24th March - 1st April
It's been just over a week of weather dominated by blustery conditions and showers. We'd of course rather this bad weather happened now than in a few weeks time! Since our last blog update we've had a new volunteer join the team for the season, Charlotte Smith joins us for the rest of the year, so the team is almost complete with just one more long-term member of staff still to arrive. It's been very slim pickings in the last week, perhaps to be expected. The first Wheatear of the year made an appearance on 25th March at Westness and another or the same was seen in the same place on 1st April. We're still yet to have a Chiffchaff this year, which is a bit surprising! The 26th saw a Rook at Cauldhaim and a further three were seen flying north over Ancum on 31st March. Two Sandwich Tern moved through Nouster on 27th. The 28th saw the most surprising bird of the period in the shape of an Arctic Skua at Brides, in the grand scheme of things its not a rare or scarce bi...
