Well, the rain arrived and the S-SE wind blew a bit stronger and, not untypically in such weather, the blog relies on visitors who obviously go out and birdwatch, not stay indoors like us residents.
Having said that, school runs have to continue whatever the conditions, and Mary Redman driving from Portnhaven to Port Charlotte this morning saw a Wheatear in Portnahaven village, a male Hen Harrier at Octofad and, on the return leg, a WTE adult over Claddach Loch.
Thank you again, Louis Schรถpp, for sharing your observations, starting with 75 Whooper Swans in the fields near Kilchoman Distillery, a flock which contained a number of cygnets. He then moved on to Gruinart where there were 3 Little Egrets on the east side near the Oyster Shed and 2 WTE flying over Ardnave Point.
The final observation at the end of the day was James How's count of 1510 Barnacle Geese and 8 Greenland Whitefronts at Gruinart. They will have set off from Iceland where the weather remains sunny with light winds, and then been welcomed here by rain and wind, which, though, they will be used to having been here before!
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