A real mixture of a day
with sunshine and showers throughout including some extremely heavy ones coming
through on the light southerly breeze; the day’s highlight was certainly an
excellent candidate for an IBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF at
Sangar. It was initially heard singing
before we got there but it showed well straight away, so we put up a net and
caught it easily, everything fitted in the hand and in the field even though it
had a wing length of only 60 and a not too impressive primary projection – a
first for North Ronaldsay!
The rest of the day was largely unremarkable with
birds around the Obs census route including 3 Chiffchaffs, a Goldcrest, 2
Siskins, a Brambling, a flyover Redpoll sp. 2 Whimbrel, a Collared Dove and a
Woodpigeon.
Iberian Chiffchaff
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