Having spent all day working, John Lowrie Irvine's news that there was a Treecreeper and 3 Coal Tits in the Skaw Plantation, Whalsay had me heading for Valyie late in the afternoon... in the windy conditions I'd tried playback of the two species but to no avail. I was then joined by Duncan, Iain and Martin and we were admiring a Waxwing when a small passerine flew from behind, past us and landed on the wall below the kitchen window of Valyie just a few meters away - bingo - a Northern Treecreeper - only the third record for Unst! It then put on a fine show feeding in the clump of sycamores completely unconcerned by our presence.
Norwick: Pink-footed Goose, 3 Long-tailed Duck, Sparrowhawk, Wheatear, Robin, Blackcap, 5 Goldcrest, Great Tit, Northern Treecreeper, 20+ Waxwing, 2 Fieldfare, 6 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Chaffinch, 40 Brambling & Hawfinch.
Northern Treecreeper at Valyie
Great Tit at Valyie
