tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364076328317198692024-03-13T21:24:06.933+00:00Burravoe BirdingDougie Prestonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15022489552266178521noreply@blogger.comBlogger156125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136407632831719869.post-50341391065813956492012-06-18T16:06:00.000+01:002012-06-18T16:06:02.120+01:00Red-necked Phalaropes (inc video)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Lately, these wee birds are certainly proving harder to see! They were seen by myself on almost every visit a few years back, but now they only seem to show every two or three visits! Still plenty to see on Fetlar including Summer plumage GN Divers, Whimbrel, Arctic/Great Skuas etc, so always enjoyable even without the star performers! </div>
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The local Black Guillemots have been very approachable, and extremely vocal, but thanks to the noise of the sea and wind, sound recordings are almost impossible...<br />
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Well actually 'in the chicken shed' would be more appropriate! This superb Black-headed Bunting was found inside a local crofters chicken house today!</div>
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Also a photo of a male Red-backed Shrike taken a few days ago! A bit more wary than the Bunting!...</div>
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Also seen today; 2nd Winter <span style="color: yellow;">Iceland Gull</span> at Burravoe, and a calling GN Diver on the East coast of Yell. The only sign of Spring in Burravoe today has been the first local LBB Gull of the year!</div>
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Well I'm presuming the 'ex-Herring Gull' didn't die of natural causes! Either way this Glaucous Gull on Yell seemed to appreciate the meal...</div>
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Another dose of gull watching at 'The Catch' again found the usual collection of Iceland Gulls, but also included these three 3rd Winter's, two of which had faint markings in the primaries... I reckon these birds demonstrate only well marked Iceland's though, as neither showed any other features of Kumlien's.... anyone care to comment either way?</div>
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<br /></div>Dougie Prestonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15022489552266178521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136407632831719869.post-77841401576895844792012-03-19T15:16:00.000+00:002012-03-29T11:20:32.133+01:00Gulls, Gulls, and more Gulls.....On a wet and windy Shetland day, I could think of nothing better than a trip to 'Shetland Catch' to see what was hanging about! I wasn't to be disappointed either, with 2 Kumlien's types, 29+ Iceland Gulls, 1 Glaucous Gull. As a bonus, the 4 Long-eared Owls were still hanging about in Lerwick too...<br />
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<br />Dougie Prestonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15022489552266178521noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136407632831719869.post-72549102538164976352012-03-08T16:45:00.000+00:002012-03-12T10:33:23.241+00:00Iceland and Kumlien's Gulls.....<div>
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This winter has seen a large influx of White-winged gulls to Shetland. Unsurprisingly they have predominantly been Iceland Gulls like these photographed in Lerwick.....</div>
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With a huge invasion of Iceland Gulls, it was perhaps not surprising they were accompanied by various Kumlien's type gulls.....</div>
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I've added a gallery of the various Kumlien's Gulls to the 'pages' section on the blog. Just click the link in the sidebar or click here; <a href="http://burravoebirding.blogspot.com/p/kumliens-gull-gallery.html" target="_blank">Kumlien's Gallery</a> Any comments on the age or id of these bird is very welcome! </div>
