An increase in the south-easterly wind and overcast conditions resulted in another substantial fall of thrushes on the island, along with a thin assortment of other migrants that included the first 2
Waxwings since January and a
Lesser Whitethroat. The day's census counts of thrushes came to 886
Blackbirds, 563
Fieldfares, 245
Redwings, 46
Song Thrushes and a
Ring Ouzel; totals of other passerines included 60
Robins, 6
Black Redstarts, 2
Wheatears, 15
Blackcaps, 4
Chiffchaffs, 4
Goldcrests, 2
Chaffinches, a
Greenfinch and the same tardy
Swallow.
At least 49
Woodcocks were found on census, as well as 4
Short-eared Owls and 3
Long-eared Owls. A
Pale-bellied Brent Goose (probably the bird from earlier in the week) was on Tor Ness, 11
Common Scoters were seen offshore and the
Little Gull was still touring around the island.
Long-eared Owl
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