Friday, 13 April 2018

NORTH RONALDSAY - 12th April


A gorgeous, sunny day without a cloud in the sky but we kept the strong, chilly SE wind; a few hours spent punding the sheep in the morning produced some pretty decent vis mig over the south end of the island with a steady stream of Meadow Pipits heading out to the SW along with a few alba Wagtails and a single Brambling which left with some Pipits but soon came back!   A few flocks of Common and Black-headed Gull also came in from the south as well as 15 Curlews and a Bar-tailed Godwit.

                I walked the northern census route from mid-morning but it was disappointingly quiet with only a few flocks of Common and Black-headed Gulls heading out to the north to carry on the vis mig theme; other birds included a Black Redstart, a White Wagtail and the usual spread of Robins, Blackbirds and Fieldfares.


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