The
highlight of the day was the discovery late afternoon/early evening of an Ortolan Bunting at Crook Ness, only the
5th record for our area of this scarce species and the first since
one at the same location on 10th May 2016. Unfortunately the bird
was only seen briefly by one observer at 17.40 before it flew and appeared to
land below the cliffs about 100 meters to the north, it was believed to have
arrived recently as it was calling frequently. Despite a thorough search for
the next 1½ hours the bird was not relocated in the area.
In
Cornelian Bay there were 2 Eider, 11 Teal, 43 Sandwich Terns, 3 Common Terns, a
Purple Sandpiper, 8 Turnstones and 12 Curlew and 3 Mediterranean Gulls were
feeding over Old Town among a group of about 50 Black-headed Gulls from 17.15
until 17.45 at least.
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| Spotted Flycatcher - Hayburn Wyke - Keith Raper |
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