NORTH RONALDSAY - 27th August

A stunning day, very calm, bright, warm sunshine, a light easterly breeze and amazingly…no fog!   Perhaps unsurprisingly, there were fewer grounded migrants than yesterday in the fine conditions but still a decent spread across the island as highlights included catching up with the Greenish Warbler at Senness (which was found yesterday), the Wood Warbler still in Holland.   Other birds comprised 2 Sooty Shearwaters off the Lighthouse, the Hen Harrier, single Merlin and Peregrine, 3 Ruff, a Short-eared Owl, 2 Swifts, 170+ Swallows, 2 Whinchats, 124+ Wheatears, 6 Willow Warblers, a Goldcrest and a Pied Flycatcher.

Greenish Warbler

Hen Harrier

Little Stint