Friday 14th October 2022.
In the distance Sunburgh Head, on the Mainland. My father used to fly there and then get the helicopter onto the Oil Rigs where he worked for many years when I was a teenager.
A birding chum of mine, Denise Murray is preparing to make her way back from her two-week stay in the Shetland Islands. She has kindly allowed me to put some of her superb photos of some of the rarities she encountered during her stay there and although the weather was somewhat erratic (though I am not surprised for this time of year), the birds were top quality again. Again, many thanks Denise.
Probable Homeyer's Great Grey Shrike. It will be a UK first if accepted. This was photographed at Hillswick, Mainland.
Drake King Eider.
Hornermann's Arctic Redpoll at Toab, Mainland.
A Black-winged Stilt on Yell, Northern Isles.
Glaucous Gull in Lerwick, Mainland.
Myrtle Warbler at Bigton, Mainland.
Yellow-browed Warbler at Norwick, Unst.
Ortolan Bunting also at Norwick, Unst.
White's Thrush at Lerwick, Mainland. I believe that none other than our own Hampshire Birder, Andy Johnson, found the bird.
Dusky Warbler at Ocraquoy, Mainland.
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