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Unfortunately the weather hasn't been all that good for photography, and this is the best I could do with the local Otter (just a wee bit of light would have been nice!!!)<br /><br /><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#33ff33;">Otter in the dark...</span></em><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSiKB9V4OltonHmdaAvnwafl0m1VprFx1GUyggGxRQWRNoMoibxLguh5Qzrj4kj-PETOOCDTbeRaF_4j9ofl4InG8gIP92HEmNS6mHN2koU48n8fe9hYuwP9oBJbXzymNtGiKUxiCiRgDG/s1600/Otter+41.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552027632220317298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 257px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSiKB9V4OltonHmdaAvnwafl0m1VprFx1GUyggGxRQWRNoMoibxLguh5Qzrj4kj-PETOOCDTbeRaF_4j9ofl4InG8gIP92HEmNS6mHN2koU48n8fe9hYuwP9oBJbXzymNtGiKUxiCiRgDG/s400/Otter+41.JPG" border="0" /></a> On a slightly different note... I know we all have to 'start somewhere', and 'we all make mistakes' etc etc, but I seen this quote on a well known <em>Internet identification forum,</em> and couldn't believe what I was reading... <em><span style="color:#33ff33;">"My immediate thought was Sparrow but it seemed a bit dark and chunky so perhaps Peregrine?".....</span></em> and I thought I had problems!!!<br /><div></div>Dougie Prestonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15022489552266178521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136407632831719869.post-42024615920751648782010-11-26T14:10:00.007+00:002010-11-26T16:48:55.048+00:00Dam it's cold... Part 3OK... OK... I know the title lacks imagination, but it's still bloody cold here!<br /><br />As far as birding is concerned, this cold snap has had it's good side though, as species that are normally very hard to see, are a bit more obvious as they have fewer places to hide! This helped me get a '<em>patch</em>' record of 4 <span style="color:#ffff33;">Jack Snipe</span> today, along with copious amounts of Common Snipe and Blackbirds. Not sure if these are just local harsh weather movements, or refugees fresh in from Scandinavia? Also seen today; a hunting Merlin and the usual Otter. Not a bad day concidering I never even made it out of Burravoe!<br /><br /><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#33ff33;">I've had better Jack Snipe photos, but this was all I could manage today;</span></em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJH9RIy0JxK-ppUV1wBOADp0V9MzfPBqmxxwNr4izSpoUwVIAnhsBXwZhOqFAeYvjrRXI8TtJpUhLL_5U3SzjK1365PFR3BhTlq8wt3ledex62_AHAYKsAmF-EMyihahA4p_d_YkNQLNNN/s1600/blog+1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543860697087412354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJH9RIy0JxK-ppUV1wBOADp0V9MzfPBqmxxwNr4izSpoUwVIAnhsBXwZhOqFAeYvjrRXI8TtJpUhLL_5U3SzjK1365PFR3BhTlq8wt3ledex62_AHAYKsAmF-EMyihahA4p_d_YkNQLNNN/s400/blog+1.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>Dougie Prestonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15022489552266178521noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136407632831719869.post-46812654218683915902010-11-25T12:09:00.019+00:002010-11-26T16:47:25.247+00:00Dam it's cold... Part 2In the last few days, South Yell has seen temperatures just below freezing, with quite heavy snow fall and bitterly cold winds. This weather combination has made birding less enjoyable, and more of a challenge! But as always I'm up for a challenge, and I've been out and about (<em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#33ff33;">dragging my poor dog behind me as well</span></em>!) and still managed to see a few nice birds (<em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#33ff33;">for this time of year!... any birds are good</span></em>). Highlights for me are the 2 Mealy Redpolls, 1 Water Rail, 13 Bar-tailed Godwits, 3 Robins and 'strangely' 7 Pheasants!!!<br /><br />This Water Rail was quite confiding, but the light was crap, so shutter speeds were down to as low as 1/50th sec, and the iso between 800/1600... not ideal, but still managed some semi-decent results!<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543458675226982162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 306px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLfBvFw6aES8oRFZDIcX3y-bEBHpT9JNAxSUzP5U6EfXUCFUTHdq0nJSoZE4-pKqVBf2PqR7hRCFA5P6HGoXOGA2lv9zsKX7oxPtmEAoFplBaBWOgiiUy3_rur7S0AjcB8QqKNA_LqDUZ5/s400/blog+3.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543458598764208290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 263px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA1b5vz_BaD_OC0yEGcujezpui_GCGgK4BsNo0TtcyaSHfMa_PFQdi0mq6pxLXaHdPIRHQQyzTvtwiHrC-f7okGilxybQpTJeK8xRQCdnRgjft7Ph18sVo8ULhDWaZjWLy8Ln1aNuxYqky/s400/blog+2.