November 25th - 28th.

Peregrine at Quendale on 25th, Merlin at Grutness and Waxwing in Virkie Willows on 28th. Otherwise lots of rain and darkness.

Shag & Merlin.

November 24th 2008. Black Redstart.

South Mainland.

250+ Greylag Geese, female Merlin, 10 Whooper Swan, 43 Wigeon, 13 Tufted Duck and a Grey Heron at Scatness.
40+ Long-tailed Duck, 1st year Iceland Gull (eating a road-killed Blackbird !) and Black Redstart at West Voe of Sumburgh.
4 Fieldfare, 3 Redwing and 26 Snow Bunting at Sumburgh Head.
Robin at Grutness.

Black Redstart.

Black Redstart & Rock Pipit.

November 22nd 2008. Gulls.

Spent all day in and around Lerwick, looking for the Ivory Gull seen yesterday afternoon - no sign ! 2 1st year Iceland Gulls at the Shetland Catch, and a 2nd year near Tesco.


Herring Gulls.

Iceland Gulls.

Kittiwake.

Kittiwake & Long-tailed Duck.

November 14th 2008.

2 Chiffchaffs in the Garden, 23 Greylag Geese in front of the House, heavy rain all day !!!



Chiffchaffs.

November 13th 2008.

Great Northern & Red-throated Divers in the bay in front of the House.

Great Northern Diver.

November 11th 2008. Hume's Warbler.

Spent the whole day on Bressay, started off at Gorie - 1 Long-eared Owl, 5 Fieldfare and a Robin, then checked various other birdless sites, finishing up at Gardie House. Found Hume's Warbler while Gary was trying to get better views of a Water Rail around the pond. the Hume's was pretty elusive, but was calling a fair bit and responded immediately to an ipod (didn't respond at all to Yellow-browed calls or - due to Gary's DJ skills - Radde's Warbler or Rufous Woodpecker !!).
Also at Gardie - 2 Robins, 2 Water Rail and a Chiffchaff.
Gary's photo's of the Hume's can be seen here -
http://www.nature-shetland.co.uk/naturelatest/latestbirds.htm

Hume's Warbler.

Long-eared Owl.

November 10th 2008. Yellow-browed.

Yellow-browed Warbler in the Garden, mid morning - given the date and the wind direction, it ought to have been a Hume's - no justice !! Also Robin in the Garden and 3 Common Scoters in Quendale Bay.

November 8th 2008. White-fronts.

6 Woodcock, 2 Goldcrest and a Black Redstart around Sumburgh Farm, 5 White-fronted Geese flew south past the House mid afternoon, 1 Robin in the Garden.

White-fronted Geese.

November 7th 2008.

1 Waxwing, 5 Fieldfare, 7 Redwing and a Robin in the Garden, Brent Goose past the House.

Redwing.

November 6th 2008.

Started off in Lerwick and checked most of the trees between there and South Mainland.

4 Chiffchaff and 2 Waxwing in Helenedale, A Chiffchaff and a Robin at Casho, 2 Goldcrest, a Sparrowhawk and 3 Chaffinch at Wester Quarff, A Chiffchaff and 100+ Redwing at Hoswick, Water Rail at Channerwick, 60+ Fieldfare and a Merlin on Mossy Hill, 100+ Redwing, 20 Fieldfare, 50+ Blackbird, a Robin and a Waxwing at Geosetter, Single Waxwing in the Garden at dusk.

Merlin on Mossy Hill.

November 5th 2008. Olive-backed Pipit.

Eventually saw the Olive-backed Pipit at Toab, after it had disappeared for a good while. Also around Toab - 2 Robin, 2 Waxwing, 120+ Twite and 1 Kestrel.

2 Fieldfare, 6 Redwing, 3 Snow Bunting and a Waxwing around Old Scatness Broch.

4 Waxwing in the Garden.

Olive-backed Pipit.

November 4th 2008. Another Waxwing.

A single Waxwing spent all day in the Garden, feeding on apples and rose hips (a different bird from 2 days ago), another 3 Waxwing flew south over the house at about 3 pm.

Waxwing.