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@stevedudley.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 10:14 AM

#OnThisDay #OrkneyBirding ... the county's first Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Radde's Warbler were recorded. The Pied wheatear is the most recent of seven records and so long overdue for a reoccurrence. Five Great Grey Shrikes have been found today! How times change. #rarebirds

A list of scarce and rare bird records found on 10 October in Orkney. The list reads: Scarce and rare birds found in Orkney on this day … 10 October Bewick's Swan, 1998, Loch of St. Tredwell, Papa Westray Snow Goose, 2021, 2, Birsay American Golden Plover, 2001, 1CY, Rowland, St. Mary’s, Holm Great Snipe, 2022, North Ronaldsay Pectoral Sandpiper, 1994, Stronsay Pectoral Sandpiper, 2004, Loch of Tankerness Pectoral Sandpiper, 2006, North Loch, Sanday Temminck's Stint, 2015, North Ronaldsay Sabine's Gull, 2001, ad, North Ronaldsay, Spoonbill, 1889, 4, Loch of Burness, Westray Red Kite, 2002, Melsetter, Hoy Red Kite, 2009, North Ronaldsay Hoopoe, 2015, Sandside, Deerness Hobby, 2005, South Ronaldsay Great Grey Shrike, 1986, Eday Great Grey Shrike, 1995, North Ronaldsay Great Grey Shrike, 2002, Sanday Great Grey Shrike, 2009, Sandside, Deerness Great Grey Shrike, 2015, Sandside, Deerness Shore Lark, 1981, North Ronaldsay Short-toed Lark, 1991, North Ronaldsay Greenish Warbler, 1981, North Ronaldsay, Radde's Warbler 1/9, 1982, trapped, Longhouse, St. Ola Dusky Warbler, 1993, Stronsay Dusky Warbler, 2017, trapped, North Ronaldsay Pied Wheatear, 2010, ♀, North Ronaldsay Olive-backed Pipit, 1991, North Ronaldsay Olive-backed Pipit, 2014, North Ronaldsay American (Buff-bellied) Pipit, 2020, 1CY+, North Ronaldsay Rustic Bunting, 1991, ♀, North Ronaldsay Rustic Bunting, 2015, 1CY♂+, Sandside, Deerness Black-headed Bunting, 2025, 1CY, North Ronaldsay Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 2011, 1CY♂, Stenaquoy, Eday (first county record)
@stevedudley.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 10:02 AM

#OnThisDay #OrkneyBirding ... a top find was the county's first Two-barred (Greenish) Warbler (ten years later the second was found just last week). Otherwise two Blue Tits in the North Isles are notable with other double-finds today being Mediterranean Gull, Shore Lark and Firecrest #rarebirds

A list of scarce and rare bird records found on 9 October in Orkney. The list reads: Scarce and rare birds found in Orkney on this day … 9 October Bean Goose sp, 1996, North Ronaldsay Tundra Bean Goose, 2014, c.30, North Ronaldsay Taiga Bean Goose, 2025, two, Papa Westray Ring-necked Duck, 2025, ♂, Loch of Ayre, Holm Green-winged Teal, 1998, Loch of Graemeshall, Holm American Golden Plover, 2013, adult, Lady, Sanday Grey Phalarope, 2011, Papa Sound, Westray Sabine's Gull, 1991, adult, Stronsay Mediterranean Gull, 1999, adult, Stronsay Mediterranean Gull, 2004, 2CY, No 4 Barrier Rough-legged Buzzard, 1982, Sanday Great Grey Shrike, 2002, Eday Blue Tit, 1977, Stronsay Blue Tit, 1982, 1, North Ronaldsay Woodlark, 2011, North Ronaldsay Shore Lark, 1976, Hundland Shore Lark, 1981, North Ronaldsay Blyth's Reed Warbler, 2012, North Ronaldsay Two-barred (Greenish) Warbler, 2016, 1CY, Hundland, Papa Westray (first county record) Firecrest, 2010, Honeysgeo, South Ronaldsay Firecrest, 2016, Finstown Siberian Stonechat, 1993, 1CY♂, Honeysgeo, South Ronaldsay Red-throated Pipit, 2020, 1CY+, North Ronaldsay
@orknithology.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 8:26 AM

"Good Still Bunting"

♀️ Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) in my garden at Grimbister, #Orkney, on Wednesday.

