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2009 -
LATEST SIGHTINGS
For regular Latest Sightings and News Updates
please visit the Warden's blog
fibowarden.blogspot.com
We are now just £25,000 short of the £4M required.
Please help us
over the finish line!
NEW OBSERVATORY APPEAL
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Renowned Norfolk artist
James McCallum (whose 'Arctic Flight' was winner of
British Birds/BTO 'Best Bird Book of the Year 2007') donated
this painting of Fair Isle's first
Siberian Thrush (at Guidicum, 25th September 2008)
for auction to raise funds towards the New Observatory Appeal. It
will also feature on the cover of the October 2009 edition of the
prestigious journal
British Birds.
Congratulations and Thank You to
Nigel Woolliscroft who came up
with the top bid of £550
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Tiny Fair Isle has added 27
species to the British bird List and boasts an enviable 373 species in total
- including no less than FIVE new to the isle in 2008. How many of them have
you seen? Help ensure that we are able to add more in the future -
please
donate to our appeal!
New
Observatory - Latest News/Pictures
Please note we
now have a new e-mail:
fibo@btconnect.com
or:
deryk.shaw@btconnect.com
For regular Latest Sightings and News Updates
please visit the Warden's blog
fibowarden.blogspot.com
November
Nov 4th –
The traps produced yet another
Long-eared Owl. Still a fair few thrushes around (c1,000 counted)
and new in were three European
Whitefronted Geese, a
Barnacle Goose and an adult
Iceland Gull.
Nov 3rd –
More Long-eared Owls (2) in
the traps! Fairly quiet otherwise – three
Short-eared Owls were also
seen and the male Sparrowhawk,
Goldfinch and
Black Redstart all remain.
Nov 2nd –
Windy once again. The three
Woodlarks remain and a
Goldfinch was the only new
thing of note.
Nov 1st –
The new month opened with a real surprise – there were now
THREE
Woodlarks at Neder Taft. Many of the
thrushes had departed but a
couple of Mistle Thrushes
were found and a Moorhen and
a male Sparrowhawk were new.
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