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543458508103746034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 279px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifmepKOw5JltfMaYlLYpV58VlWcY9WL5zADkluu_lu-FiKVEAd2Gp1vs_MMb2tvzvTFXnvIosnH6IdcvxKJsvS8cZO6WnWnujNHlYl_QJ_kaKtGNW2lhZSmqCNq7kllFvzGScZdQOAnQxy/s400/blog+4.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543515350652904002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 279px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJs3czz74lQoeUShr6djpX6dUTfY91ObEoV8wz0KfPCGjq4RMpvA_Y_FrdJH-7C1kL2gfYPaoODT2kzznZ5SHDauaDZzVPMS1EG0M0keU005O3VxBhvxetRUc4BGe3VgQNvz9Px0Q7z1iP/s400/blog+1.JPG" border="0" />Dougie Prestonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15022489552266178521noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136407632831719869.post-30985791142207621532010-11-23T14:41:00.008+00:002010-11-26T16:46:54.000+00:00Dam it's cold... Part 1Finally off work today, and able to try for Brydon's <span style="color:#ffff33;">Water Pipit</span><em> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<span style="color:#33ff33;">the first for Shetland no less!</span>)</span></em> 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 <em>'Nature Shetland'</em> link in the side bar for decent photos of this bird.Dougie Prestonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15022489552266178521noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136407632831719869.post-45585443329360013692010-11-22T17:16:00.004+00:002010-11-23T16:12:28.276+00:00Easy come... easy go!Well It seemed too good to be true. A stunning male Serin that takes a liking to Shetland and even starts singing in November!............. Looks like it was just a wee bit too good as well. The bird was photographed very well yesterday, and according to the '<em>bling</em>' it's wearing on it's left leg, it's a bloody cage bird! (<em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#33ff33;">why can't the people who want to keep these things, not keep better control over them?</span></em>) Oh bugger...Dougie Prestonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15022489552266178521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136407632831719869.post-65829658219998075222010-11-16T10:43:00.009+00:002010-11-16T14:13:27.730+00:00Breakfast on the beach...Finally received my lens back from Sigma today, and what a great job they've done <em><span style="font-size:85%;">(and more than I'd paid for!). </span></em>So now my camera is back in action, I guess there will be no more good birds to photograph now!<br /><br />I did manage to find this Otter having it's breakfast on the beach this morning. I was photographing it straight into the sun, so the results weren't ever going to be great. The pics are also shown in the order in which I took them, which is surprising as In the second pic he did clearly see me, as I was caught out in the open, but he still didn't seem too fussed and just continued messing about on the waters edge...<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540096637385855698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 278px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3qke0rqgZNIqL3dZTUfLu4C3BjCn4dmYFNiGzsZnOGZc9OHoOakc11aNPTPTU90aR-g1L8pqpZDpTNGrQ1UGRverWl7REZu751NNlqzX4ppW7tSnQlNB-gB69XJ145ONJigD5WS0c733a/s400/blog+2.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2WqFX2BJnYm2zCSCaTDKb_wXglKkxFn7uH4lV1VMYXRMbXelbBVz0kRr_EkjyatP1X64dn3Ry9rbe84K8YUqL_gMUL-DRi16-8kMwUBarbmpGUNXd6Se2VzcbVyBhKuyvIoCdM-L-nwJz/s1600/blog+3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540096446683281474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2WqFX2BJnYm2zCSCaTDKb_wXglKkxFn7uH4lV1VMYXRMbXelbBVz0kRr_EkjyatP1X64dn3Ry9rbe84K8YUqL_gMUL-DRi16-8kMwUBarbmpGUNXd6Se2VzcbVyBhKuyvIoCdM-L-nwJz/s400/blog+3.JPG" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540096713307886450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 241px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfWZhwXXaDfV-QbFpK0Dif4ZUE5lRIJlO2e7kkhGsAQrLOwWBz37vUCe0h8p-hPiKc0FYeMQw5KnhQwFv6CSuvBgI7EEOWSLUYsvp56kdTaXtchZBsLk5nonXiK-5_F4C3to1IxxW7LVhQ/s400/blog+1.