A great days birding Fair Isle Bird Obs with Red-Flanked Bluetail, Hawfinch, Twite, Snow bunting, Brambling all being seen. Census serenaded by drumming Snipe and displaying Lapwing. Goldcrests and Robins on the cliffs. Absolute magic :) BirdGuides

There's nothing like contextual rarity to make you properly appreciate a species, and with roughly six times as many records of Lanceolated Warbler as there are of Blue Tit Fair Isle Bird Obs, the appearance of this intrepid individual was very exciting!

A returning Blue Fulmar Fair Isle Bird Obs today - ringed last year when it held a cliff ledge on the isle, but failed to attract a mate.

Good to see it back - hopefully it has better luck this time!

Luke hitting the ground running with our first description species of the year - a great start!

With winds touching force 11 today, it might be regretting its decision...

Shetland bound, on the way to kick off another season Fair Isle Bird Obs!

Joined this time by @LukeMarriner17 and ., what’s this year got in store for us…?

All of us at the Fair Isle Bird Observatory Trust congratulate Roy Dennis, our Honorary President, on being awarded an OBE for services to wildlife. Roy was Assistant Warden here in 1959, Warden in 1964-70 and visited most recently in September 2023. Roy Dennis Foundation

The latest news on the Observatory rebuild is now available on the FIBO website. With the completion of the roof and cladding, we have reached a significant milestone whereby the building is now wind and watertight. fairislebirdobs.co.uk/update18

🚨 DREAM JOB 🚨

2 Assistant Warden positions available next year at the best place on earth! Any questions at all feel free to drop me a DM

We’re looking for two skilled birders to join us as Assistant Wardens in 2024, carrying out all aspects of the Obs programme, inc. spring and autumn census, seabird monitoring through the summer, and engaging with visitors to the isle.

Full details here: fairislebirdobs.co.uk

That's all folks! The final ranger blog of the season is ready to read on our website, covering everything the FIBO team has been working on in their last 3 months on #FairIsle . It's been a fantastic season and we're all excited to see what next year holds
fairislebirdobs.co.uk/ranger_blog.ht…

Quite the arrival of 'Northern' Bullfinch into the Northern Isles today. At least four were Fair Isle Bird Obs, including these two dapper males in Boini Mire

Happy #FairIsle Friday ! It was the final sheep hill of the year this week, the last of the lambs from the north of #FairIsle all rounded up ready to be … roast dinners in winter, shall we say? The photos from 30 years ago look like they could have been taken yesterday!

Finally got to see one of my most-wanted lifers Fair Isle Bird Obs today, with this Pallas’s Warbler amongst the Goldcrests at Setter - you couldn’t fit more stripes onto it!

A long-awaited lifer today in the form of this stunning Pallas's Warbler Fair Isle Bird Obs - what an absolute jewel of a bird!

Phenomenal views of Bewick's Swan Fair Isle Bird Obs yesterday. Having had a few Whoopers in previous days, this was a chance to see the differences in structure and bill pattern. A super smart bird!

With almost 100 Woodcock on Fair Isle today, it was no surprise to find at least one in the traps. A rare treat to see and ring this species in daylight, giving me a chance to admire their huge eyes and cryptic feather patterns.