Two days of uninspiring weather, Monday slightly better than Tuesday, which was mostly overcast, misty and drizzly with light winds.
Yesterday George Jackson counted a flock of 150/200 Rock Doves feeding on the barley stubble fields at Kilchoman and a little mixed flock (ca. 20) of Reed Buntings, Linnets and House Sparrows at the Kilchoman Coastguard Cottages. Later there were ca. 25 Redwings feeding in the hedge and bushes along Coultorsay drive, south of Bruichladdich.
Up near Garra Eallabus at Creag Mhor, Clive Mc. had a "normal" Chiffchaff (ie. not Siberian!). Frances Cole counted 12 Turnstones at the Gaelic College.
Today, despite the rotten weather, there were occasional patches of blue sky and rainbows enticing me out with visiting birding friends. 25 Tweite fed in barley stubble at Kilchoman and on Machir breach were 47 Ringed Plover and a few Sanderling, Dunlin and a lone Brent Goose. 5 Whooper Swans remain at Ardnave Loch. Up at Gruinart North Hide as the tide came in there were masses of waders on the flats including c.640 Golden Plover and 350 Lapwing. A lone Greenshank was out there amongst masses of Bar-tailed Godwits and a group of 9 Little Egrets with two others in different locations at Gruinart made a total of 11 birds. The floods in front of the hide held substantial numbers of Teal and Wigeon, but I leave the RSPB to count them - talking of which, James How kindly sent in a count of the immense numbers of Barnacle Geese out on the fields at Gruinart this afternoon: 14,495 to be precise. He also noted 330 Greenland White-fronted Geese, 5 Pink-footed Geese and 30 Brent Geese.
Finally, Ed Burrell found his first Woodcock of the late autumn flighting out of the forestry near Cornabus.
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