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Saturday 13 October 2012

The Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus)

I can defintly say that the Northern Gannet is our most magestic seabirds which breeds in the British Isles. Fair Isle, a tiny island in the Shetland islands has a small population which seems to be increasing each year while other seabird populations are falling.
 
Below is a few images of this specactular seabird.
 
In flight on a very windy evening
Side Profile of head, face and bill
 
I see Blue

One of several Colonies found on Fair Isle

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Saturday 6 October 2012

Paddyfield Warbler (Acrocephalus agricola)


Less then a  week ago, I got amazing views of a Paddyfield Warbler which decided to turn up on the UKs island 'Mecca' of birds. Fair Isle is famous for its quality and quantity of rare and scarce birds especially when the winds turn easterly during the peak migration periods. This Autumn has had a fantastic run of BB (British Birds) Rares delighting many birders, bird watchers, twitchers and wildlife groups that has come to Fair Isle on there Holiday in search of these little gems. Many of them may say that the Paddyfield  Warbler could be one of those special moments they have had while here has you could approach within a few of feet of it. Top views were had by all has it fed around vegetation  by a stone wall next to Stackhoull Stores. Alot of the time, the Warbler was just to close for Binoculars and Cameras. Below is a couple of images which I got has it jumped of  the stone wall for about 15 seconds.

The Paddyfield Warbler is a species of marsh warbler which
breeds in in Central Asia and winters in Pakistan and India.
As you can see, this little bird is along way away from where
it should be. 
For the non-birder, you may wonder whats all the fuss about, its just a little brown bird. To the Birders, its all about little plumage details and at an average weight of 11g, its flew over 6,000 miles to get here which is incredible. To see one on Fair Isle is quite special as the 1st ever record of this species  to be recorded in the UK was found on the island in 1925.


This has got to be my best shot of this little Gem

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Tuesday 2 October 2012

The 'Fair Isle' Aurora......Northern Lights

On my extra special birthday, Mother nature decided to put on a spectacular show with the Aurora Dancing around in the sky. The moon was at its fullest so it was lighting everywhere up as if it was daylight. There was only a few of us at Fair Isle lodge and Bird Observatory http://www.facebook.com/fairislebirdobservatory?ref=ts&fref=ts  (and a couple of islanders) who got to witness this magical spectacle as I seem to understand Shetland was covered in cloud. Below is five images of this surreal natural event.

The 1st picture I took as the Aurora danced above
the Havens and Buness.

Overlooking the 'Obs' Plantation as the Aurora lit up the sky green

Faint pinks decided to amerge with the greens.
To the naked eye it was not as bright  but once you let you eyes get adjusted
to the dark, You could make out the different tones.

A Magical Birthday Present

We watched it for  over 30 minutes before it started to fade.
If it was not for Aurora Watch UK and Shetland Shetland Wildlife updates, I would not of even looked out of the window.

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