Light rain for a sustained period overnight was a welcome change, but the day progressed again into a sunny, warm, calm summer's day.
Bird news today included a note from David D. that an immature White-tailed Eagle was doing its best at keeping the ever-increasing Greylag Goose population in check as it went after goslings at Kinnabus.
Up at Craigens, Clive McK. was delighted to see a fine male Greenland Wheatear and a full summer-plumaged Golden Plover along with 50 Ringed Plover.
The RAFOS team are back on Islay again, enjoying a week of birding and survey work including very useful WeBS counts. They counted 70 Whimbrel at Kilchoman yesterday and 50 today in what has become a record year for numbers of this species passing through Islay on spring migration. They also saw a Spotted Flycatcher at Kilchoman.
Visitor Darrell Lawson enjoyed a boat trip to The Oa today seeing all the usual seabirds and sent in a couple of photos for us.
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