Two days of bright, sunny, mostly dry weather, but with a cold nip from the light to moderate northerly winds.
Nick Webb enjoyed a good day out yesterday in the decent weather up at Ardnave and Gruinart. He doubled the Wheatear tally from one on 10th March to two birds up around Craigens. At Ardnave were the usual Whooper Swans on the loch, a flock of 14 Choughs milling about and a group of 5 eagles that looked to be 3-4 White-tailed in aerial display joined/investigated by 1-2 Golden Eagles. Later he was delighted to watch a Kingfisher fishing in the shallows at Bowmore.
Dave & Jean Killick reported a flock of 100 Fieldfares at Ballinaby. Mary-Ann Featherstone noted "noisy" Canada Geese at Ardilistry and Ed B. had a small flock of Lesser Redpolls at Cornabus.
Today, Fiona McG. was up at Ardnave and saw 5 White-tailed Eagles towards the Point, and a Peregrine with prey at Bun-an-Uillt.
Nick Webb had another White-tailed Eagle scattering the geese down at Nerabus and a flock of 30 Fieldfares at Cultoon, a further 20 near Gruinart and over 100 Skylarks in the fields around Kilnave chapel. David D. over on The Oa flushed a pair of Red Grouse and a Jack Snipe.
For the lepidopterists among us, Mary-Ann Featherstone confirms after consultation, that the Oak Beauty seen on 10th was indeed a first for Islay.
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