20201002 (9)_Goldcrest
One of about twenty feeding voraciously in the top quarry at Sumburgh Head, Mainland Shetland, and indifferent to my presence, foraging right up to my feet. They were at the limit of physical endurance having crossed the North Sea on migration and just made the Shetland Isles. Birds were literally dropping out of the sky as we searched for rarities among them and we had to go several times round the quarry before we were satisfied we had seen all that was in it, as more were arriving between circuits!
20201002 (9)_Goldcrest
One of about twenty feeding voraciously in the top quarry at Sumburgh Head, Mainland Shetland, and indifferent to my presence, foraging right up to my feet. They were at the limit of physical endurance having crossed the North Sea on migration and just made the Shetland Isles. Birds were literally dropping out of the sky as we searched for rarities among them and we had to go several times round the quarry before we were satisfied we had seen all that was in it, as more were arriving between circuits!