Saturday, 10 May 2025

Friday & Saturday, 9th & 10th May

 The weather continues to be almost too good to be true - sunny, dry and bright, warm in the day, cooler at night with light winds. 

Yesterday Gary T. had another Osprey sighting over Gartness. I saw 4 superb, breeding-plumaged Great Northern Divers in Kilnaughton/Port Ellen Bay. Clive McK. was out at Gruinart again in the evening  and found a male and 4 female Ruffs, 45 Dunlin, but no sign of the Dowitcher on the floods.

Today James H. had what I believe is our first of the year Spotted Flycatcher for Islay in his garden at Gruinart, while Clive Mck. scored our first Swift of the year over his house a little further up the road towards Ardnave.

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