VEERY NICE SET OF PHOTOS- MEGA UPDATE

The first boat charters of twitchers managed to get over to the Island of Muck today with approximately 25-30 twitchers enjoying amazingly close views (down to 10-12 ft) of the bird as it continued to feed around Gallanach Farm for the day - the bird was still present to dusk so will hopefully delight those lucky enough to be on tomorrows charters too. EDIT: The bird is still present this morning (Saturday 19th). See here (for initial details when the news was released) and here (for details on past records), or just scroll down a it!

Stephen MacDonald managed to get some amazing photographs of the bird this morning, which are reproduced below with kind permission. These images are © Stephen MacDonald 2011. What a stunning little bird!


Veery © Stephen MacDonald 2011


Veery © Stephen MacDonald 2011

My day involved a visit to a new site in Lincolnshire. It was not quite as busy as the site I was at yesterday however it was still really busy with Marsh Harrier, lots of geese and tonnes of Lapwing, Golden Plover, Curlew, Little Egret etc moving around.

The highlight however was a Lapland Bunting that flew 10ft over my head, it called as it approached me which got my attention and as it went over me (I was stood in a hedge) I must have caught it by surprise as it did a weird wing beat and trill as it looked down on me before it carried on its way. I didn't get any pictures but the ones below © Martin Cade 2010 show a good looking bird similar to what I had. I'm back at this site next week assuming I can get plenty of reporting done earlier in the week so fingers crossed for some more of the same or even better!


Lapland Bunting © Martin Cade 2010


Lapland Bunting © Martin Cade 2010