Peter and Pia have had birding friends over to stay with them during Christmas and tried
getting out between the ups and downs of the weather.
24th December:
- A lovely group of 9 male L T Ducks off Black Rock plus a dozen or more RTD & GND plus 8-10 Slav Grebes.
- At Killinallan a distant Golden Eagle plus 2 Greenshank, a Little Egret and an Otter in the middle of Loch Gruinart
25th December:
- a glorious sunny morning with a walk around the Oa at the American monument. Another distant Golden Eagle and a big Twite flock (140+) in gorgeous sunlight at Upper Killeyan and a Sparrowhawk at Cornabus.
26th December:
- My guests continued to be impressed by the large goose flocks though we didn’t find any of the rarities. A juv. White-tailed Eagle over the S. Hide at Gruinart was much appreciated for a birder from Kent! The Little Egret seen again at the hide was more exciting to me.
28th December:
- An impressive flock of 125+ Common Scoter close off Bowmore
29th December:
- Two very close adult W T Eagles cruising almost at head-height a few yards from the car along the beach near Uskentuie was a fantastic send-off for them as I drove them to the ferry.
While not racing about trying to see a huge list of birds, they were
impressed by about 75 species in total over a relaxed Christmas break.
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