Tuesday 31 October 2023

30th October 2023 Unst NE6 Clear

A strong cold wind dominated the day. A late afternoon visit to Valyie failed to produce anything new but on returning home a female Hawfinch sat in the middle of our lawn under our feeders was a nice surprise.

Norwick: Long-tailed Duck, Merlin, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Robin, Goldcrest, Fieldfare, 6 Redwing, 3 Mealy Redpoll, 20 Brambling & female Hawfinch.

Great Spotted Woodpecker at Valyie
One of the features of the Autumn has been the influx of nominate form GSWs. I've uploaded a sound recording of one calling a few ago here.