A dry, day with bits of sunshine at times, but slightly breezier with a cool wind from the north.
Malcolm O. sent in a count of 32 Light-bellied Brent seen at Gartmain yesterday.
Today, Alan Bowie started things off with 2 White-tailed Eagles at the top of Loch Gruinart, with another at the top of Loch Indaal seen by Neil McMahon/Naturetrek.
There was a passage and influx of Whooper Swans today with small groups coming in to Loch Gruinart during the day, with Clive McK. seeing, what looks like a total of possibly 71 birds, there being a further 20 seen by Robbie & Stuart Langsbury at Loch Gorm (where they also had 3 Golden Eagles over Kilchoman), 27 seen by Mary R. at Port Wemyss and c.30 seen at Cornabus - so a putative island total of 148 birds?
David D. had a group of 4 Pink-footed Geese drop in to Loch Kinnabus briefly before heading off again. He also commented on large numbers of Fieldfare and Redwings on The Oa this morning with Song and Mistle Thrushes and Blackbirds mixed in for good measure. Other bird news from the Oa came from David W. finding Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcaps, 11 Long-tailed Tits, 6 Coal Tits, 2 Goldcrest and a Grey Wagtail.
James H. reports a build up of geese at Gruinart this morning with 18,780 Barnacle and 378 Greenland White-fronted Geese. He also had a big count of Linnets with 240 in a flock. This evening he reported "Bird of the Day" - our first Green-winged Teal of the winter seen from the North Hide at RSPB Gruinart.
Gary T. noticed actively feeding gulls in Loch Indaal again today, this time off Bridgend, plus Chaffinch flocks and a single Brambling and 36 Brent Geese at Gartmain. He was also recording colour-ringed/tagged Barnies, the details of which we'll get in due course from Steve Percival.
Neil McMahon took his Naturetrek group over to Jura where the big attraction was finding 7-8 different Otters over the course of the day. He noted the feral Canada Geese at Craighouse plus 3 Great Northern and single Black-throated Diver at Loch na Mile. Kittiwakes were noted in the Sound of Islay and up at Ardlussa were 2 Hen Harriers and a Yellowhammer.
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