Wednesday, 29 November 2017

NORTH RONALDSAY - 29th November


Still a very strong, very cold northerly wind but it was ever so slightly lighter than yesterday and an hour’s seawatch first thing produced the highlights of an adult White-billed Diver which flew north close inshore and 2 Glaucous Gulls (adult and juvenile) which flew along the shore with a trickle of Herrings and Great Black-backs.   Also in the north were 7 Pintail, 2 Goldeneye, a Merlin which appeared to come in off the sea and 35 Snow Buntings while there were still two adult Whooper Swans at Lenswick and 4 Herons at Westness.

                A walk round the Obs census route produced the Black Redstart again by the pier, 6 Great-northern Divers offshore, 3 Robins, 7 Redwings, a Chaffinch, 2 Common Redpolls and 4 more Snow Buntings.





The worst ever pictures of a White-billed Diver

Pintail



Common Redpoll

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