New and improved ?

With Blogger doing a new and improved version of things, it meant that for several days I couldn't do any updates, plus a couple of posts have gone missing into the ether, and finally, when everything was supposedly OK I couldn't log in !!!

So here's a summary from the last few weeks -



Common Redpoll - one in the garden for a few days, and a year-tick.




female Pintail on the Loch on 25/5




Barnacle Goose on the Loch for a few days towards the end of May




Garden Warbler in the Hotel Garden on 26/5




Icterine Warbler at Sumburgh Head on 26/5




Sedge Warbler in the garden on 26/5 - garden tick !!!




Whinchat - another year-tick on 26/5





Mutes Swans - up to 8 have been on the Loch during May




Wood Pigeon - the only migrant on 4/6





Some Stuff...

....from last week ('cause I couldn't be arsed to update at the time).

Eider.

Linnet - duly year-ticked at the old pile of rocks

Mute Swans - a flock of 8 were present for one day.

Reed Bunting - 3 males have been around the patch

Red-throated Diver - several in West Voe

Whimbrel.

Willow Warbler in the garden.

Water Pig

A few more year-ticks - Mute Swan, male Reed Bunting and 2 House Martins, elsewhere around the patch - 12 Swallows, 4 Sand Martin, Willow Warbler plus, a male Common Scoter in West Voe.

Mute Swan.

 Reed Bunting

 House Martin.



Common Scoter.

Mute.

The only slightly interesting thing today was 5 Mute Swans on the Loch, this would have been a pretty good patch year-tick (quite scarce at Scatness) had there not already been 3 in West Voe on January 5th.

Mute.

A quick dash out late afternoon for 3 Mute Swans in West Voe, taking the patch year-list to 44. Other than the 2 Redwings and 2 Robins in the garden the only other thing of note was a Jack Snipe flushed from the roadside next to Pool of Virkie.

Mute Swans.