Wednesday 14 October 2009

EYEBROWED THRUSH on NORTH RONALDSAY



The first twitchable EYEBROWED THRUSH in Britain for 14 years ! This beautiful first-winter (photographed above by Adrian Webb) showed well from midday on Monday 5 October until mid-morning on Tuesday 6 October before becoming elusive and finally leaving to the south with large numbers of Redwings just after midday. Just a handful of twitchers connected, with an equal number left disappointed. The video below was taken as the bird fed by the track leading up to the Observatory - very gripping