Saturday, 10 September 2022

10th September 2022 Unst

Another calm morning with an early morning flock of 31 Ravens moving southeast and plenty of common migrants still on the island. My highlight was seeing my first 2 Yellow-browed Warblers of the year.

NorthDale: Whinchat, Redstart, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Garden Warbler, 4 Willow Warbler, 20 Siskin, Reed Bunting & 31 Ravens (flock flying southeast).

Skaw (with Chris Redgard): Kestrel, Grey Wagtail, 4 Whinchat, 2 Redstart, Yellow-browed Warbler, 6 Willow Warbler, Pied Flycatcher, Red-backed Shrike & 15 Siskin.

Norwick: Merlin, 5 Ruff, Stonechat, Tree Pipit, Song Thrush, Common Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, 6 Blackcap, Yellow-browed Warbler, 10 Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, 4 Pied Flycatcher, Spotted Flycatcher & 28 Siskin.

Yellow-browed Warbler at Skaw

Red-backed Shrike at Skaw

Ruff at Norwick

Tree Pipit at Norwick

Yellow-browed Warbler at Norwick