Once the early morning showers had moved through it was
pretty much wall to wall sunshine but the very cold, strong NW wind spoiled the
effect; I did a seawatch first thing from the north end where good numbers of
Auks passed the hide with 125 Puffins and 1,293 Guillemot/Razorbills but not
much else at all!
The
middle census route was then highlighted by the Northern Harrier cruising round Ancum and a huge 1st winter
female Peregrine flushed off a freshly killed Lapwing at Phisligar – the
Lapwing had been ringed as a chick in May 2013 at Garso by me!! Other birds included 4 Wheatears, 8
Redwings, 11 Bar-tailed Godwits and a young male Merlin.
In the
afternoon, a single Barnacle Goose
flew in from the south over the Obs – the first of the year.
She really wasn't happy that I flushed her off her breakfast!
Raven
Northern Harrier
Bar-tailed Godwits (male and female)
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