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Autumn?This Caper seen last week doesn't seem to think so! Unfortunately I forgot my camera, this was taken on my mobile phone! A flock of 35 Whoopers flew through in the background seconds earlier (this site being on a hill at around 1500ft), another great photo opportunity missed! Whoopers and Pinkies going through, surprisingly not a single Redwing or Fieldfare yet, but seem to be a trickle of Blackbirds and Song Thrushes. On the coast Common Scoter are in the hundreds by now and a large count of 30 Slavs off Roseilse, thought this was probably just because the sea was actually calm enough to see them. A few Velvets and the first Long-tailed Ducks have also appeared. Despite there being a few good rares found in the region I have yet to actually find my own. I have seen plenty of Cranes in my time going down the A9 but one of the Sandhill type is a new one! Dip of the year has to be receiving a phonecall saying there was a YB Cuckoo at Deerness on Orkney the very second I had driven on to the ferry after seeing the aforementioned Crane. Made do with a Leach's Petrel and chips at Brora instead. 8:18 PM - 4 October 2009 - post comment
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