A better day's weather (at least compared to the previous couple of days). Cold, but sunny and dry until the evening after sleet and rain showers overnight. The forecast for tomorrow looks bleak again!
Birder Iain Leach arrived today, sneaking in between
yesterday’s storm and tomorrow’s gales. He started off well finding a 1W Iceland
Gull just east of Bowmore and a 1W Glaucous Gull on rocks at Sanaigmore.
He also had a few sightings of the island’s raptors – juvenile White-tailed
Eagle at Gruinart, Merlins at Ardnave and Loch Gorm and a ring-tailed
Hen Harrier also at Loch Gorm.
James How had, what I believe, is one of the highest tallies of Purple Sandpiper for quite a while – with 12 seen up at Ardnave – a regular hang-out for the species this winter.
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