NORTH RONALDSAY - 25th April

Another tough day to be out in the field with a blazing force 7 northerly wind and numerous snow/hail showers whipping through; I walked the Bridesness census route in the afternoon where birds included a nice flock of 24 Black-tailed Godwits, my overdue first Blackcap of the spring, 21 Pink-footed Geese, 7 Red-breasted Mergansers, 8 Gadwall, a Whimbrel, 230 Golden Plover and 10 Wheatears.

Black-tailed Godwits

and then it snowed...

Wren