2nd March

After a damp start it was a nice and bright middle of the day with a moderate but increasing southerly breeze bringing rain by the end of the afternoon; there was little new in the south end of the island as totals included the Eurasian White-fronted Goose, a Pink-footed Goose, the drake Green-winged Teal still, 246 Golden Plover, 9 Black-headed Gulls, 244+ Skylarks (with several flocks heading south and a big flock of 150+ near the school), 3 Chaffinches, 42 Twite, 2 Common Redpolls and 36 Snow Buntings.   The pond in front of T1 is chock full of mating Common Frogs with a conservative 400 present including an amazing looking albino individual – never seen the like!

The North Ronaldsay Golden Frog