Fog, low cloud and drizzle hampered birding all morning but the weather improved early afternoon.
Skaw: Whinchat, Song Thrush & 3 Common Redpoll.
Norwick: Kestrel, 3 Ruff, Song Thrush, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Yellow-browed Warbler, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff & 2 Chaffinches
Burrafirth: 3 Yellow-browed Warblers & acredula-type Willow Warbler.
Yellow-browed Warbler at Norwick
Easier to hear than see through the gloom!
Yellow-browed Warbler at Burrafirth
acredula-type Willow Warbler at Burrafirth
It's surprising how long some of the migrants associated with the early September fall have remained in situ - I first saw this acredula-type Willow Warbler whilst alongside Dante and he left Unst over a week ago!
