Tuesday 23 November 2010

Dam it's cold... Part 1

Finally off work today, and able to try for Brydon's Water Pipit (the first for Shetland no less!) on Unst. I arrived at the beach about 9'ish, and was joined by Robbie and Mike shortly after. The bird showed very briefly on the road behind the beach for about 2 min, before leading us on a game of cat and mouse for the next few hours. The temperature was about 2 degrees, and with a strong Northerly wind and rain/hail showers, it felt much colder!... All this, and the fact the bird was so flighty and difficult to follow, meant the pics I have are truly crap... So you ain't going to see any pics here. Try the 'Nature Shetland' link in the side bar for decent photos of this bird.

3 comments:

  1. You're right and it got colder later and still no sign of the bird !

    Robbie

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  2. Glad I called it quits when I did then! Thursday may be ok weather wise, so may try for a few pics then... If it stays of course!

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  3. Yeh, I'll go and look again then, I'm going in to 'town' tomorrow.

    Robbie

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