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div>Bird wise, I did manage; 14 Bar-tailed Godwits, 5 Common Redpolls and 1 Robin today, and I also did another two BTO 'early winter' surveys, although found nothing unusual as expected. </div></div>Dougie Prestonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15022489552266178521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136407632831719869.post-40857219969505278462010-11-14T21:10:00.011+00:002010-11-16T09:12:26.377+00:00Sweet 'serinus' song...A good day was had on the 'Out Skerries' today. It all started because a Male <span style="color:#ff0000;">Serin</span> was found by Peter F. last Sunday, but due to work commitments, I wasn't able to make it till today. Just glad the wee bird has taken a liking to the islands and decided to stay so long! The sun was out while I was trying to digi-scope it <em><span style="font-size:85%;">(still not got my decent lens back...),</span></em> and bugger me it decided to start singing!!! so pics were forgotten about and the recording equipment was hauled out and dusted off <em><span style="font-size:85%;">(didn't expect I'd need it for another six months or so).</span></em> Many thanks to Peter and Mark for all the help.<br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#33ff33;"><em>Crap pics of a top quality bird due to it being digi-scoped;</em></span></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539894720329836642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 279px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHzOBc91ydAPZjdS6hm-UJTPlXXm838DaxXs4WukijIaojoBwJcoBoSqtbqm3aJECl_qZra2KuSRLiTkLgMEUMFOPrLSwdeRof_MpSRWFYbkpi9V_ov899uxEM-bikqOI59qEq048_UxEP/s400/blog+1.JPG" border="0" /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539517113214231138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 281px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Ew26DE_1md64bKyU1vKYVCpxw6B2GlYFToJueQqeZYXZ-luhe1lQnDrt9SWTZgDs62ip8SGYUbLG7tBG-tYD3ZDXyjJ9ZsMfx_MW7yD1AIgsE6eKcvWiyznVYM8P-EvtoEXEzhE5Qghb/s400/blog+2.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539517035976481362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 263px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizif_6EwLyzV-Gwtj5FeSpz3HC5-EJdc1h9XYC5Xd81gmbkYAXNrMRcKc4Gr2IZapOGcdiknfFVga3PDPIp1SjhckHkwjmgIl7rWW6ofO2igyr8iRS-hxJS6Iwc-5NQPR8_NuRGnRdxXUY/s400/blog+1.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#33ff33;"><em><br />Calls quite reminiscent of Snow Bunt... </em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#33ff33;"><em><p align="center"><iframe src="http://www.xeno-canto.org/embed.php?XC=65540&simple=1" frameborder="0" width="340" scrolling="no" height="100"></iframe></p>Very quiet song as it basked in the sunshine;<br /></div></em></span><div align="center"><iframe src="http://www.xeno-canto.org/embed.php?XC=65541&simple=1" frameborder="0" width="340" scrolling="no" height="100"></iframe></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Also seen on the Skerries; 2 <span style="color:#ffff33;">Jack Snipe</span>, 1 Water Rail, 1 Woodcock, 1+ Redpoll sp and 2 Robins.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="justify"><div align="center"></div></div>Dougie Prestonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15022489552266178521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136407632831719869.post-14414452807957920412010-11-06T16:56:00.007+00:002010-11-06T17:14:16.968+00:00Straight to hell...I went out looking out for <span style="color:#ffff33;">Waxwings</span> today, as I was hoping for some sound recordings of the beautiful 'trilling' call they make. For a change the weather up here was calm enough to get recordings too, but sod's law the only bird I did see just wouldn't call! I even tried the '<em>hated</em>' method of playing an ipod at it to get a response <em>(I know... I'm going straight to hell!),</em> but even that failed to get a response... So I just took a few pics of this rather messy individual instead....<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536482042276326578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 360px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWcWOcEkQM1ZEjsBMyGw2yojAYOYAwGgRTqNxnemCVSs0DZCgyW18lQcEwcrTe1M0FaYOM3lHGK8dRnboZP6_XoyiHpF9BwOm27t5G-IOqe0fWqoDBzkoXGg7ENwvKLgQUo-NGeiWD6xAT/s400/blog+3.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536481972771629650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 290px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtaZaTTKR5dq9G615sTpggPWL_ZvsPQGW8nd4lprhybsnURCvfItdDEmeJT5c30OccZttZhRspM14-FZ2hUJLecEPS03p9hkbNTT6nuAPTHaRnVGTarEPVYyncPJlJ0mTQ0knVJQ6_bQzQ/s400/blog+4.