Full of 'flava'?

The American Goldie was still hanging about this morning, though he had moved about a mile closer to Burravoe (still not close enough for the garden list though!), and was a lot closer to the road as well, so helping nicely with the photography...

The real interest for me today though, were the 2 Yellow Wagtails in the field in front of my house. I managed to photograph one of them, but in these winds the views were very brief indeed. The juv/Fem individual was very mono chrome indeed, and the head looked 'capped' neatly with dark grey! Is anyone brave enough to guess ssp from this one crappy pic? For me it looks like a Continental 'flava'...

Also around my 'patch' today were 18 Bar-tailed Godwits (could be a record count for me on Yell!) and a few Willow Warblers. The weather is now closing in and starting to rain, so it'll all have to wait for tomorrow now!

The winds are getting up, and it's all good from the SE....

AGP.

All the hours working the South of Yell, finally payed off this morning. This good looking American Goldie, was found at Hamnavoe on the South coast of Yell an hour after setting out on my 'patch'. Being aware of how fussy the records committee can be, I thought I'd better get as many pics as possible to make sure it was accepted! I was told a while back by a very respected birder, that to get an AGP accepted, you have to "see the underwing colour"! and that "every 10 minutes or so, Goldies always lift their wings and stretch"... an hour later, and this bird hadn't, even though lot's of it's friends were doing this. Thankfully shortly after this, the birds then decided to fly the short distance to the shore for a quick wash, and it was then that I managed to grab a couple of flight shots (more luck than anything else!)...

Brownish underwing, compared to the Goldie;

And a pic of a Goldie too; just a shame the AGP didn't pose like this!

The rest of my area was checked after I'd enjoyed this bird. This proved that a lot was still arriving, even in the 60mph winds...

Totals today inc; 1 Common Rosefinch (new), 2 Spotted Flycatchers, 1 Knot, 3 Willow Warblers and a poss Barred Warbler that refused to show for me.

One of the Spotted Flys 'fresh in';