SHETLAND in AUTUMN for birders

Combine with:

SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS

Autumn in the Highlands with Easy Walking (p25), Highland Migration by land and Sea (p25) Raptors & Grouse (p27), Autumn Migration in the Highlands (p26).

SCOTTISH ISLANDS

North Ronaldsay & Orkney in early Autumn for birders (p42).

SAT 16 SEPTEMBER – SAT 23 SEPTEMBER, SAT 23 SEPTEMBER – SAT 30 SEPTEMBER 2023

SAT 21 SEPTEMBER – SAT 28 SEPTEMBER, SAT 28 SEPTEMBER – SAT 5 OCTOBER 2024

PRICES: from £1895pp

Single supplement: £230. Deposit: £300pp

Price includes all ferries. Price excludes flight from Aberdeen. Max 7 clients per leader. Leaders Chris Rodger & Holly Page (2023)

This exciting holiday offers the chance to see a variety of rare and scarce migrants amid spectacular scenery. We stay in two centres at either end of the Shetland Mainland Britain’s allowing us to spread our wings and locate highly desirable rare birds more easily. We will cover all the key birding locations for autumn migration including the outer isles if the weather and ferry availability allow! Possibilities are almost endless, with American and Siberian birds coming through on favourable winds, often at the same time! Previous goodies have included Pallid Harrier, Surf Scoter, Little Auk, American Golden Plover, Buff-breasted, Spotted and Pectoral Sandpipers, Hudsonian Whimbrel, Grey Phalarope, Wryneck, Bluethroat, Red-backed and both Lesser and Great Grey Shrikes, Shorttoed Lark, Pechora, Richard’s, Olive-backed and Buff-bellied Pipits, Citrine Wagtail, Red-breasted and Taiga Flycatchers, White’s Thrush, Swainson’s Thrush, Veery, Red-flanked Bluetail, Yellow-browed, Yellow-rumped, Marsh, Barred, Lanceolated, Arctic and Blyth’s Reed Warblers, Arctic Redpoll, Common Rosefinch, Little, Rustic and Lapland Bunting. A real feast of birding! Exactly what turns up depends upon the weather, so there are no guarantees, but we try and find our own birds and twitch good ones as we travel around the islands. If the wind is in the east, then large falls of finches, thrushes and crests are also likely.

Please note that this is a Birders tour, principally focused on finding and identifying rare birds of our own, with frequent trips to see the rarities others have found. We will have some time for cultural, historical and retail requests, but birding comes first on this particular holiday. For those that want a more general tour of Shetland, we thoroughly recommend our Shetland Island Explorer (p34) or our Shetland and Orkney (p36) holiday. Total species c. 80. Number of centres:2.

Combine with:

SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS

Raptors & Grouse (p27), Outer Limits Adventure (p27), Highlands and Skye in Autumn (p28).

SCOTTISH ISLANDS

North Ronaldsay & Orkney in Autumn for birders (p42).