Saturday 29 September 2007

29/9/07 Uyeasound


Goldeneye 1
Pochard 1
Tufted Duck 24
Merlin 1
Robin 1
Blackcap 2
Yellow-browed Warbler 4
Chiffchaff 1
Goldcrest 2
Redwing 4
Fieldfare 4
Brambling 6
Mealy Redpoll 1

Baltasound School
Melodious Warbler 1
Yellow-browed Warbler 1
Willow Warbler 2
Chiffchaff 1
Brambling 4
Lapland Bunting 1

Halligarth
Swallow 2
Blackcap 2
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Yellow-browed Warbler 2
Goldcrest 1

Friday 28 September 2007

28/9/07 SE2 Uyeasound


Grey Heron 5
Mute Swan 1
Redwing 12
Robin 1

Baltasound School
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Melodious Warbler 1
Yellow-browed Warbler 2
Chiffchaff 1
Goldcrest 1

Halligarth
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Blackcap 1
Yellow-browed Warbler 2
Brambling 14

Norwick
Redstart 1
Robin 1
Barred Warbler 2
Lesser Whitethroat 4
Blackcap 3
Willow Warbler 1
Chiffchaff 2
Goldcrest 2
Redwing 10
Brambling 1
Greenland Redpoll 6

Skaw
Whinchat 1
Redstart 1
Blackcap 1

Lamba Ness
Snow Bunting 8

Buddabrake
Redwing 16
Chiffchaff 2

Houlland, Baliasta
Redwing 8

Feal Burn, Fetlar
Red-backed Shrike 1 juv.

Houbie
Swainson’s Thrush 1 ex.

Thursday 27 September 2007

27/9/07 Calm to NE 1. Skaw


Whinchat 1
Redstart 1
Blackcap 1

Lamba Ness
Blue Fulmar 1N at 8.54
Purple Sandpiper 1
Snow Bunting 15

Funzie, Fetlar
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Redwing 2

Feal Burn
Swallow 3
Song Thrush 1

Norwick
White-rumped Sandpiper 1 adult ex.
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Willow Warbler 2
Goldcrest 1
Common Rosefinch 1
Greenland Redpoll 1

Buddabrake
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Willow Warbler 2
Goldcrest 2
Redwing 1
Fieldfare 1
Brambling 1

Houlland, Baliasta
Redwing 3
Brambling 1

Halligarth
Chiffchaff 1
Goldcrest 1

Baltasound School
Merlin 1
Garden Warbler 1
Yellow-browed Warbler 1
Goldcrest 1
Brambling 2

Wednesday 26 September 2007

26/9/07 NNW7 Lamba Ness


Little Stint 1 juv.
Snow Bunting 35

Norwick
Swallow 1
Redstart 1
Blackcap 1 female
Chiffchaff 1
Common Rosefinch 1 1w

Halligarth
Redwing 1

Baltasound
Melodious Warbler 1

Uyeasound
Blackcap 1 male
Greenland Redpoll 1

Tuesday 25 September 2007

25/9/07 W7 Lamba Ness


Little Stint 1 juv.
Spotted Sandpiper 1 juv.
Blackcap 1 male on ground!
Snow Bunting 2

Norwick
Swallow 4
Sand Martin 1
Redstart 1
Whinchat 1
Common Whitethroat 1
Blackcap 2
Chiffchaff 2
Redwing 4
Common Rosefinch 1 1w
Greenland Redpoll 5

Baltasound
Melodious Warbler 1

Uyeasound
Grey Heron 2

Monday 24 September 2007

24/9/07 E3 drizzle. Norwick


Garden Warbler 1
Willow Warbler 1
Chiffchaff 1
Common Rosefinch 1 1w

Skaw
Whinchat 1

Baltasound
Grey Wagtail 1
Lesser Whitethroat 1

Uyeasound
Mute Swan 1
Barred Warbler 1 ex.

Sunday 23 September 2007

23/9/07 SW4-5 Sandwick Beach


Otter 1
Pale-bellied Brent Goose 1 juv.
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Ruff 1
Golden Plover c.100

Westing
Whooper Swan 1 adult
Lapwing 90
Lapland Bunting 2 ex.
Snow Bunting 2

Saturday 22 September 2007

22/9/07 Lamba Ness


Snow Bunting 24
Shore Lark 1

Uyeasound
Mute Swan 1
Tufted Duck 5
House Martin 1
Sand Martin 1

Friday 21 September 2007

21/9/07 Skaw


Lesser Whitethroat 1

Norwick
Chiffchaff 2

Lamba Ness
Spotted Sandpiper 1 juv. ex.
Shore Lark 1
Snow Bunting 23

Haroldswick
Grey Wagtail 1

Baltasound
Turtle Dove 1

Thursday 20 September 2007

20/9/07 SW3 Lamba Ness


Shore Lark 1
Snow Bunting 4

Norwick
Common Whitethroat 1
Chiffchaff 2
Snow Bunting 3
Greenland Redpoll 1

Haroldswick
Ruff 1

Wednesday 19 September 2007

19/9/07 SW3 Skaw


Knot 2
Lesser Whitethroat 1

Lamba Ness
Spotted Sandpiper 1 juv. Briefly before flew to shoreline and identification not clinchedL
Shore Lark 1

Norwick
Common Whitethroat 1
Chiffchaff 2

Baltasound
Knot 1
Pink-footed Goose 1
Melodious Warbler 1
Marsh Warbler 1

Tuesday 18 September 2007

18/9/07 Calm increasing to SW5. Northdale


Skylark 4
Wheatear 1

Skaw
Greenland Redpoll 1

Lamba Ness
Ruff 1

Norwick
Swallow 1
Common Whitethroat 1
Chiffchaff 1
Greenland Redpoll 1

Saxa Vord
Snow Bunting 1

Haroldswick
Wigeon 1
Greenland Redpoll 1

Baltasound
Otter 1 ex.

