

11th September 2006 Mainland Shetland SW4 Overcast

Greylag 8

Wigeon 6
Tufted Duck 6
Little Stint 4 Boddam
Golden Plover 1
Lapwing 40
Swallow 3
Red-rumped Swallow 1
Meadow Pipit 25
Wheatear 9
Whinchat 2
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Garden Warbler 1
Barred Warbler 3 ex. found late afternoon in Grutness Garden
Willow Warbler 10
Wood Warbler 1 ex. Sumburgh Hotel
Pied Flycatcher 1 Hoswick
Reed Bunting 1 Geosetter
Common Rosefinch 1 Grutness crop

10th September 2006 Mainland Shetland, Virkie, Quendale, Sumburgh, Grutness, S3-4 Overcast

Merlin 1

Snipe 3
Lapwing 95
Collared Dove 2
Rock Dove 120
Swallow 6
Alba Wagtail 23
Pied Wagtail 1 male
Wheatear 9
Blackbird 16
Willow Warbler 3
Common Rosefinch 1 first-winter found in Grutness crop

9th September 2006 Sail into Lerwick, Hoswick, Virkie, Sumburgh, Grutness SSW3

Sooty Shearwater 1 ex in the wake

Mainland Shetland SSW3 Sunny, Hoswick, Virkie, Sumburgh, Grutness

Fulmar 50

Shag 40
Heron 5
Greylag 15
Merlin 1
Black-tailed Godwit 4
Curlew Sandpiper 1
Little Stint 2
Lapwing 10
Sandwich Tern 2
Arctic Tern 1
Bonxie 20
Black Guillemot 5 Lerwick
Collared Dove 1 Lerwick
Rock Dove 12
Skylark 3
Swallow 10
Red-rumped Swallow 1 ex in flight and sat on wires behind the Barclay Arms Hotel Hoswick
Meadow Pipit 15
Alba Wagtail 4
Pied Wagtail 1
Shetland Wren 3
Wheatear 16
Willow Warbler 4
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Pied Flycatcher 1 Hoswick, 1 Virkie
Twite 2