An early morning check of Skaw revealed the Marsh Warbler was still present along with a number of the common migrants lingering from previous days. Just as I was leaving I noticed a Phyllosc fly-catching from the washing line and casually looked at it anticipating it being one of the Willow Warblers so got a shock on seeing it was a Wood Warbler. It rather quickly moved to the roof of the croft and then the telegraph wire before heading inland along the fence before I last saw it fly c.300m until lost from view still heading inland. On the drive back to Millfield a Wryneck was flushed from Holsens road where I saw one in the Spring in the same circumstances. A quick look at Norwick produced another daytime encounter with a moulting adult Long-eared Owl that was initially sat on a fencepost before flying around the nearby fields. The gardens held 3 Pied Flycatchers. A quick stop at Uyeasound returning home from work produced another 2 Pied Flycatchers and a juvenile Peregrine was seen in flight over Baltasound.
Skaw
Merlin 1
Sanderling 15
Marsh Warbler 1
Common Whitethroat 1
Garden Warbler 2
Willow Warbler 2
Wood Warbler 1
Holsens road
Wryneck 1
Whinchat 1
Millfield
Willow Warbler 1
Norwick
Long-eared Owl 1
Willow Warbler 2
Pied Flycatcher 3
Uyeasound
Ruff 12
Willow Warbler 1
Pied Flycatcher 2
Baltasound
Peregrine 1 juv. female
Marsh Warbler at Skaw
Wood Warbler at Skaw
Common Snipe at Lamba Ness
Wryneck along Holsens road
photographed through the windscreen!
Long-eared Owl at Norwick
