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Eastern Grasshopper Warbler – are they do-able in the hand?

Posted on May 18, 2013

Now that I’ve rediscovered the login details for the BF site, here’s another bird from Shetland, a Grasshopper Warbler trapped last weekend (11th May) in my garden in the south mainland. I was chuffed with my first locustella in the … Continue reading →

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More on the Shetland diver

Posted on May 17, 2013

Many thanks to all those who have commented so far. Still in the process of checking out all the angles but an encouraging response so far. Keith Brockie posted an interesting comment earlier this morning: Are there any photos showing … Continue reading →

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The best date in the birding calendar?

Posted on October 31, 2012

What’s the one date in the year you’d want to book off work? Here in the far north of Britain, the week just gone has been one of the best of the autumn. No great surprise there – some of … Continue reading →

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Vagrant woodpeckers

Posted on October 16, 2012

Couldn’t resist a quick post on this, having seen Scotland’s first Lesser Spotted Woodpecker yesterday. Found in Scalloway (Shetland’s ‘second city’) by Rob Fray yesterday afternoon, it showed exceptionally well near the health centre yesterday evening – pics below thanks … Continue reading →

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Shetland – days 7 & 8

Posted on October 6, 2012

The is the half-time tea interval during Martin’s two-week trip to Shetland, so he is back staying with us for a couple of nights before setting off with Shetland Nature group no. 2 first thing tomorrow, Sunday. The first week … Continue reading →

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On the beaches

Posted on October 1, 2012

Here’s another quick post from Shetland, in response to Martin getting excited about redpolls. I am bereft of redpolls to blog about, so here’s a couple of birds from yesterday’s beached bird survey – carried out monthly, year-round, in Shetland … Continue reading →

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Shetland – day 1

Posted on September 27, 2012

Martin arrived in Shetland last night, I picked him up from the last flight into Sumburgh. Talk about a kid in a toyshop – he was sooooo excited! And correspondingly loud. I could see all these people I knew giving … Continue reading →

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Birding gadgets – for under 20 quid

Posted on August 23, 2012

by Roger After a l-o-n-g weekend in a hot, humid marquee – at a sweltering birdfair – I have no birds of note to write about. Hence the first post in this exciting new series: Great Birding Gadgets for less than 20 quid (that’s … Continue reading →

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Garden birding

Posted on August 1, 2012

‘Gangmaster’ Garner has been pestering me to write another post. Having been in the office for most of the summer, or at least in Shetland – and not racing around the globe looking at some fancy new spotting scope and … Continue reading →

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