23rd October - 1st November
It's been a fairly good week here all things said and done, the Dusky Thrush was the obvious highlight and since then things have been slowly slowing down a bit despite our continued efforts in the field. The end of the season is closing in but we still have at least ten days of full coverage left before Craig and Rob head south leaving just myself, Maddy, Alison and Paul to mop up what remains. We'll start on the 23rd with the obvious mega I suppose! The day wasn't really leading anywhere in the run up to the Thrush but a few bits were on the island, however none of them indicated that we'd be in for a mega in the late afternoon. An adult Little Gull was in Nouster and the Great Grey Shrike remained around Holland, no doubt picking off various migrants. An Arctic Redpoll was seen briefly in the Senness garden but bombed off towards the coast, white rump and all. A late Pipistrelle bat sp. was seen flying around Kirbest thistles, with it most likely being a Nathusius...
