Three days of fairly cloudy, but dry weather, with a light cool breeze. I was out with David Jardine briefly on Thursday morning, watching up at Killinallan we saw a Peregrine nip through and found 3 immature White-tailed Eagles sat on the flats, where c.65 Shelduck fed.
On Friday David D. had a Merlin at Kinnabus.
Today, as David Jardine left he noted 14 Brent Geese on Glas Eilean, off Jura, while back on Islay Mary R. had a Dipper on the River Sorn at Bridgend and Clive McK. noted a decent number of Knot - 109 in total along with 70 Dunlin from Gartnatra on Loch Indaal.
Here in Bruichladdich Malcolm O. and I were trading Goldfinches! I had about 25 as usual on my feeders this morning until they'd eaten most of the food provided by about 1pm. At this time Malcolm O.'s feeders along the village about 300 m away suddenly had an influx of about 20 Goldfinches - smart birds! There were a further c.30 Goldfinches on Val Peacock's feeders at Port Charlotte, but whilst we assume that it is the same birds going back and forth in Bruichladdich, we also assume that Val's birds are different. It would be interesting to know how many Goldfinches are turning up regularly at other feeders around Islay - the total amount could be "the best part of a tidy few".
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