NORTH RONALDSAY - 9th August

Nice conditions for the majority of the day until a heavy band of rain finally reached us in the early evening to produce a wild, wet and windy night; the main interest was offshore where 3 Sooty Shearwaters, 16 Manx Shearwaters, 450+ Puffins, at least 18 Arctic Skuas, 11 Bonxies and a pod of 4+ Risso’s Dolphins were off the Lighthouse in the afternoon.   Other birds included a Greenshank and 4 Ruff while a new Willow Warbler was the token migrant passerine.

2cy Arctic Skua