Here's a few scenic shots of a sunny Baliasta #Unst

Very quiet day on #Unst and not sure if there have been any new arrivals in the past few days. The short-toed lark was still present at Burrafirth and gave much better this time.

What a truly memorable experience, I don't really have any words so I'll let these images do the speaking #Rarebirds #BirdingScotland #Shetland

After a 4 hour wait and boom, sibe thrush on the list!!!

With the winds easing the birding got better. Highlight of the day was a short-toed lark at Burrafirth, not approachable so watched from a respectable distance #Unst Also saw yellow-browed warbler plus chiffchaff & blackcap at Shore Station. Great skua and glossy ibis around Uyeasound.

Now this is skill, fishing in 60mph wind #Unst

A few atmospheric photos of Westing beach #Unst #StormAmy

With strong gusts of wind up to 60mph and squally showers for most of the day we decided to stay indoors. Fortunately, our accommodation is 100m away from the beach so we spent the day watching from the porch. Highlights were a couple of kittiwakes, a lone common scoter and this arctic tern #Unst

Popped to the local bakery on Unst the other day to buy some cake. I've just noticed that the one I bought comes from County Cork. That's nearly 900 miles away!! Bloody ridiculous that a bakery buys in cake from such a distance.

Apparently accordingto BBC news, Storm Amy set a new record for the deepest area of low pressure in the UK for October. Storm Amy showed central pressure of 947.9hPa at Baltasound, Shetland. This exceeds the previous record of 950.9hPa in 1988 #Unst

Had this Coue's arctic redpoll at Hunters Wood #Unst. That's Hornemann's and Coue's in 2 days.

Storm Amy has arrived on #Unst. Fingers crossed for a few North American rares in the morning.

Quite breezy on #Unst today with Storm Amy bearing down on us. Tough going to find any birds, only one of note today was this crossbill on Westing Beach.

Slightly better birding on #Unst today. More blackbirds, chaffinch and brambling around. Other birds of note; blackcap, garden warbler, whitethroat, chiffchaff, willow warbler, yellow-browed warbler, swallow, house martin, bluethroat, glossy ibis and hornemann's artic redpoll.

Another tough day on #Unst with strong gusty wind and driving rain/drizzle. This smallish ruff at Clivocast got the heart racing momentarily until it flew and could see the diagnostic tail pattern. Finally caught up with a glossy ibis and otter.

I'm still undecided on this and value others opinions. It was amongst the docks on Westing Beach #Unst It looks really scruffy but it's not wet as this photo was taken after 2 days without rain. It feeds on the ground and didn't interact with chiffchaffs nearby.

Great Northern Diver, Westing #Unst Photographing a black and white bird on a grey sea with thick cloud cover overhead = a black and white image. Best bird of the day was a goldfinch 🙄

Had a faint aurora glow last night #Unst

The only place to get a decent cup of tea and cake on #Unst has closed for good!!

This garden warbler gave me the runaround at Hunters Wood #Unst managed to get this distant shot before it disappeared (again). Also blackcap, chiffchaff, yellow-browed warbler and a few redpolls also present.

Hard going today, I think #Unst must have a force field around it to stop the rares from landing. This chiffchaff was the only bird of the day that didn't fly away from me and out of view.

Honest it is a redstart #Unst

The scruffiest looking chiffchaff I've ever seen. I've turned this into so many other species but keep coming back to my original id. Birding on #Unst makes you second guess yourself.

Wheatear, Westing #Unst

Snow bunting, Westing #Unst

Wind dropped this afternoon but migrants still thin on the ground. A redstart, couple of chiffchaff, some goldcrests, wheatears and a single snow bunting was the best I could find at Westing #Unst Did find my most northerly black vine weevil.

I'm sure this is just a chiffchaff with oiled plumage. It just looks very brown and common stuff has a way of looking odd on Unst. Any opinions welcomed.

Why does your app keep logging me out @birdguides.bsky.social when in a poor mobile reception area. It's done it multiple times this morning and is really annoying!

Marsh sand still at Musselburgh lagoons though on a further pool but still nice views. My first one in 30 years, doesn't time fly. Also a curlew sand was a nice bonus. No time to look for scoters out at sea.

Off to #Unst for 2 weeks at the end of the week and have had some jealousy over what's been found this week. Mind you this Saturday could be interesting if the weather pattern doesn't change.

Just had a wren in the garden with a beakful of insects, surely a bit late for another brood #Mulbarton @bto-gbw.bsky.social

Living with farmland all around I sometimes get the odd skylark over the garden. The most I've had at any one time is 2. Just stepped out this morning and had a group of 16 heading south west plus a few mippits #Mulbarton #Norfolkbirding #vismig

Lovely harvest of gala and cox's pippin apples #growyourown #allotmentlife #Mulbarton

Homegrown veg for a roast last night. From fork to plate, no chemicals, minimal carbon footprint and tasted delicious #growyourown #allotmentlife #Mulbarton

Just found this kite-tailed robberfly on the kitchen floor #Mulbarton #Insects #Gardenwildlife

Wasn't there talk that several species were going to be removed from the British List. Can't see that they've been deducted from BUBO Listing. Has something changed?

Here are a few from moths caught last night #Mulbarton #Moths #Gardenwildlife

Black-winged kite done, and all that misery of dipping it a couple of years ago put to bed #Norfolkbirding Light and heat haze quite bad. Bird is visible in this photo.

My first attempt at moth trapping, hope it's not just full of hornets in the morning.

2 migrant hawkers catching Insects in the evening sun over our wildflower meadow in the front garden..lovely #Mulbarton #Insects #Gardenwildlife

Some sightings on Hinderclay Fen Wasp spiders and Fox Moth caterpillar - photos by Reg and Rowena Langston #fens #waspspider #foxmothcaterpillar #littleouse

Join us for an interesting talk on weather at Hopton Bowls Club on 3 October- details in link www.lohp.org.uk/event-detail...

Nice haul of Charlotte's dug up this afternoon #allotmentlife ##growyourown #Mulbarton

We've had our plot for just over 8 months which hadn't been worked properly for a few years. We've been battling with weeds, especially creeping thistle but eventually we seem to be getting on top of it. We've also had some produce off it too. In time we'll make it wildlife friendly #allotmentlife

Crab spider #Mulbarton #Norfolk #Gardenwildlife #Spiders

Knott Grass moth caterpillar #Mulbarton #Norfolk #Moths #Gardenwildlife #Insects

7 minutes of noise and joy @ectc-charity.bsky.social youtube.com/watch?v=fAmp...

Single swift and hobby over Brundall #Norfolkbirding this afternoon.

A quick reminder #artexhibition #fen #littleouse #hinderclay

When we were there 2 weeks ago a birder next to me said that he thought he had seen a second bird!! Also, I thought the agitated behaviour was a bit strange.