Shetland - Day 3

A grey day that rarely improved albeit for a two minute spell when the sun poked through the grey clouds revealing a bit of warmth.  It was slow, with not a lot happening round these parts or throughout the rest of the UK for that matter.  Just waiting for a weather system to liven things up.  These were the slim pickings from the day.

Levenwick - moulting adult summer great northern diver in the bay with two adult kittiwake, six razorbill and three black guillemot.  Two great skua flew below the escarpment to the east and three twite were busily feeding along the roadside.  Two sanderling were amongst turnstone and ringed plover along the beach foreshore.

Boddam - at least 30 golden plover flying over but was driving at the time and couldn't check to see if there was anything else mixed in with them. On the foreshore, six snipe, seven dunlin, 11 teal were congregated in loose flocks. Three redpoll and five chaffinch flew over. Two wheatear were present in the adjacent field.

Virkie - a single ruff flew over.

Quendale - 250 black-tailed godwit present on Quendale Pool.  Four pale-bellied brent geese were loafing about close to the shoreline at Quendale Bay with four great northern diver further out.  Plenty of northern wheatear in the area and a single siskin by the Mill.  A kestrel flew through.

Loch of Spiggie - nine whooper swan seen from the road.