NORTH RONALDSAY - 31st May

A glorious start to the day, a light easterly and clear skies, it didn’t last long though as the wind increased, the cloud built-up and rain moved in by late morning and remained throughout the rest of the day – a shocker of an afternoon!   The birds of note were all squeezed in before the weather turned with a drake Garganey on Ancum, 2 Red-breasted Mergansers, a late Long-eared Owl in Ancum Willows, 2 Collared Doves, a Robin, a Blackcap, a Chiffchaff and 2 Common Redpolls at Ancum.

2cy Arctic Tern - its the first year I can remember that there have been 1st summer Terns in with the usual May arrivals of breeding birds, they are a regular sight later on as big numbers build up late summer to mill around.