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  1. Mark Lew1s

    Sanday, autumn 2023

    Probably a couple of million too much for our combined wallets! And anyway, the two properties are about as far from the action as you can get really. One is near Stove which is a good little migrant trap, but the best bits are all the way over at the other end of the island. For a non-driver...
  2. Mark Lew1s

    Sanday, autumn 2023

    Thanks very much! I’m currently in an airport in Paris, so the Ouessant trip report may soon commence too…
  3. Mark Lew1s

    Sanday, autumn 2023

    Thanks! I was saying to someone just the other day, Stronsay must have as high a ratio of potential to coverage as anywhere in the UK.
  4. Mark Lew1s

    Sanday, autumn 2023

    October 7th, and the wash-up As so often happens when someone leaves Sanday early, the weather turned for the better and there were migrants in. Fieldfares were arriving, but by far the best bird was an eastern (Siberian/Amur) stonechat. The third BB rarity of the week, although long billed...
  5. Mark Lew1s

    Sanday, autumn 2023

    October 6th My last day, and a day for taking shelter. In the morning, when the wind was at it’s strongest, we opted to seawatch from behind one of the big ‘ammo dumps’ on the Lopness headland. These are now used for much more friendly things such as storing bales of hay, growing migranty...
  6. Mark Lew1s

    Sanday, autumn 2023

    October 5th My penultimate day, and one which started with relatively clear skies and light winds. We’d love SE winds and rain all of the time, but a pretty close second is a nice still day where you can find birds and not have to wipe your binocular lenses after every time you check that the...
  7. Mark Lew1s

    Sanday, autumn 2023

    October 4th This was going to be our chance to find something good, we thought. The rain had stopped, and the wind had dwindled down to nothing. I started my morning at Cleat, enjoying lovely views of the long-billed dowitcher as it fed on its favoured pool. I’d been very dismissive of it first...
  8. Mark Lew1s

    Sanday, autumn 2023

    October 3rd Through sheer luck, one of our gang had happened upon the pallid harrier the previous evening, and had seen it go to roost. So, no prizes for guessing where we all were at first light. From the safety of the road a fair way back, we all enjoyed nice views of this really cool visitor...
  9. Mark Lew1s

    Sanday, autumn 2023

    October 2nd I spent the morning doing another old favourite route. Having been dropped off in Lady I walked over Overbister to the Little Sea, and then made my way back home through the middle of the island. It was all very nice ‘northern isles but no rares’ birding. There were pink-footed...
  10. Mark Lew1s

    Sanday, autumn 2023

    October 1st Start point is at the far east end of Sanday, and if you want to go there you need to wait for the tide to drop. When this happens, you’ve got a 2-ish hour window to get out there and fill your boots. Any dithering, and your boots get filled, if you know what I mean. Low tide was...
  11. Mark Lew1s

    Sanday, autumn 2023

    As another year goes by, another Sanday trip report come along, but perhaps it’s worth starting wit a bit of pre-Sanday before we get down to the nitty gritty. Due to jobs, children, locations, travel arrangements, and other things that can get in the way of birding, we (6 of us, mostly staying...
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