Lighter winds through the
day but they were still very cold and from the ESE bringing the occasional
shower in with them; I walked around The Obs, over to Brides and then Hooking
with the highlight being a juvenile RED-NECKED GREBE in
Nouster off Howar (despite the two last year, only the seventh for the
island!). Other totals included 9
Red-throated Divers, 2 Great-northern Divers, 9 Long-tailed Ducks, 6
Red-breasted Mergansers, a Grey Plover and a good influx of Gulls including 211
Common Gulls, 454 Herring Gulls and 200 Great Black-backed Gulls.
On the land, birds included an adult female Hen
Harrier, a Merlin, a Kestrel, 2 Woodcock, 12 Skylarks, 3 Robins, 4 Song Thrush,
9 Chaffinches, a Brambling, 93 Twite, 4 Common Redpolls, 19 Snow Buntings and
11 Reed Buntings. A Long-eared Owl was flying around The Obs at dusk.
Red-necked Grebe
Long-tailed Duck
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