Monday, 27 February 2017

NORTH RONALDSAY - 27th February


A fine day, cold but bright sunshine throughout and I walked around Hooking, up The Links and back down the middle of the island; the highlights included great views of the Northern Harrier as it drifted around Hooking, the 2 Iceland Gulls again in Nouster and a Black-tailed Godwit on Ancum – a very early arrival!

                Other birds included a ringtail Hen Harrier, also at Hooking, the 6 White-fronted Geese near Holland, 10 Long-tailed Ducks, 15 Twite and 20 Skylarks feeding at Neven and a total of 664 Greylag Geese.

                In the fine afternoon at least 15 Skylarks seemed to head north, I finally caught up with the Black-throated Diver which has been drifting in and out of Nouster the last couple of weeks (a pretty scarce bird on here!) and presumably the same ringtail Hen Harrier was cruising around.







Northern Harrier

and two of the White-fronted Geese

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