A gorgeous day with a
light southerly wind switching into the SE by the afternoon and plenty of warm
sunshine; the nets were quiet first thing with just single Chiffchaff,
Goldcrest, Chaffinch and Dunnock caught but the Hooking census route was quite
productive with the highlight being two drake Mandarin
which flew into to land on the loch very briefly before disappearing – only the
sixth record for North Ron!
Other birds included my first 3 Sand Martins of the year over The
Links, a Whimbrel on the beach, 7 Sandwich Terns, 75 Sanderling, the Kumlien’s Gull still and 7 Great-northern Divers. Later in the day a smart non-breeding
plumaged Dotterel was found with the Golden Plovers
in Loch Park (just a hint of red coming through on the front) while the Ring
Ouzel and Lesser Whitethroat were still around the Obs.
Mandarin record shot
Some Wheatear antics
The Coots were excited to see the Mandarins as well
Kumlien's Gull still
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