4th-5th June
With an awful day forecasted for the 5th it was pretty crucial me made a good go of the 4th while the good weather lasted, even if that involved Northerlies!
The strange late Spring goose migration continued with a lone Pink-footed Goose on Garso sitting amongst the Greylags. A couple of Manx Shearwaters were again seen buzzing past the North end of the island and a lone Blackcap was near the lighthouse.
A Dunnock remained in the gardens at Holland as did one of the Marsh Warblers and the female Red-backed Shrike was at Ancum still.
The 5th was as we expected completely awful weather wise, a driving Northerly gale was peppered with bouts of long showers. Not nice.
The weathered cleared up a little towards the end of the day but the birding highlights came during deliveries of Fish and Chips from the Observatory to the islands hungry inhabitants, a superb scheme funded by the North Ronaldsay Trust! The first highlight was the Red-backed Shrike seen at Ancum again. The second was a far bigger surprise! Having finished the last delivery of fish and chips and ringing a brood of Lapwing chicks that had made their way into the road, George and Gav flushed a pale Lark from the side of the road near Milldam, the birded landed a bit further up the field so they pulled alongside it only to let a out a torrent of appalling language followed by the words
'Short-toed Lark!'
I'll let you fill in the blanks if you want too! We've both never been delivery drivers before but if it's this good we'll do it again!
The strange late Spring goose migration continued with a lone Pink-footed Goose on Garso sitting amongst the Greylags. A couple of Manx Shearwaters were again seen buzzing past the North end of the island and a lone Blackcap was near the lighthouse.
A Dunnock remained in the gardens at Holland as did one of the Marsh Warblers and the female Red-backed Shrike was at Ancum still.
The 5th was as we expected completely awful weather wise, a driving Northerly gale was peppered with bouts of long showers. Not nice.
The weathered cleared up a little towards the end of the day but the birding highlights came during deliveries of Fish and Chips from the Observatory to the islands hungry inhabitants, a superb scheme funded by the North Ronaldsay Trust! The first highlight was the Red-backed Shrike seen at Ancum again. The second was a far bigger surprise! Having finished the last delivery of fish and chips and ringing a brood of Lapwing chicks that had made their way into the road, George and Gav flushed a pale Lark from the side of the road near Milldam, the birded landed a bit further up the field so they pulled alongside it only to let a out a torrent of appalling language followed by the words
'Short-toed Lark!'
I'll let you fill in the blanks if you want too! We've both never been delivery drivers before but if it's this good we'll do it again!
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| Short-toed Lark GG |
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| Short-toed Lark GG |
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| Pink-footed Goose GG |
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