A day of sunshine and showers with a moderate breeze.
Just the one posting today - but a very good one:
David Wood did a sea-watch from The Oa this afternoon and had a Cory's Shearwater. There have only been four previous accepted Islay sightings - August 1973, September 1993, October 1996 and August 2002. I believe there have only been 9 in Argyll, the last in August 2005 on Tiree. Apparently they were going past County Kerry this morning at a rate of 15 a minute - but just the one on Islay will do!
Despite that excitement, David didn't pull anything else much out of the bag - 800 Manx Shearwaters was a good tally along with the usual Gannets, auks, Kittiwakes and Fulmars - all heading westwards.
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