Weather systems moving rapidly through meant a very windy, wet night giving way to a drier, almost calm middle of the day reverting to rain and wind again by the evening.
Mike Hill is visiting and saw 3 Hen Harriers in the Ballinaby/Kilchoman area, a White-tailed Eagle on a fence post at Gruinart where he counted 200 Golden Plover. The Oa in the afternoon produced a distant Golden Eagle.
Neil McMahon's group were active again, first finding the Kingfisher over at Bowmore Harbour along with an Otter. Another Otter was found at Kilnaughton and then a pair of Golden Eagles, a couple of Choughs, 35 Twite and 8 Whooper Swans on The Oa. Their day concluded with 4 Hen Harriers hunting then off to roost at Gruinart.
David Dinsley was also on The Oa and had an immature Glaucous Gull over the American Monument - our first of this coming winter. Elsewhere, Ed Burrell saw his Treecreeper again at Cornabus and Mary Redman had a group of 7 Chough at Claddach where she found a Long-tailed Duck on the loch - an unusual location for this species.
The calm conditions in the afternoon made for a count of Eiders off Bruichladdich - 125 in total.
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