Shetlands Day 2 - 06/10/2013

An early start was in order for our first expedition which was to go out and find a Lesser Yellowlegs.  Unfortunately, despite extensive searching, we could not find the bird - Our 1st dip of the day.  We therefore headed back to the hotel for breakfast.

Red-breasted Flycatcher

After breakfast, we headed over to Hoswick to view the Eastern Olivaceous Warbler.  Unfortunately, the weather was not on our side with persistent wind and rain showers and after about 2 hours of staring at a bush with no movement besides the odd Chiff Chaff or Blackcap, we gave up - Our 2nd dip of the day.

We then decided to head over to Voe to try for an Arctic Warbler but despite an extensive search we could not find it, although we did come across a lovely Red-breasted Flycatcher, which was a welcome addition to my year list.  So, our 3rd dip of the day was not too bad.

Upon hearing that an Arctic Warbler had been seen in Lerwick, we then headed over there but could not find that bird either - 4th dip of the day.

On the way back to the hotel we tried for the Eastern Olivaceous Warbler again.  I managed to see the head of the bird for a split second but feel I could not count that as a "tick" and therefore we again dipped making it an impressive 5 dip day.