Sunday, 5 March 2017

NORTH RONALDSAY - 5th March


After a crazy, wet and wild night it was still blustery in the morning but more or less dry so I walked up the relatively sheltered west side; the highlight came early on as a look off the pier across Nouster produced a Red-necked Grebe which flew in, landed for a couple of minutes before flying off around Stromness Point – only about the fifth island record!   The Black-throated Diver was also in the bay.

                There were small signs of some migration up the coast as a Blackbird was seen coming in, low across the sea and along the sheltered walls there were single Song Thrush and Robin with 5+ more Blackbirds.

                The first Stonechat of the year – a smart male, was later caught in T4 before the weather turned wet and nasty again through the afternoon.


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