Tuesday, 23 October 2018

NORTH RONALDSAY - 20th October


A bit breezier but still OK really with a decent selection of birds around the Obs census route with the highlights being a Yellow Wagtail north over the Obs (a flava ssp. really but it just sounded like a normal Yellow Wagtail) and the returning drake Green-winged Teal on Gretchen – its probably been present for a few weeks but is only just moulting into its male plumage allowing us to tell what it is!   Other birds included a female Sparrowhawk in Holland, a Merlin, a Kestrel, 6 Pink-footed Geese, 450+ Golden Plover, 22 Chaffinches, 24 Brambling, 12 Twite and the lingering Willow Warbler round the Obs but generally fewer Thrushes, Robins etc. around.    The four Yellowhammers were still in Kirbest.

                A little seawatch in the afternoon was then quiet with just a Bonxie and 9 Puffins in amongst 105 Auk sp. of note.



Green-winged Teal

Purple Sandpiper

Yellowhammer

Kittiwake

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