http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Orkbird/ Orkneybirding Wed, 22 May 2013 21:01:13 GMT diomedea http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Orkbird/message/13525 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Orkbird/message/13525 Given the heads up by AL that there might be a few skuas about dragged myself off to Yesnaby after work. Got there at 18.55 and the first one came through half Wed, 22 May 2013 16:24:36 GMT swest09 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Orkbird/message/13524 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Orkbird/message/13524 Russell Wynn who works for Seawatch South West has been up on Westray this past week doing lots of birdwatching there. He spent most of the day yesterday Wed, 22 May 2013 15:48:02 GMT Steve http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Orkbird/message/13523 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Orkbird/message/13523 Bit of a wild one today - abandoned a proposed trip to Hoy and went to Cottascarth and Mull Head instead. No sign of any shrikes at East Denwick plantation, Wed, 22 May 2013 15:17:10 GMT Julian Branscombe http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Orkbird/message/13522 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Orkbird/message/13522 A group of 3 adult pomarine skuas (not held back too much by their big 'spoon' tail feathers) beat their way strongly north over The Choin, Marwick, at Wed, 22 May 2013 12:05:13 GMT Martin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Orkbird/message/13521 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Orkbird/message/13521 Dafi Smith reported 2 Long-tails flying east over central Harray today at lunchtime Wed, 22 May 2013 09:51:36 GMT Keith http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Orkbird/message/13520 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Orkbird/message/13520 LITTLE TERN, fishing in St. Mary's Bay, right in front of the village. A flock of six SNOW BUNTINGS flew across the Loch of Ayre, including a rather smart Wed, 22 May 2013 05:59:18 GMT andrew_hollinrake http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Orkbird/message/13519 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Orkbird/message/13519 No swivel-eyed loons though. Well, no more than a couple. Tue, 21 May 2013 18:22:09 GMT David Armstrong http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Orkbird/message/13518 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Orkbird/message/13518 At the valley this morning a fine cock chaffinch singing mightily then pursuing a female round the clearing at treetop level. A garganey drake still at the Tue, 21 May 2013 16:36:44 GMT gjcannon@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Orkbird/message/13517 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Orkbird/message/13517 Grindigar quarry- 1 chiffchaff. East Denwick plantation (nr Mull Head visitor centre)- male and female red-backed shrikes. A visitor had a male redstart Tue, 21 May 2013 11:02:31 GMT Steve http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Orkbird/message/13516 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Orkbird/message/13516 I found a female pied flycatcher whilst checking the coos down at Eastside this morning. Inspired by this I then went onto Cara but zilch - a bit too exposed Mon, 20 May 2013 16:07:15 GMT Eric http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Orkbird/message/13515 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Orkbird/message/13515 I was at Queenamidda this morning to see Brian. One of the Redpolls that he recently ringed was at his feeders. It was a male and so was one of the two birds Mon, 20 May 2013 05:22:31 GMT cjhgrc http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Orkbird/message/13514 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Orkbird/message/13514 still got 2 redpolls here ??? I red & I more orange. not able to get any better pics yet. Celia From: diomedea Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2013 11:50 PM To: Sun, 19 May 2013 22:54:29 GMT Leitch, Alan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Orkbird/message/13513 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Orkbird/message/13513 Turtle Dove still at Heddle Hill today in Finstown . Recently fledged Robins in the garden ttoday.. Cheers Alan ... From: Orkbird@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Sun, 19 May 2013 22:50:46 GMT diomedea http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Orkbird/message/13512 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Orkbird/message/13512 Ken, Thing is that's not what BOURC thinks, so we're lumbered with trying to identify the little swine. Yes I could enter my redpoll sp on BirdTrack (if the Sun, 19 May 2013 21:34:18 GMT Julian Branscombe http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Orkbird/message/13511 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Orkbird/message/13511 The trip to Helliar Holm this morning produced a pair of bonxies, a lot of herring, lesser black-backed and greater black-backed gulls, several eider duck