Another day of the same unpredictable weather: rain, then shine, then rain , then shine.........
A further note from yesterday, that I overlooked was of a Whooper Swan with Mute Swans at Port Ellen seen by Fiona Morton in the morning.
James today started things off with 4 Ruff, 13 Black-tailed Godwits a "handful" of Wigeon and a Peregrine chasing everything seen from the North Hide at Loch Gruinart, followed by 13 Brent Geese, 11 Knot and 180 Sanderling. He also noted a colour-ringed White-tailed Eagle with a black ring with white letters G£ with a 4 below. Hopefully we can work out its origins.
Gary T. Saw the Osprey again today up on the Killinallan side of Gruinart (photo below) plus a single Whimbrel.
Later at Gruinart were 2 White-tailed Eagles noted by Linden and in the evening a wader count by Clive Mc. produced 480 Dunlin, 370 Sanderling, 300+ Ringed Plover and 3 Greenshank, while Andy Harris spotted a Merlin hunting over the fields there. The count of Sanderling seems to be the highest on record. The previous highest tallies being 364 in August 1990, 326 in September 2009, 347 in January 2014 and 320 in September 2020, when counts over 300 were considered nationally important.
I had a look on Loch Skerrols this afternoon where a single Wigeon was seen with a few Tufted Ducks and 22 Mallard.
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