Friday, 17 August 2018

Scotland

Day 5:  the weather remained persistently grotty, so another sea watch was the only real option for us.
Fife Ness, a place I'd been past before but had never actually stopped at, was the chosen watch point. I was really impressed with it too. For one thing: it has a hide (take note St Cath's) and also most sea birds pass by remarkably close, aided by the right conditions.
Highlights included two sooty shearwaters, couple more roseates and arctic terns, bonxies and arctic skuas, ruff and whimbrel close to the hide, a juv med gull (still fairly scarce this far north), little gulls, and an osprey that caused a stir.
 

 




 
 





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