Saturday, 10 February 2018

9th February


Arrived on Orkney mid-morning in pretty nice conditions with a scan across the bay near the Northlink Dock at Hatston producing decent views of 2 drake Surf Scoters flying around with a small group of Velvet Scoters (regularly returning birds) while also here was a juvenile Glaucous Gull out on the fish farm with a big flock of Herring Gulls and the usual good numbers of Slavonian Grebes, Great-northern Divers, Long-tailed Ducks and Eiders.   The rest of the day was quiet with 3 Scaup on Loch of Tankerness (two drakes and a duck) and nice, close Long-tailed Ducks yodelling away on the Peedie Sea.



Long-tailed Ducks

Rook

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