10th - 20th November

Highlights between the 10th to 20th of November included 42 Whooper Swan, 12 Russian White-fronted Goose, 2 Tundra Bean Goose, 4 Pink-footed Goose, a Scaup, a Common Scoter, a White-billed Diver, 2 Sooty Shearwater, a 'calidus-type' Peregrine, 60+ Woodcock, a Caspian Gull, 3 Glaucous Gull, a Little Gull, a Long-eared Owl, a Short-eared Owl, 2 Waxwing, a Swallow, 2 Black Redstart, 2 Siberian Chiffchaff, the Yellow-browed Warbler still, a Rook, one of the many/a Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll, the Common Rosefinch still and 2 Goldfinch. 

Caspian Gull by the lighthouse on the 18th. The first record for North Ronaldsay and Orkney. A textbook first-winter individual showing the full suite of desired features (Dante Shepherd). 

Waxwing (Dante Shepherd)

4th - 9th November

Highlights between the 4th to 9th of November included a White-billed Diver, 24 Sooty Shearwater, 17 Little Auk, a Waxwing, a Black-throated Thrush, a Whinchat, 4 Siberian Chiffchaff, a Yellow-browed Warbler, a Common Redstart, one of the many/a Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll, a Common Rosefinch and a Greenfinch. 

Robin, Redwing, Fieldfare and Blackbird have been present in good numbers. 

Black-throated Thrush at Trinley on the 9th. The second record for North Ronaldsay stayed for just ten minutes before flying high east towards the lighthouse not to be relocated (Dante Shepherd).

In order: Common Redstart (Harry Witts), Rosefinch (Lauren Evans) and White-billed Diver (Harry Witts).

31st October - 3rd November

 The best way to describe the last few days would be blustery! The wet weather has also set in making the last few days difficult birding if nothing else! 

The last day of October was almost a total wash-out, the only avian highlight being a Ring Ouzel at Lurand. The start of November was a little better, the high counts of thrushes and Robins continued with highlights coming the shape of a Yellow-browed Warbler on Tor Ness and our second American Golden Plover of the Autumn, a juvenile that spent the subsequent two days around Loch Park. A Mistle Thrush was also nearby and the Eastern Black Redstart remained in the Bewan Punds. The 2nd saw a 1cy Iceland Gull near Trolla, the Ring Ouzel hanging around the parked cars outside the obs with a Black Redstart, three Greenfinch in Holland and a third Little Bunting of the Autumn was at Nether Linnay. The undoubtable highlight was the first Pallas's Warbler of the year near Haskie, found in the latter parts of the afternoon it was nearly untwitchable for the rest of the obs staff. Another windy day on the 3rd produced very little, the only highlight being a 1cy Glaucous Gull. 

Snow Bunting

Eastern Black Redstart

26th-30th October

An interesting few days of birds that I'll sum up briefly.

The 26th was a very quiet day overall with 4 Greenfinch still around the obs and the probable Central Asian Lesser Whitethroat still around Bewan House. The following day was a little better with a duo of white-winged Gulls, a 3cy Iceland Gull was seen coming off while sea-watching and a 1cy Glaucous Gull was on Sandsheen in the afternoon. A Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll was seen briefly at Cauldhaim, both the CALWH and Eastern Black Redstart were present up North again and a late high count of 103 Black-tailed Godwit were between the Lighthouse and Vincoin. 

The 28th started with a Summer plumaged White-billed Diver passing the Beacon. A/the Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll was around the observatory in the morning as was another unseasonal Stonechat. A Little Auk passed Tor Ness and the latter half of the day produced Glaucous Gulls on the Seal Skerry and at West Beach. The next day was the pick of the bunch in terms of rarities as a Hume's Leaf Warbler was discovered in the willows at Ancum and is only the third island record. The 30th was filled with good numbers of migrating Thrushes as they poured south through the island. Other migrants arriving included more Blackcaps, Robins, Chaffinches and Bramblings. The only thing missing was another rarity!

Hume's Leaf Warbler 

Eastern Black Redstart

23rd - 25th October

 The last few days have been simply superb with a wide range of migrants and some superb rarities to cap off whats been an excellent period of Easterlies. 

