Tuesday 2nd May

I should write more passive aggressive blogs about lack of sightings, we have lots to get through today. Deep breath. Here goes...

Karami and Alan Ure are back on Islay for another week and have been busy. Today they had dipper and grey wag in Bridgend Woods. At Ardnave, 2 goldies, a chough, ringtail harrier, whimbrel and a "huge" mixed flock of sanderling, ringed plover, dunlin and turnstone. Whimbrel sightings in particular continue to be regular, with 59 at Ballinaby and a separate group of 54 north of Saligo today. 

The corncrake at the Gruinart VC is still calling during the day. Margaret had her own one crex-crexing away up at Kilchoman, plus cuckoo, chough and barn owl all in the area.

Down South, Mary-Ann had 3 cuckoos and 2 GNDs calling at Kildalton, and this absolute bobby-dazzler of an emperor moth. 

David Dinsley heard "several" groppers around The Oa, plus had 8 whinchat and a greenland race wheatear near Kinnabus. Dave Protherough saw a female sprawk at Ballyvicar, and Annie from RSPB had 2 goldies and chough on the weekly walk around the American Monument. 

Massive thanks to all the above for their sightings. Cheerie!