Saturday 8 April 2017

NORTH RONALDSAY - 8th April


A similar day to yesterday with lightish westerly winds and a fair amount of brightness; birds around the Hooking census route included my first 2 Bonxies of the year which flew south over The Links, a little influx of 16 Wheatears, a Fieldfare, 2 Rooks, 58 Sanderlings, a Great-northern Diver, the Pink-footed Goose, a single Black-tailed Godwit on Hooking and a Woodpigeon (no sign of the Kingfisher).

                Caught 2 Chiffchaffs at Holland in the evening along with a Woodpigeon with a huge, fresh, bleeding hole in its chest – I could see the green Clover shoots poking out of its crop that it had just eaten, it was fine though flying off like a rocket when I released it!   112 Linnets came in to roost and 100+ Meadow Pipits were in the surrounding fields.





Foraging Black-headed Gulls



and a Common Gull




Typical response when a Bonxie flies through!

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