NORTH RONALDSAY - 18th July

A fine day, light southerly winds and plenty of sunshine; most of our time was spent ringing Swallow chicks and scrabbling around under rocks looking for Black Guillemot chicks but birds seen did include presumably the same female Two-barred Crossbill which I finally caught up with back briefly at Ancum Willows, a flock of 6 Common Crossbills south down the west coast, a Heron, 26 Purple Sandpipers, 70+ Dunlin, a Whimbrel, a Sandwich Tern and a Collared Dove.

Arctic Terns

Fledgling Linnet