For today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme of #GardenBirds

#OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #BirdsOfBluesky #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Bunting 🪶

@tomgale98.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 9:48 PM

An exhilarating seawatch this morning on North Ronaldsay with a Fea’s/Desertas type petrel passing the hide! Also 127 Sooty Shearwaters mostly passing at close range and a Slavonian Grebe #OrkneyBirding

@stevedudley.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 2:29 PM

Brilliant, Steph. Grey and white birds very much the norm up here from October onwards. Them that peep go down as tristis and them that don’t as collybita. Tristis also often on the ground.

#OrkneyBirding

@stevedudley.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 10:15 AM

#OnThisDay #OrkneyBirding ... remarkably, the Siberian Blue Robin is the second Orkney record (first = 2 Oct 2001) and not the expected 1CY! Other standout finds include the county's second Red-eyed Vireo, three Great Grey Shrikes and Blue and Great tits in the North Isles. #rarebirds

A list of scarce and rare bird records found on 8 October in Orkney. The list reads: Ruddy Duck, 2007, Loch of Bosquoy, Harray Snow Goose, 2012, Quanterness, St Ola Surf Scoter, 1998, ♂, Inganess Bay American Golden Plover, 2007, Tofts, Sanday Dotterel, 2016, North Ronaldsay Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 2008, Rerwick, Tankerness Balearic Shearwater, 2021, Start Point, Sanday Little Egret, 1998, Loch of Hundland, Birsay Snowy Owl, 1994, ♂ & ♀, Egilsay Osprey, 2011, Binscarth, Firth Red Kite, 2010, Rackwick, Hoy Red-eyed Vireo, 2017, trapped, East Denwick, Deerness (second county record) Great Grey Shrike, 1975, Hoy Great Grey Shrike, 2015, North Ronaldsay Great Grey Shrike, 2015, Burwick, South Ronaldsay Blue Tit, 2014, North Ronaldsay Great Tit, 2014, Whitehowe, Papa Westray Short-toed Lark, 1991, North Ronaldsay Blyth's Reed Warbler, 2016, 1CY, Lettan, Sanday Greenish Warbler, 2016, Nortwa, Sanday Siberian Blue Robin, 2017, 2CY♂, trapped, North Ronaldsay (second county record) Siberian Stonechat, 1993, 1CY, North Ronaldsay Olive-backed Pipit, 2014, Quoyolie, Papa Westray Olive-backed Pipit, 2014, North Ronaldsay, Westness Pechora Pipit, 2014, Sander, North Ronaldsay Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll, 2017, 1CY, North Ronaldsay Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll, 2022, Dykeside, Westray Rustic Bunting, 2010, Lady SandayTwo photos of the Siberian Blue Robin trapped and ringed at North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory, Orkney Isles, 8 October 2017
@orknithology.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 7:00 AM

"Fed & Berried"

♀️ Blackbird (Turdus merula) at Grimbister, #Orkney.

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Eating; birds with food in their beaks.

#OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #BirdsOfBluesky #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Blackbird 🪶

@stevedudley.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 8:51 PM

#OrkneyBirding

@stevedudley.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 9:51 AM

#OnThisDay #OrkneyBirding ... the Red-rumped Swallow is the earliest of the three Orkney autumn records. Three Red-flanked Bluetails sees the start of the main finding period for this species - the Birsay record is notable as is one of only four found away from the North Isles. #rarebirds

A list of scarce and rare bird records found on 7 October in Orkney. The list reads: Scarce and rare birds found in Orkney on this day … 7 October Ruddy Duck, 1998, 2, Loch of Bosquoy, Ruddy Duck, 2001, Mill Dam, Shapinsay Ruddy Duck, 2007, 3♂♂, Loch of Harray Surf Scoter, 2013, ♂, Inganess Bay, St. Ola American Wigeon, 2004, eclipse ♂, Kirk Sound, Holm Green-winged Teal, 2016, ♂, Boloquoy, Sanday Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 2017, 1CY, North Ronaldsay Sabine's Gull, 1997, adult, North Ronaldsay Cory's Shearwater, 1996, North Ronaldsay Balearic Shearwater, 1996, North Ronaldsay Shore Lark, 1976, 40, North Ronaldsay Great Grey Shrike, 1998, Rue, North Ronaldsay Red-rumped Swallow, 1976, North Ronaldsay, Short-toed Lark, 1991, North Ronaldsay Pallas's Warbler, 2020, Holland Farm, Papay Westray Red-flanked Bluetail, 2016, 1CY, North Ronaldsay Red-flanked Bluetail, 2020, 1CY♂, Swannay, Birsay Red-flanked Bluetail, 2024, 1CY, North Ronaldsay Parrot Crossbill, 2017, 2, Heddle, Finstown
@orknithology.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 9:35 AM

"Noncommittal"

Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) sitting on the fence at Grimbister, #Orkney.