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536481877091368386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 283px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1fvd_rqLb2qKLinLWJNNNfUGCmXRMrJ7cxeFjYUQLMNyWWXvvkYd_O4uv2Os9Cga1XrOAu5u0Ts0NKMgsxe2n-LnCVPCV1gQS-fS1tbFLa2RNaTTSlv0vhfS_H2sXSxcOxPRIKNuWq4HO/s400/blog+2.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536481812510275954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 283px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNYGwKdEJ3jjxHPLFL8VF0ab9jE9xNbSkB-eqckz2FCeI0xQlDaXdarvkIKZlhL0waSnR0wyIMo7DMQlXLlVqEwZnPIXodbuj2SlpF63yvIoy9Iit3XKj-vEaxSTgPX5gbmxc08cTOaZLA/s400/blog+1.JPG" border="0" /> <div><div><div><div> </div></div></div></div>Dougie Prestonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15022489552266178521noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136407632831719869.post-3047904195136111402010-11-04T13:31:00.022+00:002010-11-05T15:00:32.736+00:00Birder in 'work' shocker...Well I know it will come as a bit of a shock to some of you, but I've been busy at work for the last 5 days! Still managed to see lots of migrants though, but only in the form of Fieldfares and passage waders etc...<br /><br />Yesterday I had 3 <span style="color:#ffff33;">Waxwings</span> hiding from the wind in my front garden, but as soon as they seen my ugly mush at the kitchen window, they scarpered! A Grey Wagtail was also the reward for me doing a few of my local WeBS counts.<br /><br />Today I decided to try my luck with Unst. The bird of the day being a very flighty and elusive <span style="color:#ffff33;">Shorelark</span>. These are pretty good birds up here, as we don't get many, and the ones we do get are always on Lamba Ness. So finding one at Haroldswick was 'nice'... I did get a few crappy record shots, but they ain't anywhere near good enough to post here! so you'll have to take my word for it... Also had a flyover <span style="color:#ffff33;">Lapland Bunting</span> here too. The <span style="color:#ffff33;">Grey Phalarope</span> was still at Westing beach. <em><span style="font-size:85%;">(Thanks to Robbie B. for the directions, as I was heading to the wrong place!)</span></em><br /><br /><div><div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#33ff33;">All pic's are taken with a really nasty 200mm lens, as Sigma are still holding onto my decent lens!</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535692960122134562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjffCR1-wzt3dOESHHe7Xhkk0YfPq4u5UflzTDNQPmpHuT8z5eUfgRVa_E3mkbz0mmY8kbZ0-m-H-h_PSWkoDgsDWBbP3Tmgrknlm-1r0Qsa8XIgCaSn8DcIYwiSN62bu1JAPfp1El6-I_W/s400/blog+1.JPG" border="0" /></span></em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536080129324465010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 290px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRjsJM4F_qXQqoiZzCM_yhhc4oL2mk6d0enAGmjmyPmRTPn_q4kSX1Id1QvTLn55o2-quU1p2EvVUBd85pkApwHRUh777vE0cuZ24s_nlx9OAeJerFS6Flq2waqKowfQ_81tDAiL96liQP/s400/blog+1.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536080412868599746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 292px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOJ-_GuUby5HzejFMCYyugZ6H0ftLhbZGanMhvFkUiHPnfeVAqtJm_5HbROgCOShaB92viQcTYzDwJUVaKKQ9WQI5uN024JHFKzjpWsdwJ_2RW8rqsAAWg9jJYh7iiDHpUUTdVyyfvecXe/s400/blog+2.JPG" border="0" /> <em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#33ff33;">Rainbow over Fetlar;</span></em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535693109507806994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 182px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQnZW4rxD_AAai_WVdy6l8tbEl08l4swLrvAzbVfIP2UnvNzxpXJq8gVICZeQgDnfD_ULNzeDzz-4H3CMjQ01kT_GwiKajGvvgF6UTNEfbwzFR4CJ8LCjqvRrW6SEzPMKCofN-t6pW_VVq/s400/blog+2.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div>Dougie Prestonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15022489552266178521noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136407632831719869.post-35973383035006901282010-10-28T14:28:00.004+01:002010-10-28T16:13:21.590+01:00Garden 'tick'...A quick tour of the area this morning produced; 4 Bar-tailed Godwits, 2 Robins and a flock of 5 Redpoll 'sp' (flyover). The highlight though wasn't till I had given up birding and had started some DIY on the outside of my house. It was then that I had another flyover Redpoll 'sp' closely followed by a probable Richards Pipit flying low over my garden calling (flew into the direction of the sun). I have to say 'probable' because I heard it call