Tag: Out Skerries
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Out Skerries – Review of the Birding Year
Pine Bunting x Yellowhammer by John Coutts This blog is unpredictable in content and gaps between posts, but one constant is my review of the Out Skerries birding year. Highlights Firecrest A Firecrest on 2nd November was only the second island record, following one in October 2017. Firecrest is a description species in Shetland and…
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Out Skerries – 2021 In Review
I’m not normally a big fan of annual reviews before Auld Lang Syne has been sung. There’s no birding being done on Skerries though so it seems pretty safe to say stumps have been drawn. If any of the residents turn up a Bittern or Glossy Ibis on the burn in the next few days…