With news of a Calandra Lark on Fair Isle we toured Unst checking every ploughed field that we could find! The Sedge Warbler had remained at Skaw and was now very showy jumping from rock to rock in the burn. The Norwick Mealy Redpolls had presumably relocated to Lamba Ness favouring the sheep pens where the two male Snow Buntings also remained. A Redwing was new in at Valyie but the other migrants seen there were lingerers. Whilst we were at Northdale, Brydon kindly text that Paula Goddard had seen a Red-backed Shrike in her garden. Although we were only a mile away Brydon beat us there and found two Red-backed Shrikes present. We watched them feeding along the fencelines much to the consternation of the local Meadow Pipits. Checking the Setters Hill pines produced a smart first-summer male Pied Flycatcher and Baltasound was playing host to an assortment of waders amongst which was a Wood Sandpiper. A large ploughed field attracted us to Belmont where a dozen lingering Long-tailed Ducks remain. Uyeasound and Halligarth both yielded a few more migrants to end another very enjoyable day.
Skaw
Pied Wagtail 1
Sedge Warbler 1
Willow Warbler 1
Sedge Warbler at Skaw
Pied Wagtail at Skaw
Lamba Ness
Dunlin 4
Mealy Redpoll 2
Snow Bunting 2 males
Mealy Redpoll at Lamba Ness
Norwick
Redwing 1
Chiffchaff 3
Spotted Flycatcher 1
Siskin 1
Male Siskin at Norwick
Northdale
Swallow 2
Ungirsta
Red-backed Shrike 2
Red-backed Shrikes at Ungirsta
Burrafirth
Willow Warbler 1
Setters Hill
Pied Flycatcher 1 first-summer male
Spotted Flycatcher 1
Chiffchaff 3
First-summer male Pied Flycatcher at Setters Hill
Baltasound
Pintail 2
Black-tailed Godwit 2
Greenshank 1
Wood Sandpiper 1
Wood Sandpiper at Baltasound
Clingera
Chiffchaff 2
Belmont
Long-tailed Duck 12
Spotted Flycatcher 1
Pair of Long-tailed Ducks at Belmont Loch
Uyeasound
Swallow 1
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Willow Warbler 3
Halligarth
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Willow Warbler 2
Chiffchaff 2
