Another quiet day, more so than yesterday. Migrant
numbers were once again low, with very little in the way of evident new
arrivals, a Tree Pipit and a Jack Snipe found by the team on Housay were about
the best, and only, new arrivals, while the Short-toed Lark was again relocated
on North Hill.
I once again worked most of the two islands but unfortunately finished with low migrant totals with only a single Willow Warbler in the Geo on the east end of Bruray Hill being new. Highlight of the day was a Skerries mega in the familiar shape of a Moorhen, though not so familiar was its skulking nature, it didn’t half take some finding! My migrant totals for the day were as follows; 1 Moorhen, 1 Dunlin, 1 Purple Sandpiper, 12 Snipe, 1 Robin, 2 Song Thrush, 17 Wheatear, 1 Whinchat, 1 Alba, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 9 Blackcap, 3 Yellow-browed Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, 4 Lapland Bunting and 1 Snow Bunting.  |
| Dunlin |
 |
| Whinchat |
 |
| Willow Warbler |
Last nights Aurora was on show, not amazingly impressive but worth leaving the evenings night cap for a few minutes outside....
 |
| Aurora and the team.... |
No comments:
Post a Comment