Sunday, 4 June 2017

NORTH RONALDSAY - 3rd June

Warm and calm again with a light easterly breeze; was around the Obs census route through the morning where birds included the Black-throated Diver again in Nouster with 3 Red-throated Divers, a Spotted Flycatcher by T4 and a Black-tailed Godwit and 11 Bar-tailed Godwits on Gretchen.   Walked the middle census route in the afternoon but it was pretty quiet with another 2 Spotted Flycatchers, 95 Sanderling and 40 Dunlin of note along with the first Pied Wagtail fledglings at Phisligar and a decent sized Redshank chick seen at Westness.

                The day’s highlight came late on as a cracking Firecrest was caught at Holland – rare anyway up here but this is the first one ever in spring!


Firecrest





Ugly, beautiful Hooded Crows




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