Friday 22 October 2004

22nd October 2004 Lerwick to Tingwall to Fair Isle

Lerwick to Tingwall Airport to 9.00am

Heron 1
Lapwing 3
Fieldfare 25
Redwing 3
Hooded Crow 4
Raven 5

Fair Isle 9.35am – 6.00pm. Calm and sunny.

No sign of Chestnut-eared Bunting

Heron 2
Greylag Goose c.200 mainly south
Pink-footed Goose 3
Barnacle Goose 8
Wigeon 11
Lapwing 11
Purple Sandpiper 1
Jack Snipe 2
Snipe 60
Woodcock 1
Black Guillemot 1 w/p
Moorhen 1
Water Rail 1
Owl sp. 2 (Long-eared or Short-eared) one seen briefly at dusk and another seen flying high south out to sea at dusk
Rock Dove 30
Skylark 12
Rock Pipit 5
Meadow Pipit 10
Fair Isle Wren 4
Dunnock 3
Robin 7
Bluethroat 1
Whinchat 1
Ring Ouzel 1
Blackbird c.1,000
Fieldfare 1,000
Song Thrush 1
Redwing c.600
Blackcap 4
‘Eastern’ Lesser Whitethroat 2
Chiffchaff 2
Starling 10
House Sparrow 15 including female with white in wings recalling Snowfinch!
Brambling 28
Greenfinch 2
Linnet 1
Mealy Redpoll 2
‘Northern’ Bullfinch 20 Very large with call reminiscent of Trumpeter Finch being far more nasal that the typical pure Bullfinch call.
Reed Bunting 1