An awful morning with a strong, cold NE wind and
sometimes heavy, persistent rain, it got slightly better later on (the rain got
lighter) so I walked around randomly in the afternoon with my highlights being
the first Curlew Sandpiper of the
year with the big wader flocks on the beach at Westness, now 3 Garganey on Hooking with a first-year
drake joining the long staying pair and a Black
Redstart at Nouster.
Other
birds included good numbers of hirundines including 90+ Swallows, 6 Sand
Martins and 2 House Martins, single Spotted and Pied Flycatchers, 3 Sedge
Warblers including one I caught in T2, at least 6 Mealy Redpolls around
Holland, a Chaffinch at the school and 3 Herons.
Arctic Skua
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