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| Photo courtesy Dave Willis |
Sunday saw us traveling to the Mainland to try & catch up with a few interesting birds.
Our first attempt proved unfruitful as we tried to see an Eastern Subalpine Warbler which had been inhabiting a garden at Mossbank. The location was in a housing estate, so it was quite amusing to see fully clad birders with wellies, waterproofs, bins, scopes & cameras tramping about the roads of the estate in search of the bird.
Our next target was an American Golden Plover at Sandwick, which we also failed to see. Indeed, we couldn't even see the Golden Plover flock of 400+ birds anywhere in the area! We resolved to call back later on the way back north.
Next we travelled to Toab & had more luck with a Blyth's Reed Warbler in a large thistle bed. Several brief views were obtained of this secretive & skulking bird.
Upon our return to Sandwick the Golden Plover flock was present across a couple of fields. We scanned the flock several times then a helicopter put the whole lot to flight. Fortunately, they settled closer to us. Another scan drew a blank. However, another smaller flock of Plover joined the larger flock, so we scanned again & this time Dave picked up the American Golden Plover & we had excellent 'scope views.
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