Two further days of dry, not too cold or windy weather with splashes of sunshine between the clouds.
Despite OK sort of weather, there is nothing startling to report. Nobody is out there birding - myself included as I rush to try to get my book on the birds of Islay and Jura ready to send off to be type-set before I head out for 3 weeks to Tanzania when Malcolm O. will be taking over the blog in my absence.
However, in response to the note about Goldfinches at bird feeders, Billy Stitchell up at Caol Ila kindly wrote in with the following:
"Have had about 15-20 Goldfinch for the past week, nothing today though, just the normal Blue & Great Tits, 2 Coal Tit’s in and out at high speed. Nice to see a few Siskins feeding, not seen them for a while! Even the Wren has been checking out the feeder!? About 6 Dunnock feeding on the ground from the spill from the feeder. Two pair of Bullfinch striping the new growth in the garden"
So that adds a little to the known Goldfinch population of Islay, though I'm sure there are plenty of others on Islay with feeders where Goldfinches are present? (Incidentally, 6 Dunnocks and two pairs of Bullfinches are both quite good records for two species that people rarely mention or note!).
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