Thurs 23rd Oct

A late entry from our visitors for yesterday, better late than never......

" We forgot to say that we had a "comic" Tern whilst up at Ardnave Point on Tuesday.

The weather was still showery and cold, with the wind not quite so strong.

Whooper Swans have been moving around in general all day with groups coming off the sea and into Loch Gruinart. A ring tailed Hen Harrier was seen round Loch Gorm. Groups of Ringed Plover and Sanderling were along the Killinallan shore, with 23 Golden Plover at the mouth of the Killinallan River. A single Snow Bunting was on the edge of the dunes at Killinallan and 4 Red throated Divers flew into Loch Gruinart. A Peregrine and a Raven clashed at Killinallan Point.

There were 35 Teal on the pools at Loch Gorm, and 18 Whoopers ( 5 of these were immatures) as we came back in the late afternoon." In a lull this afternoon they had 6 Goldeneye on Loch Skerrols.

Today, the wind has certainly got up with the ferry only coming over at midday and docking up overnight at Port Askaig. At least we did not have the rain which was forecast and fell elsewhere.

On the pools down beside Loch Gorm there were 31 Whoopers (9 immature) this morning, and I forgot to include a mention last night of seeing some Redwing, just a few, also a couple of Goldcrest and also 2 Treecreepers.