Happy New Year one and all! Just this minute seen a female Hen Harrier hunting by Kirkhouse Mill (Widewall Bay), whilst a Peregrine was sitting atop an...
Ok, so after complaining about the lack of raptors around our place last year, we've now just seen a male Hen Harrier (not far from where the female was)...
... at 209. ... Hi Paul (& all you year listers!) Caught up with three that you were after, today:- Grey Phalarope, Newark Bay, Deerness Green-winged Teal,...
Had a good drive around today and did not do very well!! No sign of the Ring Billed Gull at Stromness, the Smew at Skaill/Clumly, the Little Egret anywhere,...
First of all Happy New Year to you Paul and everyone else on the forum. I hope the forum goes from strength to strength in 2008. If it's any consolation the...
Many thanks for your kind pledge of £20 Dave. The charity/charities would either be Orkney based or have strong local connections. Starting to get light now,...
The Grey Phalarope was still at Newark early this am, right next to the slipway. No sign of the GW Teal or Surf Scoter, but not too surprising given the...
If, like any normal person (i.e. not Paul) you are clustered around the fire at home playing with your new Christmas toys, when you break them think about...
The Goldfinches turned up again this afternoon, with 2 in the trees opposite Grimmond Place, Finstown. Most of my sightings have been around 2pm to 3 pm which...
Well, after the raptor excitement of yesterday, very quiet today. Only bird of note (well, for us, anyway) was a lone Fieldfare which parked for a bit on the...
Hi Paul, This is a very useful list - many thanks for compiling it. I guess that we're all going to find the odd error and omission and the first one that...
2 kingfishers,3 merlins,several hen harriers,great grey shrike,barn owl and firecrest,smew,bewick swan-you guessed it,birding east anglia style.Best wishes to...
The Cranes where last seen just NE of Kirkwall but lost from sight. Hopefully they will reappear....please! Looked for in Tankerness but no sign. No sign of...
Have added a list of birds I may need help with in Jan/Feb in the files section. Any help gratefully received. This will be updated every Friday night, as and...
Paul,saw what I think was a common buzzard from the Redland Road at about 2.15 today-too distant to id as anything else.Maybe you can help me to see it...
Hi, Managed to see the Cranes very late this afternoon, but only in flight. They must have been in/near a flock of Greylags, and when they went up the Cranes...
David, There are Common Buzzards in the Redland, Firth area. One of the birds in particularly pale. The RLB is also still in the area. Malcolm david891083...
Enjoyed great views of the Cranes this morning. They were on a stubble field at Quanterness at about 10.30am and took off in the direction of Saverock....
HI there I am an observer of the group from Caithness, and as you have had Common Cranes in Orkney I thought I would let you know that there were 14 Common...
Hello all - dipped on the cranes yesterday by approximately 2 minutes (owch) as we arrived in Tankerness just after Paul and couldn't find them subsequently....
Ha! Cheap shot, Mr. Higson - and an unwise one from someone who's looking for help reaching 200 for the year! Cast your mind forward to late October 2008. You...
A good day started with a close encounter with a shy and elusive Jack Snipe - see added photo- both Rough legged and Common Buzzard in Rendall,Goldfinch and...
Thanks for the help Malcolm,god knows I need it!Scoped a common buzzard on a fence post in Rendall this am but no sgn of you know what.No sign of the grey...
Hi David, I was lucky and got good views of the RL Buzzard from the main Rendall road today about 1215. There is an area of hard standing about 100 yards from...
Lunchtime today saw the male Hen Harrier hunting the field in front of the house, to be joined seconds later by a Peregrine, which swooped over the garden. ...
I was just finishing my atlas tetrad and walked back through the woods here at Hestily and a bird flew out in front of me. It landed not far away and I decided...
