Nice and bright again with an increasing NW wind and a
few light showers; birds around the Obs and in the middle of the island
(Westness, Torness and Ancum) included 4 Great-northern Divers, 6 Herons, a
Pink-footed Goose, 2 Shelduck, the drake Green-winged Teal still in East Loch Park, 7
Shoveler, a Hen Harrier, a Merlin, 60 Oystercatchers, 310 Golden Plovers, 2 Knot
and 35 Bar-tailed Godwits in wet fields around Phisligar, 155 Purple
Sandpipers, 37 Dunlin, 69 Redshank and a Black-headed Gull on Ancum (only the
second of the year).
On
the land, totals included 2 Skylarks, a Meadow Pipit, 11 Rock Pipits, 8 Fieldfare,
10 Redwing, 2 Song Thrushes (at Nether Linnay, so possibly new birds), the 5
Chaffinches, 30 Twite and 80+ Snow Buntings in East Loch Park.
Merlin
Bar-tailed Godwits - including the regularly seen JJJ3 which has been seen every winter on the island after being ringed in Norway in 2010
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