The 23rd isn't called the magical 23rd for no reason, our 23rd started with large flocks of Thrushes pouring over the obs and it was a Thrush that sent us into early delirium as our second White's Thrush of the Autumn was discovered on the scaffolding of the Beacon! Only the islands fourth record so to have two in an Autumn is simply nuts! The next not so heart racing bird was a Scaup on Brides, new for the year but not quite a White's Thrush! Next up was a 'probable' Central Asian Lesser Whitethroat found in the garden at Bewan, quite a smart little subspecies that even called after a while revealing it's 'Blue Tit esq machine gun rattle'. While we were attempting to catch the CALWH (I'm not typing it out again) a phone call to say there was Eastern Black Redstart around the punds at the Beacon got us furling the net and running across the sodden grass to lock eyes on this rare Eastern subspecies. Quite the day, despite two of the mega's being subspecies it still made for informative and exciting birding, the fact all three megas showed up within 200m of each other is slightly alarming! 

The 24th had a lot to live up too, it didn't quite manage the heights of the previous day but it was still good. Another Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll was at Lochend, our fifth (I think) of the Autumn and another Firecrest was around Cott. The second Glaucous Gull of the Autumn flew South past West Beach, another Great Spotted Woodpecker appeared at the bottom of the School Brae. Both the Eastern Black Redstart and CALWH remained in situ and a Yellowhammer at Nether Linnay was new for the year. In the evening a Short-eared Owl was trapped at Ancum and is only the 4th to ringed on the island. 

The final day of the post saw the staff perhaps relax a bit with the last week being full on birding in all weathers and with the poor weather breaking it was nice to stroll around and enjoy what was lurking. The Firecrest had moved to Brigg, the was a Grey Wagtail on Tor Ness, four Greenfinch around the obs, four Long-eared Owls were trapped in Holland and a Waxwing at Holland was new for the year. 

White's Thrush

Eastern Black Redstart

'probable' Central Asian Lesser Whitethroat

Great-spotted Woodpecker

Firecrest

21st-22nd October

 A good couple of days of Easterlies and some difficult birding conditions on 21st as the day was basically a wash-out, or would have been if it wasn't late October! We were rewarded on 22nd with some nicer weather and good birds.

An unseasonal Stonechat was at Bewan to kick the 21st off and never really got going much beyond this, a Long-eared Owl came in off the sea up North, good numbers of Woodcock were around the island and common passage migrants made up the rest of the days totals. The highlight of the day came late on in the shape of a Blyth's Reed Warbler found at Iris Taing. 

The 22nd was altogether better, the day was started with news of a Red-throated Pipit near Kirbest, a very obliging bird that fed in front of the gathered obs staff and even gave an unprompted fly-over giving loud diagnostic calls, a good start! It wasn't long until the next goody arose, a 'strange Sylvia warbler' on the West Side turned out to be a very tricky looking Subalpine Warbler, the bird was trapped and dropped feathers collected for DNA analysis. Other species were talked about and almost all ruled out but we'll wait for DNA to confirm anything outright. Otherwise it was very much business as usual, plenty of thrushes in mixed flocks, three Black Redstarts around the North end and plenty of Woodcock, Robin, Blackcap scattered around and the Yellow-browed Warbler remained on both dates.

Subalpine Warbler sp.

Red-throated Pipit

 

17th - 20th October

 A mixed bag in terms of weather over the last few days but it the Easterlies have been lingering on the horizon and today saw them take effect in full force but ultimately fail to produce the Autumn mega we're holding out for, not worry for now though as they're set in over next few days and things look promising. 

As mentioned in the previous post things did look to have moved into an easterly based air flow on 17th and the day wasn't without birds. A Kestrel passed over the obs in the morning while a male Sparrowhawk hung around the traps. A Stonechat at East Loch Park and a Whinchat at Hooking were joined on the day list by the Grey Phalarope still occupying Gretchen with four Long-tailed Duck and a Lesser Redpoll was caught at Holland. The bird of the day went to a Little Bunting seen briefly at Haskie. 

The 18th also had migrants, a Barred Warbler was trapped in Holland in the morning while two Greenfinch around the obs were a welcome surprise. A Yellow-browed Warbler appeared around T5 in the afternoon, a Black Redstart was at Upper Linnay and a late Willow Warbler was at Veracott. Our 7th island record of Red-necked Grebe was the outstanding bird of the day as it passed Dennishead in the late afternoon.

