It's been a much busier, birdier day than I was expecting even though everything ought to be hunkering down or being blown away in this weather. We start with a lovely flock of 50 Fieldfares at Balaclava reported by Ed Burrell.
In raptor news, we had a White-Tailed Eagle snacking on a hare
at Loch Finlaggan, spotted by Neil McMahon, who spotted an another one at
Bridgend at lunchtime. Two White-Tailed Eagles were also hanging around Loch
Gruinart this morning, spotted by Lucy Atkinson. Also at Gruinart, Julie Meikle had a Merlin by
the visitor centre. Last – but definitely not least – Billy Stitchell had two
Red Kite over Ballygrant Inn.
There were lots of Divers around today, four (two sets of
two) Red-Throated Divers flying over Loch Gruinart this morning. Neil McMahon
saw three more Red-Throated at Loch Indaal, as well as two Black-Throated Divers
and two Great Northern Divers. Neil’s other sightings today include: 30 Whooper
Swans, a flock of Pale-Bellied Brents, the local Glaucus Gull, a drake Long-Tailed
Duck, seven Common Scoters, three Scaup, three Slavonian Grebes, and a Lesser
Grey Shrike that just doesn’t seem to be going anywhere.
Paul Disken shared this photo of the Red-Breasted Goose
looking very bold this afternoon – from this picture you could be fooled into
thinking that it’s even a little bit easy to spot.
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