Tuesday, 15 August 2017

NORTH RONALDSAY - 12th August


Lighter winds but overcast and a few spells of spitting rain but we spent the morning ringing Fulmar chicks around the Obs census route and up the west coast with the only bird of note being a female Peregrine which flew south past the airstrip.   Walked the Hooking census route in the afternoon where there were good numbers of birds but little different in amongst them; totals included 28 Bar-tailed Godwits, 4 Black-tailed Godwits, a single Ruff, 1,050+ Golden Plover, 95 Lapwings, 83 Ringed Plover (on The Links), 125 Turnstone and 50 Sanderling while a few extra ducks included 13 Teal, 12 Shoveler and 3 Gadwall.

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