Luggage collected we collect the minibuses and were off north and within the hour we're checking-in to the Herrislea House Hotel, our home for the week. We meet up for dinner and enjoy the first of the week's sumptuous home-cooked meals ... We head south and our first stop is at Easter Quarff where we immediately locate a Little Egret stood on a shoreline rock. We're all familiar with Little Egret in England as its gotten commoner over the years, but on Shetland it's ...
a long-staying bird present in 60 foot cover at porthgwarra (cornwall) (since 31st august) remained until at least 21st, whilst the second for shetland this autumn appeared at wester bquarff/b on 1st, a very showy individual appeared at ...