Upper Sotland
Skylark 14

Monday 17 September 2007

17/9/07 Skaw


Greenland Redpoll 2

Northdale
Skylark 4

Haroldswick
Grey Wagtail 1

Norwick
Swallow 2
Common Whitethroat 1
Chiffchaff 1

Halligarth
Garden Warbler 1

Lamba Ness
Snow Bunting 5
Shore Lark 1 ex. Flanks concolorous with mantle. Slight olive wash and barely streaked mantle. White tips to greater coverts. Rump and uppertail coverts warmest area. Wide yellow border to ear-coverts. Rufous on rear flanks. Stubby bill. Paler scapulars. Black legs. Breast band black. Yellow supercilium and throat.

Sunday 16 September 2007

16/9/07 Northdale


Skylark 4
Greenland Redpoll 1

Skaw
Knot 6
Black-tailed Godwit 1
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Snow Bunting 9
Greenland Redpoll 3

Lamba Ness
Sooty Shearwater 1N at 12.08

Norwick
Swallow 3
Chiffchaff 1

Saturday 15 September 2007

15/9/07 Lamba Ness W4


Sooty Shearwater 2N at 7.48 and 8.09.
Black Guillemot 2N
Snow Bunting 5

Skaw
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Greenland Redpoll 3

Uyeasound
Skylark 4

Baltasound School
Melodious Warbler 1 ex.

Friday 14 September 2007

14/9/07 Lamba Ness WNW8


Sooty Shearwater 11N at 12.27, 12.35, 12.37, 12.45, 1.10, 2 at 1.52, 2 at 2.20 and 2 at 2.31.
Little Auk 1N at 2.00pm
Grey Phalarope 1N at 1.10pm
Arctic Skua 1S
Snow Bunting 1

Thursday 13 September 2007

13/9/07 Westing W4-5


Cormorant 1
Lapwing 12

Uyeasound
Peregrine 1 juv.

Baltasound
Merlin 1

Wednesday 12 September 2007

12/9/07 Westing


Curlew 50

Baltasound School
Marsh Warbler 1 ex. Completely pale. Supercilium reaching eye. Crown olive-green. Throat white. Slightly sullied grey on breast-sides and flanks. Olive-green mantle extending onto rump. Dark tail. Tertials dark-centred with broad pale fringes. Very long primary projection (longer than exposed tertials) with pale tips to primaries visible. Undertail coverts long and whitish. Belly whitish. Strong legs greyish with some yellow. Pale eye-ring. Greyish iris. Rump concolourous with mantle.
Willow Warbler 1

Skaw
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Greenland Redpoll 1 ex.

Lamba Ness
Sooty Shearwater 3N at 4.35, 4.58 and 5.16
Snow Bunting 1

Tuesday 11 September 2007

11/9/07 Westing W3-4


Shag 140
Gannet 10
Greylag Goose 13
Mallard 9
Redshank 4
Turnstone 2
Curlew 27
Oystercatcher 2
Golden Plover 8
Lapwing 32
Snipe 2
Common Gull 2
Herring Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Bonxie 1
Rock Dove 2
Skylark 1
Wheatear 1
Blackbird 1
Wren 1
Meadow Pipit 16
Rock Pipit 1
Starling 12
Hooded Crow 2
Raven 3
Twite 10

Baltasound
Rose-coloured Starling 1 adult

Norwick
Twite 2

Uyeasound
Curlew 200

Monday 10 September 2007

10/9/07 NW8 Lamba Ness


Fulmar 8,000N
Gannet 10,000N
Sooty Shearwater 9N at 10.35, 12.23, 2.00, 2.17, 2.40, 2.56, 3.37, 4.19 and 4.28
Great Shearwater 3N at 12.02, 2.10 and 2.35.
Arctic Skua 1S
Bonxie 250N

Norwick
Swallow 1
Willow Warbler 2

Skaw
Black-tailed Godwit 2

Haroldswick
Golden Plover 100
Lapwing 30

Sunday 9 September 2007

9/9/07 Westing, Unst W3 Overcast and drizzle


Whooper Swan 1
Greylag Goose 23
Curlew 25
Snipe 7
Redshank 4
Lapwing 30
Turnstone 2
Golden Plover 6N
Oystercatcher 2
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Common Gull 1
Bonxie 1
Rock Dove 5
Meadow Pipit 2
Wren 1
Starling 201
Raven 1
Twite 10

Baltasound
Lapwing 3
Merlin 1
Wood Pigeon 2
Collared Dove 2
Wren 1
Starling 300
Lesser Whitethroat 1

Saturday 8 September 2007

8/9/07 Skaw, Unst


Sanderling 3
Common Rosefinch 1 1w

Norwick

Meadow Pipit 8S
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Willow Warbler 1

Baltasound School
Starling 300

Friday 7 September 2007

7/9/07 Girdleness 6am


Red-throated Diver 2S
Manx Shearwater 17N, 2S
Sooty Shearwater 3N, 1S
Knot 2
Arctic Tern 10S
Arctic Skua 1 ad L/P N
Bonxie 1N
Swallow 1S
Meadow Pipit 5

Ythan Estuary

Red-throated Diver 1
Pintail 2
Eider 500
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Osprey 1
Knot 262
Greenshank 5
Whimbrel 1
Dunlin 100
Sanderling 20 

Northlink 7pm sailing

Storm Petrel 2
Arctic Skua 3