Arrived back on North Ronaldsay on the middle flight where it was bright and dry with a brisk,
cold SW wind; the highlights of a few hours round the south of the island
included the drake Green-winged Teal on Gretchen where there
were also 2 Shelduck, 7 Shoveler, and 3 Pintail, an adult Eurasian
White-fronted Goose
and 2 Pink-footed Geese with the Greylags and 2 Hen Harriers floating
around while over-wintering Passerines lingering from last year included c88
Twite, 3 Common Redpolls, 5 Chaffinches, 9 Skylark, a Meadow Pipit, 2
Fieldfare, a Redwing and 42 Snow Buntings.
Other
birds included 5 Red-throated Divers, 3 Great-northern Divers, 5 Long-tailed
Ducks, 239 Golden Plover, c25 Dunlin, 47+ Curlew and 52+ Redshank. A little drive up the island as it was
getting dark then produced 2 Whooper Swans, another Shelduck and Pink-footed
Goose, 4 Gadwall and another 20 Snow Buntings at Bewan.
Green-winged Teal
White-fronted Goose
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