Well, the fun has started. Let the dogs out at 02.00 hrs and a gaggle of Greylags flew over the house - Number 1 bites the dust.
Have been awake since 04.00, can't sleep with the anticipation....
Had a quick ring round last night, and it looks like my three main targets of today have cleared off when the thaw started. Lesser Scaup at St Marys - gone, Smew on Stenness Loch - gone, and Waxwing in The Hope - gone.
Doom and gloom setting in already - may as well give up now!!!! I am sure they will all be re-found in the next couple of days by my gallant bunch of helpers - the folk who post on our Yahoo group orkbird. There are nearly 150 members of the group, and I am sure they will be spending every daylight hour for the next 365 days searching for new birds for me.
So, shall soon bundle my brother into the back of the car and head out for a pootle around South Ronaldsay - let the fun begin.
More to follow as the day unfolds.
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