After all of yesterday's excitement it was unfortunately back to reality today. I was hoping that a drop in wind would encourage a few more migrants to reveal themselves but that wasn't the case. Eddie asked if I'd take a look at the latest near-monochrome Wagtail to grace Unst but that proved a rather frustrating experience. Clive saw it dropping into the cattle field but it then remained invisible in the long grass. It flew off again and took a while to return, but whilst then on view it remained distant and against the light! In the hour that I spent watching it I only heard it call the once. Eddie mentioned that thankfully Scott has obtained some good recordings, so the resultant sonograms will hopefully reveal from where in presumably the range of thunbergi/plexa/tschutschensis it has likely originated...
Norwick: 2 Grey Heron in off, 4 Knot, 4 Sanderling, Collared Dove, Pied Wagtail, 2 Tree Pipit, 2 Robin, Wheatear, Common Redstart, Barred Warbler, 9 Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Pied Flycatcher, 5 Mealy Redpoll, 9 Siskin & 2 Common Rosefinch.
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