We then visited Loch of Hillwell and Loch of Spiggie where we added a few padders to the week list including a family party of Whooper Swan. There were also a couple of Little Stint on the beach near the outflow.
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| Whooper Swan, Loch of Spiggie |
We then visited Loch of Hillwell and Loch of Spiggie where we added a few padders to the week list including a family party of Whooper Swan. There were also a couple of Little Stint on the beach near the outflow.
Our next stop was Hoswick and the Swinister Burn, we parked in Hoswick and immediately saw a Yellow-browed Warbler which showed well briefly. At the start of the burn there was one, possibly two Pied Flycatchers. We walked up the burn meeting a couple for the Midlands on route who were into photography. Later we got talking to them and the male who professed to not being a birder showed us a picture he had taken of a Little Bunting, it was in fact an Olive-backed Pipit, which Julian knew was present but the rest of us had not idea of!
Then followed a couple of hours of frantic searching in which we all had brief views of the bird as it led us a merry dance.
News of a Red-breasted Flycatcher at Channerwick had us heading in that direction, the bird was present in a tree with at least three Yellow-browed Warbler and a few Goldcrest and a Blackcap all of which were hard to pick up.
With the light starting to fade we dropped into Pool of Virkie for a quick look through the waders where we picked up the Semipalmated Sandpiper again.
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