Weather: S force 2 mild with sunny intervals.
A beautiful unseasonably spring like day on the island, but of course no spring like bird records to report. I think we can say the The Barn Owl has now deserted us with another no show this morning, time will tell. For a change there were a few birds on the sea to be mentioned today with 4 Red-throated Divers floating on the calm sea, also 140 Common Scoter, 2 Great Crested Grebes and 4 Goosander (2 males) and 4 Eider. The Brent remain at about 300 birds. The owl may have gone but the Kestrel was here today seeking the voles. On the island were Wrens (6), Blackbirds (4), Robins (3), a Rock Pipit and a Song Thrush. A roaming flock of 5 Linnets were noted on Middle. An estimate of 6,000 Herring Gulls rested on the West hoyle bank. The low tide only revealed limited numbers of waders including 120 Turnstone and 2 Purple Sandpipers. A Raven flew north up the east side of the island in the afternoon.
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