Bluethroat!!!!!

A stunning male Bluethroat turned up in the willow bushes by the Sand Loch this morning, and luckily remained there all day, thereby allowing us to catch up with it. The autumn (or what remains of the spring) will have to produce something pretty special for this NOT to be my Bird of the Year 2013!!!!!

 

Not normally relegated to also-ran status, a fine adult Pomarine Skua in full spoon which passed north off Collieston this morning would have been the highlight on most other days! Also offshore were a handful of Manx Shearwaters and the odd Arctic Skua to boot.

Today, though, belonged to Luscinia svecica, for me at least!