Monday, September 21, 2015
Around midday, the barred warbler landed on the top of our small rowan tree, having flown across the road from the direction of Ullapool hill.
Watching some juvenile siskins in the tall cypress, I was amazed to see a redstart in the tree. I'd given up all hope of seeing a redstart in Scotland this year. A bit later, it flew towards the house.
The redstart perched briefly on the pampas grass and then foraged on the drive for about five minutes while I snapped it through the window - noting, meanwhile, that the barred warbler, which had disappeared again, was momentarily in the cypress. I didn't know which way to look!
Eventually a robin zoomed in and chased the redstart away.
// posted by Christine @ 9:40 AM 
