Migrants trickling through

Still a gentle passage of common migrants through the patch, with some gorgeous Wheatears gracing the newly sown fields, and the odd Willow Warbler and Goldcrest passing through. A personal highlight for me was a Tree Pipit at Little Collieston this evening, unbelievably a patch tick after six years of birding here!

Goldcrests have been occasional visitors to Collieston gardens in the past week

Meanwhile, thirteen Long-tailed Ducks remain on the Ythan Estuary, where the drake King Eider continues to lurk among his commoner cousins.