A quieter day followed on 19th with the Barred Warbler re-locating to the Surgery and a scattering of common migrants around the island such as Blackcaps and Chiffchaff lead us nicely into overnight Easterlies with rain in the morning!

The 20th wasn't perhaps as good as we'd been daydreaming about but it was certainly a start if nothing else! Good counts of Robin, Goldcrest and Blackcap propped up some scarcer migrants, Woodcocks were seen at Holland, Longar and near Kirbest while two Short-eared Owls were in Gue Park and a Long-eared Owl was present around Bewan. A Little Bunting, possibly the Haskie bird from a few days ago was at the school but disappeared into a cow field around Cauldhaim. The North end produced an unlikely highlight in the form of the islands 8th record of Firecrest, seen initially near Iris Taing it re-located to Rue (or there was possibly two birds, it's difficult to judge!) to end what was a good day in the field.

The next few days look exciting so we'll just have to see what the Easterly birding gods produce! 

Blackcap - GG

Robin - GG

Yellow-browed Warbler - GG

12th-16th October

 It's been a while since the last post so sorry about that! With the winds in the today (17th) I won't dawdle over this post! It's been a fairly quiet week with lingering birds making up most the news, some new arrivals on 16th have given us a bit to look forward too though! 

The 12th saw the a Glaucous Gull fly past the bar during breakfast, the Little Stint is still on Bewan and has been for some time now, both the Phalaropes also remain in place at Gretchen and have been present on all days. Woodcocks were flushed from Loch Park and Gue Park between 12th and 14th and likely refer to the same bird. The 13th bought two Rook in off the sea and they were picked up as they headed South too. A Grey Wagtail was at Neven and the Turtle Dove appeared around the obs again. The following day saw a Pied Flycatcher near the lighthouse but most surprisingly the or another Great Snipe appeared between North and South Gravity and showed well for one lucky observer. The 15th was quiet and only the Phalaropes made the bird news. The 16th saw Hornemann's Arctic Redpolls at Howar and Scottigar in the morning and a late Bluethroat showing well on and off around Brides. 

                             Great Snipe - GG
 

7th-11th October

 It's been a very mixed bag over the past few days of not only weather but birds too, the weather has mostly consisted of raging Westerly based winds and squalled driving showers, but there have been nicer moments in the forecast.

The 7th was a bit of a Phalarope-fest, singles of Grey and Red-necked spent the day on Gretchen, while a further nine Grey Phalaropes passed the sea-watch hide. The Turtle Dove or Doves were still present between Westness and Garso while another was seen later in the day around Holland. Three Hornemann's spent the day together near Waterhouse. Good wildfowl movements saw frequent passage of Whooper Swans, Pink-footed Geese and Barnacle Geese throughout the day while other lingering migrants included Willow Warbler, Robin, four Brambling, two Goldcrest and a Yellow-browed Warbler. The undoubtable highlight, despite the frustration at it vanishing, was a Buff-bellied Pipit heard around Waterhouse before it vanished off in the direction of Ancum with Meadow Pipits. This is our first record of this Trans-Atlantic Pipit since 2020.

The 8th saw very much a copy of the previous day with the addition of two or three Collared Doves around the island, three Jackdaw and the first Twite of the Autumn.

The Phalaropes on Gretchen both re-appeared on 9th, a Leach's Petrel and a Goosander was the highlight from a three hour sea-watch and a long-expired Common Dolphin at Iris Taing made for another very quiet and very windy day!

It seemed the 10th would also fizzle away into a quiet one with the Grey Phalarope being replaced on Gretchen by a very unseasonal Arctic Tern to keep the Red-necked Phalarope company. News in the mid-afternoon of a 'large Snipe' at the Shooting Gallery pricked up ears. Once the bird flew it was very apparent this was our second Great Snipe of the year and a far more obliging one at that! 

The 11th saw a near all day sea-watch produce Juvenile Little and Glaucous Gulls, four Orca, 210 Sooty Shearwater, 26 Manx Shearwater, 16 Pomarine Skua, a Long-tailed Skua, 26 Great Northern Diver and two Grey Phalaropes. The previous days Great Snipe was still present although now far more mobile. 

