October 2021
Around the middle of October, favourable winds brought a fall of migrant songbirds to Westray. These included lots of thrushes, mainly Redwings but also included good numbers of Blackbirds and Song Thrushes with a small number of Ring Ouzels...
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This Marsh Harrier spent a bit of time targeting rabbits near to Loch of Burness. A nice surprise was this Black Kite which had made it’s way over to Westray from Papa Westray, were it had been seen...
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The recent cold spell meant that many birds had to seek out unfrozen ground to find food. For example, many Common Snipe were seen feeding on road verges, lawns and along wet ditches. We also encountered a few of...
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December was interesting for its raptors. Two different Buzzards were seen, one with wing tags showing it to be a bird rung as a chick on Eday in June 2019. At least three different young Merlin were seen around...
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