about 4 times as it flew South, but the call was a bit harsher than I would expect of Richards! I'm still listening to recordings looking for a match... After I'd given up searching for the pipit, and resumed my DIY, a more obliging <span style="color:#ffff33;">Waxwing</span> decided to fly past at close range while 'trilling' away... Nice garden tick too! The moral of the story is that "if you can't get out to the birds, the birds will come to you". I just wish they would hang about a bit longer!Dougie Prestonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15022489552266178521noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136407632831719869.post-954731154308466002010-10-26T14:22:00.007+01:002010-10-26T14:56:30.344+01:00Waxwings.... At last!Well about bloody time too! Burravoe finally scores with 5 <span style="color:#ffff33;">Waxwings</span>...<br /><div align="center"><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#33ff33;">'The Boys are back in town'</span><br /></span></em></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532352667977840418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 234px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5N2VesusS7R9v9S-cdQJ4rr9Jxv3ANiy008KPGh7LwEbWMmZ470V-md3kg5bAw7otHOe4caRRZ039AfRtGNmOdugmLHkQG5Bv75qGpPiq5X6bO-zaFI-xYHzlUGvRM0phpb-482HhyBcv/s400/blog+1.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><p>It seemed like this was the only place in Britain not to be graced by these wee beauties. The weather is complete crap just now, and the birds very flighty in the strong winds, so no great closeup pics, but I'm just glad I got something (even if it was pretty much a compact camera I used!)</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532352598901962626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 243px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijIGTQ4G-czKgEbi8qxUFEq78E40h1SjKOCeVrUQK2q58Ye_xvfx1mHQ17XWPUl5pJaLvFZtVtP-YX6jQXCiRpdVJ9hTTaYdHeIZJKjHFhP9oNwTI5dQUV9s-PX69aO3h5JCFBx8Xao2uF/s400/blog+2.JPG" border="0" /> <p></p></div>Dougie Prestonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15022489552266178521noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136407632831719869.post-75853582956665768942010-10-25T15:26:00.013+01:002010-10-26T19:55:10.194+01:00Not Waxwings...A small arrival of 6 Mealy Redpolls were the best South Yell could muster today. Not the Waxwings I was hoping for! The first Redpoll was very pale, but not pale enough unfortunately! All pics were taken with a 200mm lens (<span style="font-size:85%;"><em>due to my 500mm still away getting fixed</em></span>), and not a lot of cropping. Just shows how confiding these wee birds can be...<br /><div align="center"><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#33ff33;">A confiding pale 'Mealy';</span></em></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpyjaNqUxO3AoOJextDgWbHagqQpdQXLy0cJvJZRB7poB0Ps2iMe3Wun9Y-Zxq-8HXpWPnQ1zG2YtP1nmsjGTr9w4T0l-VLy1NPQOS1hIGXIE_7iDVN5APb6GHCaDlzKIIj1TvzC16qyc0/s1600/blog+1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531990806766559362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpyjaNqUxO3AoOJextDgWbHagqQpdQXLy0cJvJZRB7poB0Ps2iMe3Wun9Y-Zxq-8HXpWPnQ1zG2YtP1nmsjGTr9w4T0l-VLy1NPQOS1hIGXIE_7iDVN5APb6GHCaDlzKIIj1TvzC16qyc0/s400/blog+1.JPG" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531990554066924898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 253px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiESSz2sb-VWDZgwz6XLZ7e_Ple6lVQ8sHBDR4DvuSBEHUxc9ryF8VvTHT7KKyCtoD5KJZ_gc22AxR38oYu49IqHQ3EfcrcxL2yrRl95nInRc9BQu80gbPRpdAlDWezbV1eqXJZ-r63jdfv/s400/blog+2.JPG" border="0" /> <em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#33ff33;">Over and under the tail;</span></em><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532040114527198914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnpLOqUxlwxNvh_0l7kgdznxt3OmxF8AqBEG3gvtg-S2KN3AAqrAZl9YOdAw_GlecZRk0450_PGE__uCHkynG7ufbcAA6R9TjgVwVlavZxp9EClXmkan_qGtFsjNWYDcwEwsIU5ntVPZfk/s400/Desktop-1.jpg" border="0" /><em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#33ff33;">A darker typical looking 'Mealy';</span></em><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv1vgEfnew7pFdX6QF7SBF_CKCI1O9hMb-q-UkryQxkcggLDhvhi49klaCuBW8mW93hsunEiGOpB9dGw8VC3dLUcKd0t73T45YkpSTJSXBMKyErRvFSU20VlAhRuIRqQ218LjYjl05r92U/s1600/blog+3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531990476189355250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 290px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv1vgEfnew7pFdX6QF7SBF_CKCI1O9hMb-q-UkryQxkcggLDhvhi49klaCuBW8mW93hsunEiGOpB9dGw8VC3dLUcKd0t73T45YkpSTJSXBMKyErRvFSU20VlAhRuIRqQ218LjYjl05r92U/s400/blog+3.