I checked the Rousay Sparrowhawk nest week-end before last and it had successfuly fledged young sometime before so the birds you saw could well have been juv...
It seems that the Green Sandpiper is still around. Norman dragged me out of bed at 7.50 this morning to have a look, as it was parked on our front fence....
Just manged to tear myself away from typing up the Orkney Corncrake Report for long enough to perform a virtually perfect display of the ancient Yorkshire...
Was trying to cook our lunch, when Norman shouted at me to look out of the window. A Buzzard was gliding leasurely over the field at the front of the house...
Hi Folks Just a few bits & bobs to report from Saturday 30/08/2008 Greenshank - 1 at Loch of Wasdale and another at Loch of Skail Black-tailed Godwit - 6 at...
Mill Dam is still attracting plenty of waders. Today there were 26 black-tailed godwit, 16 dunlin, a record count of 68 ringed plover and 6 ruff. Paul....
Thanks for this, virtually a GPS location, exactly same place most of the day. A great sight, and if we had gone to the pier side first, we couldve had an even...
Hi Alan,  Looks like there are a lot more resident Chaffinches at this end of the village. I've had double figures most days throughout the summer but I'm...
W B Diver still off Knockhall Point this morn. Shetland has got the usual drift migrants from Scandanavia - Pied Flys, Redstarts, Wrynecks, Barred warbler etc...
Hi Malcom, i go to William Shearers, Victoria street foe mine. Its a nice frendly place. I used to go thru a couple of 20k sacks over the winter in town. I...
Hello Malcolm, Orkney Ringing Group sells various types of bird food seeds, peanuts etc. It’s all at very competitive prices. Colin Corse holds the stock. ...
Sorry for the delay in posting, my BT Home Hub has been out of action for some reason for a couple of hours, hopefully now back to normal. Best bird on this...
had a juvenile Shelduck wandering about in the Oyce the other night. Haven't they all gone by now? Also a snipe & a lone female mallard (not seen many of them...
No sign of wryneck not long after Paul saw it, I'm afraid. Hundreds of Meadow Pipits there though and a couple of Wheatears. A buzzard flew over this afternoon...
Birsay Farmers is pretty good for all sorts of bird seed...they have a bog standard seed that they keep in stock but I prefer the finch feed that has less...
This morning in Burray:- A white goose flew over in a flock of Greylags. There was no black in the primaries so perhaps one of these ones that have been...
Interesting reading the comments re Dragons in the Gloup. I've been away but have spoken to The Sankeys who are going to send me some ("awful") photos. As Dick...
My email system has been down for a week so I haven’t been able to post any bird info. During our last Scapa Flow count on Aug 21st, Andy and I had 789...
Hello all. We two intrepid walkers were storming the western coast of S Ron this week, walking from Burwick to Serrigar, about half way up on the left. We...
Havent spotted any rarities here but a few nice spots. Better than usual sighting of the artic skuas at Saviskail. 3 altogether, 2 quite well marked and one...
38 Black-wits at The Shunan 03/09/2008 also Knot 7, Teal 50, Dunlin and Redshank. Dead Sand, Bridge of Waithe - Redshank 70, Knot 9, Bar-tailed Godwit 1, Ringo...
At last... A trip down to the Oynce of Quindry yesterday produced a Little Stint (192) 80 Dunlin, 43 Ringed Plover, 6 Black Tailed Godwits and 50 Knot. So...
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