NORTH RONALDSAY - 4th April

Not a bad day, largely overcast with a brisk ENE wind eventually swinging round into the east and dropping slightly in the afternoon when there was a brief spell of light rain; the trickle of typical early spring migrants continued without becoming too busy as totals from around the Obs and up the west coast through the morning included 2 Merlin, 8+ Robins, 2 Stonechats (males at the Obs and at Trebb), a Song Thrush, 6 Redwing, a Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrests, 2 Chaffinches and the overdue first Brambling of the year at the Obs in the evening.   A little look around the top end in the afternoon produced more of the same including 7 Robins, a Dunnock, a Chiffchaff, 4 Redwings and a Lesser Black-backed Gull.

Merlin

Wheatear

Wren