                                    Great Snipe - both Ashley Saunders/Oriole Birding

3rd-6th October

It’s been a few days since our last post so apologies for that, I’d like to say you’d missed a lot but it’s mostly been dramatic weather and overstaying birds that have kept us entertained. 

The 3rd started with news of an Olive-backed Pipit near Stromness Point, it’s assumed that it’s the Stennabreck bird having moved South slightly. Two Yellow-browed Warblers were still in Holland while the first flock of Pink-footed Geese, thirteen in total, over the last few days moved South past the Beacon. The stubble patches at Westness provided two Lapland Buntings and three Brambling. The Buff-breasted Sandpiper also remained in a favoured spot just West of North Manse. The 4th saw a huge influx of Redwing onto the island, after the rain cleared mid-morning we were treated to just over 2500 birds in the space of four or five hours. The long-staying Hornemann’s Arctic Redpoll also remained around the Shooting Gallery while a Yellow-browed Warbler, Siberian Chiffchaff and two Robins remained in Holland. The big birds of the day were Sixteen Whooper Swans on Hooking, surprisingly even at this stage in 2022, a year tick!

 Wednesday the 5th started with news from Sanday of two Jackdaw heading our way, not a major rare like some of the other corvids, but scarce all the same. They were eventually picked up near the Lighthouse as they continued North. The Turtle Dove re-surfaced once again, this time at Westness! Two Hornemann’s Arctic Redpoll were seen initially at Lochend in the North before relocating down the island and eventually settling at Howar, there was a Ring Ouzel on the West coast and four Whooper Swans headed South out towards Sanday and a third Hornemann’s appeared, assumedly the same as in previous days, near the Post Office. 

The 6th saw horrendous showers, gales and even a crash of thunder that woke most of the staff up! It also saw us say goodbye to Aidan, his visit cut shorter than we’d like due to family reasons. We wish him all the best in his future endeavours and look forward to seeing him again in the future! Bird wise things were predictably tortuous in the blustery conditions but some brave souls did venture outside! Sixteen Barnacle Geese were on Gretchen first thing while a further were around the Links. c160 Pink-footed Geese moved through in small flocks as the afternoon progressed as did seven Whooper Swans, on the land the Stonechat was near the school and the Ring Ouzel was near the foghorn.

Two Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll

Purple Sandpiper

2nd October

 Another rough, wet and windy day that provided more migrants and even some more rares! 

The first port of call was our second Lanceolated Warbler in as many days as a bird was found creeping along the wall of the dyke between T1 and T5! Two Hornemann's Arctic Redpolls were present with birds below the School Brae and a second not far from Westness. The Olive-backed Pipit of a few days ago appeared again by Stennabreck while other migrants included Blythii Lesser Whitethroat at Bewan again, two late Willow Warblers at Bewan and Rue, a further two Lesser Whitethroats were at the Shooting Gallery, a lone Yellow-browed Warbler was still in Holland, the Turtle Dove re-appeared in Holland in the evening and the first Grey Phalarope of the year was found on the sea off the Lighthouse and another Buff-breasted Sandpiper was found near Ancum in the Morning.

Tomorrow looks interesting with the winds going slack overnight and some American passerines in Ireland and Norway we remain hopeful! 

                             Lanceolated Warbler - GG

                             Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll - GG

1st October

After the winds of the previous day everyone was keen to get out and about and see if the gale had dropped anything to get our teeth into. 

In truth I don't think it really did, however a good scattering of Redwing and Song Thrush were accompanied by a few Ring Ouzels, two Yellow-browed Warblers were in Holland, a single Stonechat and Whinchat were near the school and a North-western type Redpoll was at South Gravity. The stand-out bird of the day however was a Lanceolated Warbler found near Kirbest and later trapped and ringed. It makes it as our 9th record of this elusive Locustella.

We're turning our attentions to West for the next couple of days in search of that holy grail yank! 

                            Lanceolated Warbler in hand - GG

                             Lanceolated Warbler in the field (!!) - GAW

                             North-western type Redpoll - GG

29th-30th September

Another two days of interesting weather and superb birding around the island. The 29th was another one of those days that produced some ridiculous birds and good birding while the following day was a total wash out of 70mph winds which kept staff indoors until 4pm when it finally cleared. 

