Firstly a big "Thank You" to Malcolm O. for doing the bird blog in my absence over the last week or so.
The weather today has been a bit kinder, with lighter easterly winds, sunshine and warmer temperatures - though winds are beginning to turn northerly now.
Gary T. was up at Caol Ila this morning and noted thrushes and a Short-eared Owl flying across the sound from Jura to Islay along with White-tailed Eagle cruising the coastline and 3 Buzzards, another White-tailed Eagle and a Golden Eagle in the area.
Down at "the other end" Mary Redman was also watching a White-tailed Eagle flying over to McKenzie island near Portnahaven, with 4 Whooper Swans at Claddach. This afternoon she posted a photo (below) of a Turtle Dove she saw near Portnahaven.
Visitor Patrick Styles reports 11 Black-tailed Godwits at Gruinart, where Clive reported on a steady trickle of incoming Barnacle Geese.
Fiona McGillivray counted 24 Whooper Swans among a large gathering of Greylags at Starchmill, Bridgend.
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