Page 15 - BBC Wildlife Volume 36 #10

WILD OCTOBER

CHOICE LOCATIONS
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Islands, points and headlands are
ideal places to spot birds moving from
breeding to overwintering grounds. Start
exploring at one of these top locations:

1 Fair Isle is situated between Shetland
and the Orkney Isles and its wonderfully
isolated location makes it probably the best
place to find rare Asiatic birds in Britain.

Clockwise from shrike used to breed 2 Spurn Point curls for over three miles
above: the barred in Britain; the red- from the Humber’s North Bank into the
warbler may stop eyed vireo is a rarity
of in the UK on its and a sighting to be North Sea. With 391 diferent birds recorded
way to East Africa; treasured. Centre: there, the peninsula has the highest species
at a glance, the red- the yellow-browed count on mainland Britain.
breasted flycatcher warbler has a yellow
resembles a robin; ‘eyebrow’ and coal 3 Blakeney Point has as its main Sc
the red-backed tit-like call.
feature a 6.4km spit of sand and shingle
that can hold huge numbers of migratory
birds when conditions force them to land.

4 Portland Bill promontory at the Ye
southern edge of the Isle of Portland
in Dorset is the perfect landfall for all
manner of migrants needing to rest
before heading of to the Continent.

5 The Isles of Scilly archipelago has y: Merryn Thomas/naturep .com; v reo: Dan e e Occh ato/ Bu ten-bee d/ M nden/Getty; barred warb er: O
a strategic position of the southwestern ow-browed Warb er: Dr.An rban S nha/Getty; flycatcher: Tony M
tip of Cornwall and is famed as a magnet
for unusual birds originating from all
points of the compass.

DON’T GO WITHOUT:

Downloading the Met
Oice weather app (iOS
and Android). Use it to s/A amy; shr ke: Sandra Standbr dge/Getty
check prevailing winds ver R chter/ BIA/ M nden/Getty;
before heading to your
birdwatching destination.

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