Wednesday
21st September strong S/SE Sunny
intervals, some hill fog at times, short light shower.
A
red-breasted flycatcher has been trapped at Gully. Brought back to
the Bird Observatory it goes onto the Green Year list once it has
been processed, rung and released. Bird number 292.
I
know I must be on Fair Isle as a Lapland bunting lands on the road in
front of me as I cycle.
Lee
Gregory has seen a spotted crake at Da Water first thing and I decide
to head south and bird the geos of the south west and the crofts and
ditches.
Yellow-browed
warbler and female blackcap on the cliff at Steeness as I hold onto a
fence and the strong wind is at my back.
Five
yellow-browed warblers are in the reeds of Meadow Burn with a willow
warbler, a couple of the former are very vocal, calling repeatedly.
Single
yellow-broweds are at both Upper and Lower Lough crofts and another
is beside the road just north of here. The next one I see is at
Burkle where two male blackcaps accompany it.
Otherwise
the birding is of the expected birds and despite a text arriving
stating a very tame lanceolated warbler is near to the Bird
Observatory, my aim is to try for the spotted crake.
Cleaning
a window in the Kirk, positioning a chair to lean on I watch Da water
for three hours until the light is too poor to see anything as night
falls. No spotted crake, the highlight is a moorhen!
After
the evening log I pay my Lifer dues to the Bird Observatory for the
Great Snipe. The idea is that one gives a donation to the obs for a
lifer on a scale that increases the amount of cash the higher your
life list is. Money into the pot. Money well spent.
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