Saturday, 3 October 2009

Eye of the Taiga (Fly Stalone)


What a week!

The news of a Taiga Flycatcher in Shetland,being just the third for Britain.

Started a journey at 4am, for the "red eye" ferry.

The sky was clear and the wind had dropped overnight. My thoughts-the bird had gone.

But waiting for the second ferry of the morning, a text came through,the bird was still on Fetlar.


Taiga Flycatcher

















On the way back through Yell, a derelict house and overgrown garden was the temporary home for a Arctic Warbler














































Shetland Wren
























Meanwhie back at the ranch a Yellow Browed still performed for the crowds