A mostly cloudy and damp sort of day with light winds from the south. Rainy to start, with brief sunny patches in the afternoon before a mist and fog set in.
Alison and Mike Uren, visiting for a week sent in a good list of their sightings. Pick of the bunch were:
Sunday 13th - 26 Brent Geese on Loch Indaal near Gartmain
Monday 14th - 2 White-tailed Eagles at Blackrock
Tuesday 15th - 3 Golden Eagles on Nave Island and a Snow Bunting at Ardnave Point
Today - c.10 Pink-footed Geese at Loch Gorm and 30 Ringed Plover on Machir Beach
I looked at the Loch Gorm area this afternoon and was surprised to see so many Barnacle Geese on the loch and on the surrounding heathland - c.5,000 in total, plus another couple of thousand on the barley stubbles around Kilchoman where 15 Whooper Swans remain. Mandy H. also commented on the numbers here and that they were very jittery, but couldn't see any sign of eagles!
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