Another beautiful, calm, sunny day with the nets at
Holland first thing producing a surprise juvenile Goldcrest – it hadn’t quiet
finished its post-juvenile moult so presumably was a dispersing Orkney bred
bird. Also around the garden were 2
Swifts, a Willow Warbler and a Mealy Redpoll and cycling back down the road I
found a nearly full grown Dunlin chick, giving proof of a second pair
successfully breeding in Loch Park / East Loch Park.
The Black-throated Diver was again in the
bay before a walk up the west coast in the afternoon produced a young male Merlin – the first of the autumn, 8
Whimbrel and 3 Knot.
Dunlin chick
Merlin
Arctic Skua chick is now flying!
Watch out for Bonxies still though!
Twite
and Wheatear juveniles
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