The 29th was billed as being a 'big day' and duely delivered with a distribution of migrants across the island including a very rangy Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll first found at Newbiggin before heading to Hooking. The first Red-breasted Flycatcher of the Autumn was at Nether Linnay while Yellow-browed Warblers were on the Links, around the pier, at Neven, there were also three birds in Holland and around the middle of the island. A Barred Warbler was trapped at Holland and smatterings of commoner migrants included Lapland Buntings, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Robin and some long-stayers such as the Long-billed Dowitcher and the Great-spotted Woodpecker. The birds of the day fell to an Olive-backed Pipit at Stennabreck our first since a possible fly-over bird in 2020 and a Radde's Warbler, which is only the third island record and the first in just under 25 years! 

The big winds arrived overnight and by the morning the island was blasted by gale force winds and driving rain that made getting out of the obs nearly impossible let alone going birding! However by 4pm the gale had blown itself out and we were treated to a very different looking island! The rain had filled up many of the previously dried out 'wet bits'. The only real highlights were four Ring Ouzels which were the first for the Autumn.  

                             Olive-backed Pipit - GG

                            Olive-backed Pipit - GG

                             A fairly typical view of the Radde's Warbler......showing well

26th-28th September

A very enjoyable couple of days here following near un-birdable conditions on 26th were marked by a superb White's Thrush found close to Stennabreck on 27th. 

Highlights for 26th weren't much different from the previous few days. The Little Stint was still around Bewan, four Pink-footed Geese were dotted around the island, the Turtle Dove was still around the Bewan Pund. 

The 27th seemed to be fairly inane throughout the morning with little indication of what was to come. However news from other islands around the North had us cursing by lunchtime and us thinking that there had to be something around! This was very quickly proven correct as a White's Thrush was found around Stennabreck and showed magnificently for staff and guests. We weren't done there either. A Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll was found showing superbly around Lenswick, a Buff-breasted Sandpiper was on Torness and the sea provided good numbers of Sooty Shearwaters (741), 39 Manx Shearwaters and 2 Great Shearwaters plus the first Little Auk of the year. The long staying Long-billed Dowitcher re-appeared around Ancum, this time with others connecting with the bird. Yellow-browed Warblers were at Lochend and Cursitter and a Rosefinch was at Haskie. 

The 28th was billed as a big day but didn't really produce the goods. The White's Thrush and Buff-breasted Sand had seemingly done a bunk overnight while pretty much everything else remained. An impressive 126 Snow Buntings were on the island. A Lapland Bunting was seen briefly at Kirbest and the Turtle Dove found its way into a mist-net at Holland.

White's Thrush - GG

Yellow-browed Warbler - GG

                                                             White's Thrush - GG

Sorry about weird pic order, blogger playing up again.

Year List- 204

23rd-25th September

 A calmer couple of days on 23rd and 24th were followed by a foul day of wind and rain on 25th. The wind switched round to the West and battered the island for the day, with squalls coming in off the sea all day, it didn't make for ideal birding conditions. 

The 23rd was dominated in part by attempts to pin down the ever frustrating Dowitcher however this once again fruitless, it was seen again briefly on 24th but seems to have an ability to vanish on demand! 

The 23rd otherwise was a quiet affair, perhaps to be expected with a few lingering birds still present. A Tree Pipit was at Westness, the Nightjar was still around Holland, a Little Stint was on Bewan and eleven Curlew Sandpiper were on the Links and our first Pink-footed Geese of the Autumn went South in a skein of 18 birds. 

Much of the previous days birds were present on 24th although what is probably a new Great-spotted Woodpecker arrived at the North end, first seen at Senness it progressed slowly south as the day went on. A total of 24 Snow Buntings were around Bewan and noteably the Bluethroat appeared around Viggay once again. 

The 25th was a write-off for the afternoon. A brief foray in the morning was largely unproductive, the Little Stint remained around Bewan, now somewhat more confiding. The links' Curlew Sandpiper count was not down to four birds and a morning sea-watch produced 111 Sooty Shearwaters and a lone Manxie. 

                             A few Swallows have been late in fledging youngsters this year!

                             Nightjar
  

20th-22nd September

 It's been a few days of changeable weather here and with it has come an arrival of new birds most of which have been waders. 

