I decided to try the top of Unst this morning, and by
'the top', I mean Hermaness Nature Reserve! certainly not for the feint hearted in this weather either. The rain was constant, and the visibility in the fog was negligible... It was a bloody hard job to find my way back to the car, never mind any wayward 'yank' Pipits or Waders!!!
After the soaking I received, my enthusiasm was a wee bit dampend, but I still decided to try working a few areas before heading home. Best I managed was
Arctic Redpoll (BT's bird in Baltasound), 3
Sibe Chiffchaffs, 4
Lapland Buntings, 1 Merlin, lots of Mealy Redpolls and a couple of North-western Redpolls and strangest of all.... A Dunnock on Hermaness NR!
Sibe Chiff;
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And of course a sonogram of the distinctive call. For anyone interested in calls...
(The actual recording is a bit 'pants', so I've just included the sonogram instead)
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