Friday 18 November 2016

Goldfinch and Whacky Gull

On the patch today - 1 Goldfinch, 10 Redwing, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Robins, 2 1w Glaucous Gulls and a crazy looking Iceland type that looked like neither an Iceland or a Kumlien's!
Goldfinch
Gull sp
Chiffchaff
Robin

Thursday 10 November 2016

More Waxies

2 Waxwing in the garden on and off for most of the day.

Tuesday 8 November 2016

Waxwings


Not much improvement on the patch with 23 Tufted Duck, 3 Goldeneye, a Fieldfare and 2 Redwing. Though the highlight of the day was undoubtedly 5 Waxwings - 3 in a garden just up the road and 2 very tame ones in my garden.
Waxwings
 

Waxwings in the garden

Monday 7 November 2016

Non-Birding

No birding done today, but I did manage to see 3 Waxwing at Scatness whilst waiting for the bus, 2 Waxwing at Sandwick seen from the bus and 6 Waxwing in Lerwick feeding on a small cotoneaster outside the Lerwick Hotel.
Waxwings in Lerwick - taken on my phone

Sunday 6 November 2016

Glauc

Not a lot doing on the patch today - 1 fly by Glaucous Gull, 1 Goldeneye and a Robin.
Glaucous Gull

Saturday 5 November 2016

Winter's here

Definitely a wintry feel in the air now, most things have cleared out of the patch, the only migrants today were 2 Redwing, a Blackcap and a Robin. More in the vein of winter was a Little Auk in West Voe along with 80 Long-tailed Ducks and 10 Red-breasted Mergansers. 4 Tufted Duck, 45 Wigeon and a Goldeneye were on the Loch.
Blackbird - in the garden most mornings
Long-tailed Duck
Redwing

Friday 4 November 2016

Another Goldfinch

Another Goldfinch on the patch today, that's a total of 6 birds this autumn. Around the rest of the patch - 2 Blackcaps, Merlin (in front of the house), 60 Long-tailed Duck, 5 Red-breasted Merganser (West Voe), 12 Redwing, 3 Fieldfare and a Robin.
Goldfinch
Fieldfares
Long-tailed Ducks
Merlin
Blackcap

Wednesday 2 November 2016

Merlin

Amazingly there are still 1 or 2 new birds coming into the patch, Dunnock and Wood Pigeon were both new arrivals, still 25+ Rewing and a Song Thrush in the neep field, 2 Goldeneye and 4 Whooper Swans on the Loch, Jack Snipe flushed from the docks, Robin in the garden and a showy Merlin along the road.
A fine view from the end of the road
Merlin
Redwing