A rough day with a strong
SW wind and heavy showers sweeping through becoming more and more frequent
through the afternoon; my Hooking census route was interrupted as I had to rush
back to the Obs to see a cracking LANCEOLATED WARBLER that
had been caught by hand at Sandar – only the fifth island record! Birds actually on my census route later
included 2 Common Rosefinches together at Barrenha, my first two Pintail of
the autumn on the loch along with 21 Teal, a Gadwall and 22 Mallard, 8
Red-throated Divers offshore, 4 Sand Martins including a tired looking juvenile
sheltering on The Links dyke and an influx of 46 Common Gulls and 13 Herring
Gulls on The Links.
There was then a Spotted Flycatcher (a young looking
one with lots of retained coverts etc.), a Pied Flycatcher, a Garden Warbler
and a Willow Warbler in Holland as I walked back through.
Tailless Lanceolated Warbler
Juvenile Sand Martin sheltering from the showers
Spotted Flycatcher
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