A grey and drizzly start
but it soon brightened up through the rest of the day; a walk up the west coast
was pretty unremarkable with a few Arctic Skuas chasing Tysties around their
colonies and still plenty of Arctic Tern chicks on Torness while a Fulmar I
grabbed had originally been ringed in 1994.
I caught a female Siskin at the Obs when I got back. The days dubious highlight came in the
afternoon when we went up to the lighthouse to get good views of a huge female Saker Falcon
around the Lighthouse – it was an obvious escape complete with jesses,
rings and a satellite receiver on its back!
Escaped Saker
Moulting drake Eiders
Black Guillemot with a Sculpin
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