21st - 24th April
A much quieter few days with very settled weather has meant there has been little movement on the migration front and most of the previous weeks migrants have ebbed away still en-route to breeding grounds further afield from ourselves.
Orca
Orca
Goldcrest
The four Barnacle Geese have been hanging around the island often showing up in small groups of the resident Greylag Geese. Four Robins and a Black Redstart around Ancum were probably the sum of the highlights for 21st but were joined by two Blackcaps, three Chiffchaff and seven Goldcrest. As mentioned before numbers have been dwindling away as we await our next Easterly blow. The only year list addition on 21st was a House Martin near the Lurn. The 22nd saw the re-appearance of the Whitethroat near Ancum and a Willow Warbler was roaming around the North end. The 23rd was ultimately even quieter with no real movement of anything although the Black Redstart still remained as it did the day after. The final day of the post saw a little more in the way of avian and non-avian action; a Ring Ouzel was at Cruesbreck and a Siskin was feeding around Gerbo in the morning while the afternoon saw the first Arctic Skuas of the year on Torness. The undoubted highlight of the day was four Orca seen from the lounge before they headed off towards Sanday.
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