Hello all, This morning I had at least 3 Common Redpolls in bushes near the back of the Sands Hotel. There may have been more but I could only view the top of...
Just got a report of a possible/probable/perhapsable Rough Legged Buzzard in Deerness, by St Peters Pool near the old coastguard hut. If anyone is out that...
At Hall of Heddle planting trees to day, had f h harrier m kestrel 12+ greenfinch 14fieldfare 4 redwing wrens calling red grouse calling. Best bird was a...
For some reason, I can’t access the orkbird website. Don’t understand why because I can access everything else. Anyway, just thought I’d let you all...
Great day for winter birding but not much in the way of good stuff about. Buzzard (Common) at Binscarth, Carrion Crow at Skaill, loads of Slavs but basically...
... I believe that Stuart Williams had a Lapland Bunting on Shapinsay today, together with a lot of Snow Buntings. I am going to have a good "stroll" through...
Egilsay's as good a bet as any at the moment I would say. The stubbles and bird crops out here have been excellent so far this autumn / early winter, with...
Gorgeous day so took a stroll at Inganess to see if the rough-leg was still around (negative, but thanks for the message Paul) and enjoyed watching lots of...
At the Peedie Sea today with Tufted Ducks was this Aythya. The bird appears to be equal in size to the accompanying Tufted Ducks (although Sue thought it to be...
Hi Tim, Sounds interesting. Will have a look tomorrow. Presume it must be juv or female?? Malcolm timmydean52 <timmydean52@...> wrote: At the Peedie Sea...
Much better day today - thank god. Started with a Goldfinch and Pied Wag at Heddle Road, Finstown. 12 Slavs from the layby at Rossmyre, Firth plus 7 Great N...
Malcolm it's a drake - have a look at the photo on the site. Tim ... be juv or female?? ... Aythya. The bird ... (although ... Tufted) - ... Scaup. The ... ...
Surf Scoter - Drake with ca30 Velvets in Bay of Kirkwall, near Quanterness Skerry. Great Northern Diver - 20+ Wide Firth Slavonian Grebe 10+ Wide Firth ...
Wonderful weather for a Sunday stroll around the reserve shoreline. No rarities but everything showing really well. Highlights included 26 Great Northern...
On Sunday the bird spent most of the time I was watching it at the Power Bowl end of the Peedie Sea and was mixing with half a dozen Tufties. Tim ... bird ... ...
As far as i am aware this bird has not been seen today. However, ducks have been coming and going all day, and the big ugly drake Greater Scaup that was there...
I've put a few more photos on the site. Far too early to claim it as a Lesser. Need to see extent of wing bar and a good idea of the nail on the bill. Tim...
Hi Steve, I haven’t checked but I think the 500 was my record and they were on Thieves Holm, near Shapinsay. This is a regular site for good numbers of...
Been back to look at the "duck" that is currently swimming about with c.6 Tufted Ducks on the Peedie Sea This individual looks very much like a Tufted/Scaup...
After looking at lots of images and reading a host of texts my feelings veer to a Tufted x Scaup. Though the head was clearly pointed, on all the photos I took...
Thanks for that Tim, must admit I have learnt more on Lesser Scaup ID in the last couple of days than i thought possible. A very interesting bird, and well...
... Hi all, Having spent a good deal of time looking at this duck in probably far better conditions than Tim had, and having a number of reasonable shots of it...
... section. ... Thanks for that Keith. I have been meaning to add keiths excellent website to the LINKS section. Hopefully i have just done that. Will add a...
