NORTH RONALDSAY - 24th October

We kept the very strong southerly wind but it remained bright and sunny throughout; a bit more effort in the field produced a few birds but little new as totals included 4 Great-northern Divers, 15 Whooper Swans (including three juveniles), 254 Wigeon, the Green-winged Teal still on Gretchen, 11 Long-tailed Ducks, 5 Red-breasted Mergansers, 2 Hen Harriers, a Merlin, a Woodcock, 17 Rock Pipits, a Dunnock, 40 Robins, 19 Song Thrush, 525 Redwing, 3 Mistle Thrush, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest, a Chaffinch, 43 Brambling, 4 Siskin, 6 Common Redpoll, the female Hawfinch still around the Obs, munching her way through the Rosa and 6 Snow Buntings.

Hawfinch

Ring Ouzel

Siskin