For today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme of #Perched; birds standing on anything except branches.

#OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #BirdsOfBluesky #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Thrush 🪶

@stevedudley.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 9:46 AM

#OnThisDay #OrkneyBirding ... 13 years ago today a couple of visiting birders found one of birding's Holy Grails when they chanced upon the county's only Ovenbird on Papa Westray. I'm heading back out now to find me an Olive-backed Pipit with five found previously on this day. #rarebirds

A list of scarce and rare bird records found on 6 October in Orkney. The list reads: Scarce and rare birds found in Orkney on this day … 6 October Ruddy Duck, 1998, Loch of Harray Snow Goose, 1983, Papa Westray Green-winged Teal, 2017, North Ronaldsay Blue-winged Teal, 1983, ♀, North Ronaldsay Shore Lark, 1976, 60, North Ronaldsay American Golden Plover, 1991, 1CY, trapped, North Ronaldsay Grey Phalarope, 2011, 19, various sites across the county Grey Phalarope, 2011, 2, Black Craig, Stromness Lesser Yellowlegs, 2007, 1CY, Mill Dam, Shapinsay Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 2010, 1CY, Vensilly Hill, South Ronaldsay Pectoral Sandpiper, 2007, Lettan Sanday Pectoral Sandpiper, 2008, 1CY, Black Rock, Sanday Pectoral Sandpiper, 2025, 1CY, Loch of Banks, Birsay Bonaparte's Gull, 2011, ad, No 1 Barrier Mediterranean Gull, 2025, 2CY, Papa Westray Glossy Ibis, 1986, North Ronaldsay Little Egret, 2016, various site, Sanday Barn Owl, 2014, Scorradale, Orphir Great Grey Shrike, 1979, landed on a boat, Scapa Flow Short-toed Lark, 2014, North Ronaldsay Short-toed Lark, 2017, North Ronaldsay Pallas's Warbler, 2020, North Ronaldsay Olive-backed Pipit, 2010, Halley, Deerness Olive-backed Pipit, 2014, North Ronaldsay Olive-backed Pipit, 2014, North Ronaldsay Olive-backed Pipit, 2014, North Ronaldsay Olive-backed Pipit, 2019, Sandquoy, Sanday Red-throated Pipit, 2020, 2CY+, North Ronaldsay Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll, 2012, Pierowall, Westray Arctic Redpoll (group), 1999, 1CY, North Ronaldsay Rustic Bunting, 2020, 1CY+, Stove, Sanday Ovenbird, 2013, Holland, Papa Westray (only county record)
@orknithology.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 7:29 AM

"🎶 She's a Model and She's Looking Good 🎶"

1st-winter ♀️ Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) at Wideford Hill, #Orkney.

For today's #BirdOfTheDay main theme of #BirdSupermodel.

#OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #BirdsOfBluesky #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Stonechat 🪶

@stevedudley.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 4:54 PM

#OnThisDay #OrkneyBirding ... the standout finds today are second county records of both Brown Shrike and Eyebrowed Thrush. Otherwise a day of doubles with seven species found twice on this day. #rarebirds

