Sunday 25 July 2021

25th July 2021 Unst SE2 Overcast

A walk around Norwick produced a Great Northern Diver, the Bonaparte's Gull, the colour-flagged Sanderling, a Knot, 5 Swallows, a Marsh Warbler, a Chiffchaff and a Mealy Redpoll. A leucistic Starling was present in the cut hayfields at Millfield. Burrafirth added 3 Great Northern Divers and 2 Swallows.

Marsh Warbler at Norwick

Mealy Redpoll at Norwick


leucistic Starling at Millfield

Pelican of London passing Lamba Ness
Built in 1948 in Le Havre, France, Pelican was originally a double-beam Arctic fishing trawlerIn 2021 the ship embarked upon a thirteen-week research cruise organised by charity City to Sea and environmental research group Darwin200 to survey the extent of plastic pollution in UK coastal waters.