Bird Sightings: 

New birds in today, possibly stopped in their northwards migration by the change again to a northerly wind.  Black-tailed Godwit in summer plumage is a stunning bird to see!  

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Unst:  7 Barnacle Geese at Burrafirth.  Common Whitethroat and Chiffchaff at Haroldswick Pool bushes, and Sparrowhawk and Great Skua at Valyie.  

Yell: 2 Barnacle Geese at Gloup.  Dunnock, Robin and 8 Redwing at Gutcher.  

Foula:  Green-winged Teal at Hametoun, and Little Egret at Ham.  

Central Mainland:  Great Spotted Woodpecker still at Helendale.  

South Mainland:  7 Whimbrel over Dalsetter.  4 Pintail and 3 Black-tailed Godwit at Spiggie.  Iceland Gull, 4 Shoveler and Little Grebe at Hillwell.  

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Cetacean Sightings:

4-5 Orca seen from Compass Head, Sumburgh appear to be from a non-catalogued pod previously seen off Orkney in 2019.  6 or more Orca seen from the Skerries ferry at a similar time.  

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