So as things get busier and busier the posts get sparser and sparser! In a nutshell the last week or so has been dominated by the breeding birds as their numbers continues to build up giving some great experiences – like walking out your house to 200 Arctic Terns at your feet (and head)!
Migrant birds are slim on the ground however the arrival of Roseate Terns and the odd Little Gull, have been nice additions to the ma-hoosive tern roosts.
The undoubted highlight was a lovely Honey Buzzard that passed west over the Inner Group while a Wall butterfly was my insect highlight.
Now breeding birds are down and settled, monitoring can resume. This includes ringing birds as well as surveying nests etc. So in this vein I was privileged enough to get involved with some of this to which I owe Chris many thanks.
Anyways with winds of 70mph hitting us this afternoon I’m off to watch the spectacle.
Just wait til you see the storm pics from today!
Barnacle Goose and Farnes backdrop
Eiders away!
Common Tern
Garden Tiger
Puffin!
View from the front door
Arcitc - Brownsman combo
Mine and Becks' kickbox for a cheeky Arctic Tern
Sad Guillemots parents looking at their drowned egg
Arctic Tern nest-scrape and egg
Wall butterfly
Just wait til you see the storm pics from today!
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