Fri 24th Oct

I heard this morning that yesterday's Goose count had to be cancelled due to the adverse weather conditions. The weather calmed down here for a couple of hours at the back of lunchtime, but only briefly. The wind is back up again, and the forecast for the next few days is not too good.
There was a group of over 50 Whoopers down the road this morning, resting up. When scanning through different parties, there appears to be quite a few youngsters amongst them, so I must have a further look over the next few days when we are out.
Our friends called in briefly to say that they had 17 Snow Buntings on the shoreline up at Ardnave earlier on today. I wonder if this is going to be a good year for them, as I recall seeing a larger flock down on the Oa a few years back.