NORTH RONALDSAY - 29th October

The blazing westerlies of the last couple of days had slackened off a tiny bit, shifted more into the north and became much colder; birds in the Hooking census route included a smart first winter male Peregrine which showed a few characteristics of calidus/tundrius, a random Mistle Thrush hopping along The Links, a Wheatear still, 11 Long-tailed Ducks, a Great-northern Diver, 120 Sanderling and 55 Dunlin.

Peregrine

Short-eared Owl

Hooded Crow eating a Redwing

Red-throated Divers

Purple Sandpiper