A nicer day with lighter
WNW winds albeit pretty wet in the morning but drier and brighter in the
afternoon; a Bonxie chasing Geese was the only bird of note during a short
seawatch before a walk round the northern census route produced a handful of
things with a Yellow Wagtail ssp. showing well around Trolla the highlight
(I guess one of the western races but it sounded a bit buzzier than a British
bird) along with 4 Long-tailed Ducks, a Pintail, 7 Gadwall, a Wheatear, a
Common Redpoll at Senness, 14 Snow Buntings, 3 Brambling, 2 Chaffinch, 3 Robins
and a handful of Redwings and Fieldfares.
A little look round the Obs in the afternoon then
produced 40 Brambling, 15 Chaffinch and 8 Twite still in Funny Park and a
Merlin before I realised it was actually calm enough to open the nets at
Holland but it was very quiet apart from re-trapping the long-staying Great Grey Shrike several times.
Yellow Wagtail
Great Grey Shrike (again)
Rainbows
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