Another lovely day to be out birding with a hazy start to the morning soon clearing. Whilst driving to Skaw I saw a male Stonechat sat on a roadside fence along Holsens road - my first for the year but not totally unexpected with a few seen across Orkney and Shetland in recent days. There was a Song Thrush present at Skaw and another at North Dale. A total of 10 Meadow Pipits around Haroldswick is my first double-figure count of the year. However, I only saw a measly 4 Skylarks today in stark contrast to the 576 seen on North Ronaldsay yesterday!
Male Stonechat along the Holsens road
A scarce, though annual Spring migrant in Shetland