A list of scarce and rare bird records found on 5 October in Orkney. The list reads: Scarce and rare birds found in Orkney on this day … 5 October Ruddy Duck, 2000, ♂, Loch of Harray American Wigeon, 2003, ♂, Loch of Ayre, Holm American Wigeon, 2011, ♂, Loch of Ayre, Holm American Golden Plover, 2012, 1CY, The Loons Birsay American Golden Plover, 2014, ad, Aikers, South Ronaldsay Pacific Golden Plover, 1996, 1CY, Stronsay Dotterel, 1976, North Ronaldsay Long-billed Dowitcher, 1995, 1CY, Quatquoy, Firth Grey Phalarope, 2012, 3, Black Craig, Stromness Grey Phalarope, 2016, North Ronaldsay Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 1991, Herston, South Ronaldsay Pectoral Sandpiper, 1988, Deerness White-billed Diver, 2009, Hunda Sound Great Shearwater, 1999, North Ronaldsay Red Kite, 2010, Norseman Village, Rendall Kingfisher, 2025, The Loons, Birsay Great Grey Shrike, 1986, North Ronaldsay Great Grey Shrike, 1992, Birsay Brown Shrike, 2016, 1CY, Burness, Sanday Blue Tit, 2016, Binscarth, Firth Woodlark, 2013, Thrave, Sanday Shorelark, 1976, 3, North Ronaldsay Shorelark, 1998, North Ronaldsay Short-toed Lark, 1990, North Ronaldsay Blyth's Reed Warbler, 1979, trapped, Holm Blyth's Reed Warbler, 2020, Northwall, Sanday Marsh Warbler, 2012, trapped, North Ronaldsay Western Bonelli's Warbler, 2021, Hundland, Papa Westray Eyebrowed Thrush, 2009, 1CY, North Ronaldsay Red-flanked Bluetail, 2015, ♀/1CY♂, Loch of the Stack, Noup, Westray Red-flanked Bluetail, 2019, 1CY/♀, Park, Sanday Olive-backed Pipit, 1987, trapped, North Ronaldsay Rustic Bunting, 2020, 1CY♀, North Ronaldsay
@orknithology.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 8:47 AM

"Taken to the Wire but Pipped to the Post"

Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) at Wideford Hill #Orkney.

For today's #BirdOfTheDay main theme of #BlueSkyes.

#OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #BirdsOfBluesky #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Pipit #Mipit 🪶

@orknithology.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 1:39 PM

"Little Wing"

juvenile Dunnock (Prunella modularis) catching some rays at Grimbister, #Orkney, last month.

For today's #BirdOfTheDay main theme of #WingsOpenNotFlying.

#OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #BirdsOfBluesky #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Dunnock 🪶

@orknithology.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 9:49 AM

"🎶 The Sound of Silence 🎶"

Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) at Grimbister, #Orkney.

#OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #BirdsOfBluesky #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Thrush 🪶

@stevedudley.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 9:45 AM

#OnThisDay #OrkneyBirding ... Baird's Sandpiper is the standout find today being the first county record of this Nearctic wader. Wader in particular often turn up at the same site in different years, as is the case for today's Buff-breasted Sandpipers. #rarebirds

A list of scarce and rare bird records found on 4 October in Orkney. The list reads: Scarce and rare birds found in Orkney on this day … 4 October Great Snipe, 1993, North Ronaldsay Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 2010, Toft's Ness, Sanday Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 2013, Toft's Ness, Sanday Baird's Sandpiper, 1993, 1CY, North Ronaldsay Pectoral Sandpiper, 1997, North Ronaldsay Sabine's Gull, 1997, 3, North Ronaldsay Mediterranean Gull, 2006, 1CY, Little Sea, Sanday Little Egret, 2016, North Ronaldsay Honey-buzzard, 1992, Hoy White-tailed Eagle, 2006, imm, Rackwick, Hoy Blyth's Reed Warbler, 1989, trapped, North Ronaldsay Blyth's Reed Warbler, 2017, Sandside Bay, Deerness Lanceolated Warbler, 2021, trapped, North Ronaldsay Dusky Warbler, 2019, Millfield, Burray Firecrest, 2016, trapped, North Ronaldsay Siberian Stonechat, 1993, ad♂, North Ronaldsay Siberian Stonechat, 2013, 1CY, The Loons, Stromness Citrine Wagtail, 1987, 1CY, Deerness Olive-backed Pipit, 1993, Stronsay Olive-backed Pipit, 2013, North Ronaldsay Rustic Bunting, 2020, 1CY+♀, North Ronaldsay
@stevedudley.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 4:08 PM

#OnThisDay #OrkneyBirding ... two first records for the county - White's Thrush and American (Buff-bellied Pipit) and another good day to fin a Great grey Shrike, rare pipit or Rustic Bunting. #rarebirds

