Arrived in Kirkwall late last night and had today to
wander around before heading over to North Ronaldsay tomorrow; it was a
fantastic day, sunny and calm with plenty of birds around highlighted by a big,
pale first year Glaucous Gull which
spent most of the day on the Peedie Sea along with the ace, yodelling
Long-tailed Ducks and displaying Goldeneye.
I
walked NE from Kirkwall along the coast past the Northlink ferry terminal where
offshore there were c25 Velvet Scoter with big numbers of Eiders and
Long-tailed Ducks and smaller numbers of Great-northern Divers, Slavonian Grebes
and Tysties. While on the land 3 Tundra Bean Geese were with a small
flock of Greylags (although another group of 15 ‘grey geese’ were also probably
these rather than Pink-feet), big flocks of Curlew and Oystercatchers fed in
the fields and a single Twite flew east.
Big, pale (probably 1st year) Glaucous Gull
Male and female Long-tailed Ducks
Goldeneye
My first of many pictures of Black Guillemots this year
and my first of very many pictures of Fulmars this year
Shiny shiny Starling
Eider
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