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFy_UcOuYcNAiHB9CPgRpBFsipVdrpd5UPcpjBrweNruB_eBWAJinzgMjyaa88HcRfuu4pdDdDCbyiVpmC_xYSH5z60JgVWy4WpXnwWWhF9ZeqlMNjiwcoE1MBzwfhUZNM-D5__A9Ixqtz/s1600/blog+4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531990394679673826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 264px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFy_UcOuYcNAiHB9CPgRpBFsipVdrpd5UPcpjBrweNruB_eBWAJinzgMjyaa88HcRfuu4pdDdDCbyiVpmC_xYSH5z60JgVWy4WpXnwWWhF9ZeqlMNjiwcoE1MBzwfhUZNM-D5__A9Ixqtz/s400/blog+4.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div>Dougie Prestonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15022489552266178521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136407632831719869.post-20025272854529165452010-10-24T18:51:00.011+01:002010-10-24T19:28:42.834+01:00It's was fun while it lasted!What with howling Northerly winds, and snow and hail for quite some time now, and the better birds in Shetland recently being the likes of Waxwings and WB Divers... can I now presume Autumn in the Northern Isles is finally over?<br /><br />There has been a few goodies <em>found</em>, and many more <em>twitched</em> by myself, and I've listed the better ones below.... Whether or not all these Northerly winds will bring some Arctic wanderers our way soon, we'll just have to see!<br /><br /><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#33ff33;">Autumn 2010;</span></em></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3A_6ohK7fQHw9mJpP8AMK8adc_btJ8__xvWj-gu7RC9zXcQw5naV2xtqLG70I7Sle6rSTfUxgc5Ex_G9c8BlPN5Z1rTyrV5ziuhh-5qu1QVMwGT_9kNZxqHdTREtxCJSJ_5NfMxgkEDV9/s1600/Autumn+2010.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531672010417388770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3A_6ohK7fQHw9mJpP8AMK8adc_btJ8__xvWj-gu7RC9zXcQw5naV2xtqLG70I7Sle6rSTfUxgc5Ex_G9c8BlPN5Z1rTyrV5ziuhh-5qu1QVMwGT_9kNZxqHdTREtxCJSJ_5NfMxgkEDV9/s400/Autumn+2010.jpg" border="0" /></a> 2 <span style="color:#ff0000;">Buff-breasted Pipits</span>, 1 <span style="color:#ff0000;">PG Tips</span>, 1 <span style="color:#ff0000;">Lancy</span>, 1 <span style="color:#ff0000;">Izzy Shrike</span>, 1 <span style="color:#ff0000;">EOW</span>, 3 <span style="color:#ff0000;">Cit Wags</span>, 1 <span style="color:#ffff33;">Dusky</span>, 1 <span style="color:#ffff33;">Radde's</span>, 2 <span style="color:#ff0000;">Sykes's Warblers</span>, 1 <span style="color:#ff0000;">Pallas's Warbler</span>, 1 <span style="color:#ffff33;">Richards Pipit</span>, 1 <span style="color:#ffff33;">Rustic Bunt</span>, 2 <span style="color:#ffff33;">BB Sands</span>, 1 <span style="color:#ffff33;">Melodious</span>, 1 <span style="color:#ff0000;">Arctic Warbler</span>, 3 <span style="color:#ff0000;">Arctic Redpolls</span>, 1 <span style="color:#ff0000;">Paddyfield</span>, 1 <span style="color:#ff0000;">AGP</span>, Plus loads and loads of Rosefinches, Barred Warblers and YB Warblers, and more Lap Bunts than I knew existed!.... not too bad I reckon!... Now how long is it till spring?<br /><div></div>Dougie Prestonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15022489552266178521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136407632831719869.post-37824537020744874412010-10-21T16:00:00.004+01:002010-10-21T16:13:05.451+01:00Listen to 'mummy'...<p>Well my mummy always told me "<em><span style="font-size:85%;">if I played with it too much, I'd break it</span></em>", and it looks like she was right. This Autumn has been so exiting so far, that I'd been playing with it on a daily basis, and now it's broken! I'm in the process of trying to get it fixed, which might be a bit painful in more ways than one, but with luck I'll be able to abuse it for many years to come...... I'm talking about my camera lens... What were you thinking!</p>Mind you, I was also told I'd go blind too...... Oh bugger, I do only have one eye! Maybe I should have listened?<br /><br />Of the recent sightings in Yell; Otters, Knot, Merlin (stunning hunting action!) and a flyover Lap/Snow bunting has been about it in these strong snowy Northerly winds.Dougie Prestonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15022489552266178521noreply@blogger.com0