Another wee cracker of a Stonechat taken by Michal when he was out this morning. Yes, the sky was wall to wall blue, with not a cloud to be seen, and visibility all around was good with views up to and beyond Mull, over to Donegal, Rathlin and the Antrim coast and in other direction back to the Mull of Kintyre and Arran.
There were several hundred Greylag Geese on the barley stubble on Rockside and down on the lochans beside Loch Gorm this afternoon. A female Hen Harrier was out quartering the ground beside the lochans at the same time and the geese were not put up at all.
We went down to Port Wemyss to hopefully see the Basking Sharks, but no joy, only 54 loafing Grey Seals over on Orsay. Some of the mature ladies amongst them were quite large, as they await the arrival of this years pups any day now! There was a constant stream of Gannets, well over 150 in the time we were there, coming across Loch Indaal, possibly birds from Ailsa Craig. They continued on past us, with only a few returning back the way.
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