NORTH RONALDSAY - 2nd October

A very windy morning gave way to a crazy, extremely windy afternoon with frequent, vicious showers whipping through; I still staggered round the northern census route for a few hours from mid-morning where a decent, given the conditions, selection of migrants included a Yellow-browed Warbler at Sandback, 2 Redstarts, 5 Robins, a Whinchat, 7 Chiffchaffs, 2 Willow Warblers, 3 Blackcaps, 7 Song Thrushes, a Redwing, a Chaffinch and a Swallow.   Also of note were 3 Little Stints on Trolla and one skein of 60 Pink-footed Geese which went over.

Chiffchaff

Raven

Dunlin