A list of scarce and rare bird records found on 3 October in Orkney. The list reads: Scarce and rare birds found in Orkney on this day … 3 October American Wigeon, 2025, ♂ returning bird, North Loch, Sanday Turtle Dove, 2015, Papa Westray Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 2015, North Ronaldsay Pectoral Sandpiper, 2010, 1CY, Loch of Boardhouse, Sandwick Pectoral Sandpiper, 2016, Roos Loch, Sanday White-rumped Sandpiper, 2001, 1CY, Cata Sand, Sanday Sabine's Gull, 2001, 1CY, Point of Ayre, Deerness Mediterranean Gull, 2015, 2 ads, Kirk Sound, Holm Kumlien’s Gull, 2017, 1CY, Neuks, Sanday Snowy Owl, 2018, Eday Rough-legged Buzzard, 1995, North Ronaldsay Golden Oriole, 2013, 1CY, North Ronaldsay Great Grey Shrike, 1992, 2, Stronsay Great Grey Shrike, 1998, Finstown Great Grey Shrike, 2004, Quoydale, Hoy Short-toed Lark, 1989, North Ronaldsay Short-toed Lark, 1990, North Ronaldsay Blyth's Reed Warbler, 2018, 1CY, trapped, North Ronaldsay Blyth's Reed Warbler, 2018, North Ronaldsay Radde's Warbler, 1993, North Ronaldsay Dusky Warbler, 1987, North Ronaldsay Rose-coloured Starling, 1992, 1CY, North Ronaldsay White's Thrush, 1990, Stronsay (first county record) White's Thrush, 2016, 1CY, Kirkwall Red-flanked Bluetail, 2020, Whitehowe, Papay Westray Siberian Stonechat, 1992, ♂, Stronsay Pechora Pipit, 1989, North Ronaldsay Olive-backed Pipit, 2001, North Ronaldsay Olive-backed Pipit, 2020, North Ronaldsay Red-throated Pipit, 2020, 1CY+, North Ronaldsay Red-throated Pipit, 2020, 1CY+, North Ronaldsay American (Buff-bellied) Pipit, 2008, North Ronaldsay (first county record) Rustic Bunting, 1992, Castle, Stronsay Rustic Bunting, 2020, 1CY, North Ronaldsay
@orknithology.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 8:20 AM

"🎵 Oh, What A Bountiful Mornin' 🎵"

Redwing (Turdus iliacus) with plenty of berries to choose from at Grimbister, #Orkney, on Thursday.

#OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #BirdsOfBluesky #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Redwing #Thrush 🪶

@stevedudley.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 5:06 PM

#OnThisDay #OrkneyBirding ... three county firsts found today: yesterday's Siberian Blue Robin in Shetland is just a day out from Orkney's first (and Britain's second); the Rufous-tailed Robin makes an amazing robin double but the latter was sadly found dead; and a Red-eyed Vireo. #rarebirds

A list of scarce and rare bird records found on 29 September in Orkney. The list reads: Scarce and rare birds found in Orkney on this day … 2 October Surf Scoter, 2007, Wide Firth American Wigeon, 2001, ad ♂, St. Peter’s Pool, Deerness Turtle Dove, 2015, Noup Farm, Westray American Golden Plover, 2016, Gleat, Sanday Great Snipe, 1998, North Ronaldsay Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 2004, 1 or 2, Aikers, South Ronaldsay Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 2013, 1 or 2, Toft's Ness, Sanday Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 2019, Northwall, Sanday Pectoral Sandpiper, 2008, North Ronaldsay Pectoral Sandpiper, 2014, 2, Sandside, Deerness White-rumped Sandpiper, 1978, North Ronaldsay Nightjar, 2020, Mull Head, Papa Westray Goshawk, 2025, Kirkwall Red Kite, 2010, Deerness (also Rousay, Birsay, Rendall) Hobby, 2012, Loons, Birsay Red-eyed Vireo, 2009, Langskaill, St. Andrews (first county record) Hoopoe, 2020, North Wall, Sanday Great Grey Shrike, 1983, Herston, South Ronaldsay Great Grey Shrike, 1984, South Ronaldsay Great Grey Shrike, 1998, Stronsay Great Grey Shrike, 2000, Papa Westray Magpie, 2001, Quoyness, Hoy Blue Tit, 1971, North Ronaldsay Melodious Warbler, 1983, trapped, Holm Lanceolated Warbler, 2022, North Ronaldsay Eyebrowed Thrush, 2020, 1CY♂, North Ronaldsay Siberian Blue Robin, 2001, 1CY♂, North Ronaldsay (first county record) Rufous-tailed Robin, 2010, 1CY♂, found dead, North Ronaldsay (only county record) Red-throated Pipit, 1992, Stronsay Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll , 2009, North Ronaldsay Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll, 2022, North Ronaldsay Arctic Redpoll ssp, 1989, Stronsay Parrot Crossbill, 1983, 1CY♂, trapped, North Ronaldsay