tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123276740006077877.post1165467612640079683..comments2022-04-02T07:25:21.713+01:00Comments on The Leicester Llama: Two weeks to goThe Leicester Llamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726759603199971409noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123276740006077877.post-21464606668351795002008-09-21T10:14:00.000+01:002008-09-21T10:14:00.000+01:00Waders and ducks perhaps, but I wouldn't bet on an...Waders and ducks perhaps, but I wouldn't bet on any Nearctic landbirds - they're extremely rare in Shetland in the autumn! I've seen lots of 'promising looking lows' in previous years that have produced absolutely nothing, and only ever seen one Yank passerine on Shetland - the White-throated Sparrow at Voe in 1996.The Leicester Llamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16726759603199971409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123276740006077877.post-34062578655864385232008-09-21T08:59:00.000+01:002008-09-21T08:59:00.000+01:00It also may well bring in some birds from North Am...It also may well bring in some birds from North America unless they too arrive on nice south-easterlies?The Drunkbirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15650924368984439689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123276740006077877.post-36700408974627734302008-09-20T12:30:00.000+01:002008-09-20T12:30:00.000+01:00I'm afraid I've come to the conclusion that netwea...I'm afraid I've come to the conclusion that netweather is probably the least reliable forecast. At the moment (12.20 on Saturday 20th) according to them it should be 9mph easterly on Shetland. Metcheck says 22mph southerly, and the BBC 29mph SSW.<BR/><BR/>Dave Wheeler's Northern Isles Weather Forecast (http://www.northisles-weather.co.uk/) has live links from his monitoring equipment on Fair Isle, where it is currently 20mph southerly, which makes Metcheck almost spot-on, and netweather way out. If they can't even tell what it's doing <I>now</I>, it doesn't really inspire much confidence in their forecasting ability!<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately Dave Wheeler's forecast for the next ten days is not great - mostly between south and west till the end of the month... though at least that means all the rare birds won't have already turned up by the time we get there!The Leicester Llamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16726759603199971409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123276740006077877.post-36648609999050280332008-09-19T22:01:00.000+01:002008-09-19T22:01:00.000+01:00I'm taking nothing but underpants. And my new coat...I'm taking nothing <I>but</I> underpants. And my new coat of course, just in case it does rain after all.The Leicester Llamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16726759603199971409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123276740006077877.post-20640903784647714332008-09-19T10:33:00.000+01:002008-09-19T10:33:00.000+01:00That's it then I'm going with the net weather fore...That's it then I'm going with the net weather forecast. Time to pack extra underpants for that Sibe Accentor moment.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13630311728159170799noreply@blogger.com