Saturday, 2 September 2017

NORTH RONALDSAY - 30th August


Still a brisk SW wind which led to the main feature of the day which was an excellent Meadow Pipit and alba Wagtail passage through the island with small flocks piling through all day, I got to The Links at the exact time that a band of rain was just south of the island causing big numbers to congregate there, waiting for the rain to clear with 300+ Meadow Pipits and 100+ alba Wagtails (mainly Whites) present for a short time.

                Other birds around the Hooking census route included an influx of ducks on the loch including 65 Teal, 5 Gadwall, 8 Wigeon and 4 Shoveler, 4 Black-tailed Godwits, a Ruff and a Whinchat near The Mill.











Bonxies hovering over a Mallard they had just killed

Gadwall

Willow Warbler

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