NORTH RONALDSAY - 24th April

A shocking morning with a freezing cold northerly wind bringing heavy, persistent snow showers sweeping down across the island however, it brightened up in the afternoon albeit still very cold; birds around the Obs census route included the Black-throated Diver which reappeared in Nouster along with 3 Great-northern Divers, a Grey Plover seen coming in across the sea into the bay, several Bonxies and an Arctic Skua floating around, a Chiffchaff at Holland, 4 Wheatears, 2 Sandwich Terns and 510+ Golden Plover.

Eider drakes displaying and fighting

over females

Record shot of the Black-throated Diver

Turnstone

There's a really aggressive Lapwing just up the road!

Chiffchaff