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George

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Re: Migrants.
« on: September 11, 2010, 08:10:48 am »
Lots of birds reported yesterday..

A Paddyfield Warbler is at Quendale. An Ortolan Bunting is at Grutness along with 2 Yellow Wagtails and 2 Fieldfares, a Water Rail is at Virkie, and a Cuckoo, 3 Tree Pipits, 6 Whinchats, and 2 Spotted Flycatchers are at Toab. A Common Redstart and a Pied Flycatcher are at Scousburgh. A Red-breasted Flycatcher is at Stove, Sandwick. A Whinchat, a Spotted Flycatcher and 2 Pied Flycatchers are at Fladdabister. A Sandwich Tern, a Red-breasted Flycatcher, 2 Pied Flycatchers, 3 Spotted Flycatchers, 3 Common Redstarts and the Turtle Dove are at Quarff. A Red-breasted Merganser is at Helendale.

The Western Bonelli's Warbler is still at Creadylea on Whalsay with a Red-breasted Flycatcher, a Red-backed Shrike, a Wryneck, a Barred Warbler, a Reed Warbler, 9 Siskins, a Yellow Wagtail and a Dunnock also on the isle.

On Fetlar there is a Red-backed Shrike, a Barred Warbler, a Cuckoo, 4 Lapland Buntings, 6 Whinchats, 9 Common Redstarts, 11 Spotted  Flycatchers, 4 Pied Flycatchers, 7 Tree Pipits, 15 Garden Warblers, 11 Blackcaps, 3 Lesser Whitethroats, 2 Common Whitethroats, a Sparrowhawk and a Yellow Wagtail.

On Unst, a Barred Warbler, a Sand Martin and a House Martin are at Norwick, a Lapland Bunting is at Skaw, and a Yellow Wagtail is at Baltasound, while other birds in the north of the island included at least 2 Kestrels, 2 Dunnocks, a Fieldfare, 2 Common Redstarts, 5 Whinchats, a Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Garden Warblers, 6 Blackcaps, 4 Pied Flycatchers, 3 Spotted Flycatchers, and 3 Siskins.

On Yell there are 3 Common Rosefinches, a Spotted Flycatcher and a Goldcrest at Otterswick, and a Spotted Flycatcher, a Common Redstart and a Ruff at Burravoe.

A Barred Warbler is at Meal, Burra.