The Birds of Islay and Jura Published February 2026


Thursday, 16 July 2009

Thurs 16th July



This Linnet was perched on the fence up at Ardnave this morning, it was not really perturbed about me, as I was less than 5 metres away from it. A quick visit up to Ardnave from Gruinart was quite productive. On Ardnave Loch itself, there were a pair of Mute Swans showing off their 5 cygnets, 2 separate sets of Tufted Duck with ducklings, one of them had 7 young and also a Mallard with 4 ducklings. On the wing, there were several clutches of young Swallows as well as Sand Martins over the dunes and further along the road the good sighting of a lot of House Martins also on the wing.

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