sandhill crane

[LRM]

bird watchers are flocking (!) to orkney to see an extremely rare sandhill crane which has been seen in south ronaldsay. only 3 have been seen in uk before! thought I would put it on the .org to let you all know

[nemosia]

bird watchers are flocking (!) to orkney to see an extremely rare sandhill crane which has been seen in south ronaldsay. only 3 have been seen in uk before! thought I would put it on the .org to let you all know

Hi LRM,

I went over on the JOG ferry for it this morning. There were maybe 70 birders from as far afield as Hampshire. The crane was quickly located a mile or so east of Burwick, just to the south of Thurrigair. I managed to get a couple of digiscope record shots before it flew off to the North.

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i160/nemosia/Caithness/SC3.jpg

And the crowd goes wild

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i160/nemosia/Caithness/SC2.jpg

[LRM]

you must be keen! would not fancy being on the boat today!

[dafi]

Well worth going for a look. The bird is with in a couple of miles of the Burwick 'terminal'

Miss it miss outhttp://forum.caithness.org/images/icons/icon9.gif

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee174/dafiduck/IMG_1441.jpg

[kas]

Hi Dafi

I came over today and saw it, although we were quite a bit away and looking into the strong sun. Your photo shows the bird far better than I could see it though the scope. I met some super guys who had come from all over England to see it and had a super morning. The majority of them would have also gone for the Yellow Billed Cuckoo too if it had stuck around. There are also rumours on BF the BBA was a Gannet!!:roll: Thanks to all at Orkbird for the info it has been great week for you guys over there.