Pictures from Shetland trip.
Shetland
Monthly Archives: June 2016
Great Knot
Saw the Great Knot at my second attempt early morning on the beach at Holme.
Two really bad photos of Great Knot (bird at the back of flock of Knot)
Ruff
Colourful Field
Farne Islands
Caspian Tern
18/6/2016 After an unsuccessful trip to Titchwell RSPB early morning for the Great Knot I decided to go to Gibraltar Point NNR where there had been 2 Caspian Tern recently. Only one was seen whilst I was there but it was at least showing well.
King Eider & Gull-billed Tern
Stopped off for these birds on the way back from Shetland on 5/6/2016. The King Eider was on the Ythan Estuary just north of Aberdeen and the Gull-billed Tern was at Kenneil Lagoon somewhere near Edinburgh.
King Eider
Gull-billed Tern
Fetlar
A trip to Fetlar to see the breeding Red-necked Phalaropes. From mainland Shetland you need to get a ferry to Yell and then another ferry to Fetlar. I saw two Phalaropes on Loch of Funzie almost straight away, I took a few photos and went off to the hide at the Mires of Funzie expecting to see more and get better pictures. I never saw another one!! They are not always easy to see here. There were also 3 Red-throated Divers on Loch of Funzie.
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-throated Diver
Great Skuas on Unst
Hermaness National Nature Reserve on the island of Unst, one of the Shetland Isles is great place to photograph Great Skuas. Bonxie is the Shetland name for these birds.
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