It is now six years since a fire totally destroyed the Observatory and we are delighted to announce that the Observatory and Hotel is now open for guest bookings for 2025! Please read our website for prices and terms: https://t.co/D557rDWSme We look forward to welcoming you soon!

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Storm Amy has bought with it some waterfowl movement, with flocks of geese and Whooper Swans around the isle, along with the fifth island record of Little Egret. Other highlights include Olive-backed Pipit and the 12th record of Firecrest: https://t.co/2m3gIzPipr 📸 A Penn

Two Richard’s Pipits added some interest to an otherwise fairly quiet few days with few new birds in. Yellow-browed Warbler continue to be present in small numbers with a few other scattered scarcities. Read more at https://t.co/2m3gIzPQeZ 📸 S Arlow

Yesterday’s Glossy Ibis was only the fifth Fair Isle record! The Yellow-browed Warbler influx continues, with seven seen yesterday, and thrushes have begun to move through in bigger numbers. Read more on our latest sightings https://t.co/2m3gIzPQeZ 📸 L Marriner

Recent days have bought an arrival of Yellow-browed Warbler, along with a mobile Bluethroat, the second Great Spotted Woodpecker of the autumn and the third Turtle Dove of the year. Read more at https://t.co/2m3gIzPQeZ 📸 L Marriner

The past few days have bought our fourth Brown Shrike in 3 years, as well as the first Snow Bunting and Whooper Swan of the autumn. Catch up with what else has been seen on our latest sightings blog https://t.co/2m3gIzPQeZ 📸 L Marriner

A lovely surprise to lay eyes on this Brown Shrike at Chalet with @LukeMarriner_1 this afternoon. It was incredibly mobile, ranging between Pund and Upper Stoneybrek. @FI_Obs

The flow of migratory birds has continued with several Sparrowhawk and Redstart moving through, along with our first Great Spotted Woodpecker of the year and a Glaucous Gull seen off Buness. Read more at https://t.co/2m3gIzPQeZ 📸 L Marriner

The first Yellow-browed Warbler of the autumn was seen on the 11th, with a Greenish Warbler and Great Snipe the other highlights of the past few days. Read more at https://t.co/2m3gIzPipr 📸 L Marriner

Yesterday bought our best day of the autumn yet, with plenty of new birds in all across the isle in very calm conditions. A range of common migrants showed well across the gardens, cliffs, and all sorts of other unusual places! Read more at https://t.co/2m3gIzPQeZ 📸 L Marriner

This brilliant pair of juvenile Little Stints were a lovely surprise on Easter Lother Water this morning. @FI_Obs

It’s been a busier few days for birds, with today bringing the first Red-breasted Flycatcher of the autumn, a new Wryneck, two Little Stint and six passing Curlew Sandpiper. Read more at https://t.co/2m3gIzPQeZ 📸 T Wright

At least five Barred Warblers @FI_Obs today. They were mostly at home in the croft gardens but this one found its way down in to Kroga Geo. Seeing migrants on the cliffs never gets old!

Highlights from the past few days have included a Wryneck, another Barred Warbler and an Icterine Warbler all trapped and ringed as well as a Pipistrelle sp. seen hawking over the Obs garden at dusk yesterday evening. Read more at https://t.co/2m3gIzPipr 📸 T Wright

This gorgeous Wryneck was caught in Vaadal @FI_Obs mid-afternoon. It's a species I'd wanted to see in the hand for a long time. The cryptic brown plumage is just amazing!

If it's #adventure and stunning #scenery you are after, then check out the fabulously remote @FI_Obs @VisitScotland . Check out my visit in today's @ScotNational @TravWriters https://t.co/5nclB9WonH

The past few days have bought some welcome arrivals, including a couple of Barred Warblers, a scattering of Pied Flycatchers, two Wood Warblers and a Wood Sandpiper. Read more on our latest sightings https://t.co/2m3gIzPipr 📸 A Penn

A shift in the winds in the past couple of days has bought the first Wood Warbler and Icterine Warbler of the autumn our way, and small numbers of Ruff are enjoying the cut silage fields. Read more at https://t.co/2m3gIzPipr 📸A Penn

A juvenile Red-necked Phalarope has spent the past couple of days doing laps of Da Water, and a Greenish Warbler was found on the cliffs at Wirvie yesterday. Read more of our recent sightings at https://t.co/2m3gIzPQeZ 📸 A Penn

This gorgeous juvenile Red-necked Phalarope spent the afternoon spinning around Da Water @FI_Obs. A typically confiding, often coming within a few feet.