Thursday, 4 April 2024

31st March 2024 Unst E1 Overcast

With perfect weather conditions I was given the go-ahead to commence a new survey effort a day early. As I was completing a long coastal transact, I was ever-hopeful of finding my first Shetland March Wheatear but it wasn't to be. However, it certainly felt Spring-like seeing plenty of cliff-nesting seabirds back on their ledges.

Guillemots appearing as precarious as ever on their chosen ledges! 

Kittiwakes noisily back on territory too.

these were to be recorded as 'a string of Razorbills', but they looked ok to me:-)