The undoubtable highlight would arrive on 21st in the shape of a Long-billed Dowitcher, initially seen flying over Antabreck with Snipe it was then re-located on Ancum briefly before vanishing for the best part of six hours, only re-appearing again briefly on Ancum in the evening. It was also present on 22nd but again views were fleeting and brief. 

The 20th provided some good migrant action and the first Yellow-browed Warblers of the year with singles at the Surgery, Holland and Observatory. A Bluethroat was seen briefly at Viggay, the first Redwings of the Autumn were present around Holland, the long-staying Nightjar was seen between T1 and Holland, Eight Barnacle Geese were also the first Autumnal records and a third Great-spotted Woodpecker of the year was found at Rue. 

Aside from the Dowitcher the 21st provided yet more Yellow-browed Warblers, a handful of Jack Snipe in various wet locations around the island, a Lapland Bunting was seen briefly at West Beach and the two Common Rosefinch remained around the obs. 

The 22nd was a quieter affair with time taken up trying to find the Dowitcher for those staff members yet to connect with the bird. The Bluethroat re-appeared at Viggay, a Lapland Bunting and Fieldfare were also present nearby. A Barred Warbler was found near Ancum Willows and the Great-spotted Woodpecker was in the vicinity. Finally a new Yellow-browed Warbler was at Westness. 

Things look pretty settled for the next couple of days before the winds pick up on Sunday, hopefully further arrivals of waders continue as the end of the month draws closer.

Year list: 201

                             Long-billed Dowitcher

                             Nightjar

                             Yellow-browed Warbler - all GG

17th-19th September

 The last few days have involved a lot of time spent staring at the sea, but this has given us some of the best counts for large shearwaters and other sea-birds in recent years. 

The 17th was dominated by left overs from the previous week of birding. A Curlew Sandpiper was on Bewan, while 7 Ruff remained in various spots. A lone Tree Pipit was on the west coast, Redstarts were around the obs and the North end. There were also Whinchats at the Shooting Gallery and around Brides, while only one Willow Warbler remained. The Nightjar was also still present around the obs. 

The 18th and 19th were both dedicated mostly to sea-watching and with good reason! With a total of 17 Great Shearwaters on 18th and three on 19th there isn't much to argue against! Other sea-watch goodies included 2 Long-tailed Skuas, 326 Sooty Shearwater, 234 Manx Shearwater and a single Pomarine Skua on 18th and the following day would see 249 Sooties, 354 Manxies, 8 Pomarine Skua and 5 Long-tailed Skua, not to mention over 10,000 Fulmars, 160+ of which were Blue Fulmars! On the land things were also good, a Barred Warbler was at Veracott while a Stonechat in Loch Park and a Little Stint on Bewan lead the way. 

                             Little Stint

                             Great Shearwater (Screen grab from video) 

16th September

The strong northerlies continued, and as did the migrant clear out. Some interesting birds still remain, but we keep our fingers crossed for more easterlies as the autumn progresses. 

The only highlights today were the Turtle Dove that remains at the north end of the island in the Bewan Pund, and a Nightjar in Holland gardens. After a couple of days without Pied Flycatchers, it was nice to see one again in the Post Office garden.

Otherwise, the only migrants of note were 1 Hen Harrier, 4 Snow Bunting, 4 Willow Warbler, 2 Whinchat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat and 2 Redstart. 

Turtle Dove - MH

15th September

The weather switched to northerlies with intermittent rain showers today, something which when dies down we hope will produce some good sea watching conditions. In the meantime, however, we can't complain at what the winds seem to have brought us. 

The highlight of the day was a Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll, found in the early evening after a brief rain shower. It showed really well as it went round the obs feeding, even giving views from the bar and conservatory windows at times! Another highlight wasn't totally avian, but a migrant nonetheless, as a plastic Canada Goose decoy with Goose Barnacles in tow washed up in Linklet Bay. 

A morning sea watch produced some good numbers, with 3 Great Shearwater, 103 Sooty Shearwater and 11 Manx Shearwater being seen flying north past Dennishead. 

The Great Spotted Woodpecker was seen once again, this time at the Post Office, and the Rosefinch that has been in the obs area for the past few days finally made its way into one of the heligolands, meaning it could be ringed.

Totals of the more common migrants once again dropped off, but include: 2 Redstart, 2 Whinchat, 2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, and 3 Siskin.

Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll - MH

Rosefinch - HC