7th to 9th March

Daily signs of spring have kept interest alive in weather which still feels very wintery. Three new species for the year on each day were a Jackdaw on 7th, Mistle Thrush on 8th and Great Skua on 9th-although the finding of the latter freshly dead having seemingly hit wires was such a shame for a bird having survived a winter at sea. Other sightings during the period were of the Green-winged Teal again on Gretchen Loch on 7th and a Greenland White-fronted and Pink-footed Goose present throughout. The 2 lingering Glaucous Gulls were joined by a 3rd  juvenile at Bridesness on 7th with the male Hen Harrier seen again on 8th.