Sunday, 4 March 2018

NORTH RONALDSAY - 2nd March


The freezing conditions across the island remained with fields and lochs still solid; had a few hours up at the north end in the morning but the sea was pretty quiet, highlighted by a Black-throated Diver which flew past the seawatch hide along with 3 Great-northern and 3 Red-throated Divers.   Bewan was frozen so the ducks including 12 Goldeneye and the Smew were on the sea off Scottigar feeding in the surf with good numbers of Gulls, waders, Starlings, Wigeon and Eiders.




Starlings in the surf


Rock Pipit



This extremely dark Herring Gull caught the eye










Common Gulls - they included a couple of these really dark looking first winters

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