Wednesday 16 August 2017

NORTH RONALDSAY - 16th August

A nice day with an increasing southerly wind becoming strong by the evening; birds around the Obs census route included 13 Black-tailed Godwits, 3 Ruff (an adult and two juveniles), 23 Dunlin on Gretchen, 850+ Golden Plover and 110 Lapwings in the fields and 2 Purple Sandpipers.




Kittiwakes are lingering around the coast after a tough breeding season


Black Guillemots are starting to moult into winter plumage


Golden Plover


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