Well that's Shetland done for another year and it wasn't a bad one at all. Notables were the long-staying and very showy (in the end) Siberian Thrush, self-finds being Rustic Bunting, Corncrake and Common Rosefinch, my first (soon to be proven by DNA) Western Subalpine Warbler, two Red-breasted Flycatchers, a Glossy Ibis, Pectoral Sandpiper, Ring-necked Duck, ca. 25 Yellow-browed Warblers and a super showy Otter!
This morning I docked in Aberdeen and had two trains back to Beauly, where in-between Inverness and Beauly, I spotted a Snow Goose in flight with many Pink-footed Geese below the village of Kirkhill. Due to the terrain and access, it took me a good few hours to re-locate the bird, while 40 Barnacle Geese were also within the thousands of Pinkies.
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| Snow Goose at Kirkhill (Beauly Firth) |
