25th and 26th June
A bright and sunny start
on the 25th, it soon clouded over though but the winds remained
light; it proved to be a decent day in the field with a nice selection of
random scarcities across the island, in no particular order they included a
summer plumaged Black-throated Diver off The Links, a female Garganey still on
Hooking (but no sign of any chicks), an adult male Hen Harrier which flew north up The
Links (very unusual mid-summer!), a pair of Red-necked
Phalaropes on
Gretchen and the Little Gull again, this time at Garso.
Other little bits included 41 Golden Plover, 26
Dunlin, 21 Bar-tailed Godwits and at Holland a Woodpigeon, 5 Collared Doves and
at least 2 Chiffchaffs.
Light winds again on 26th but with lots
more sunshine although it did cloud over in the afternoon; a single Red-necked Phalarope remained on Gretchen and a Whimbrel was at Ancum. Promising news came from the Arctic Terns
where a visit to this year’s biggest colony near Sangar produced 60 ringable
chicks – almost double last year’s ringing total!
Plenty of baby Wheatears and Wrens around too
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