Moderate SW winds, mostly dry, fairly sunny.
Yesterday evening Clive McK. watched a Little Gull at sea from the ferry off Gigha.
Mary Redman noted large numbers of feeding Gannets off the islands around Portnahaven this morning through till evening.
Jim Dickson was very busy again - quite a marathon - producing several good records. This morning off the Gaelic College in Loch Indaal he noted an adult Sandwich Tern, 89 Red-breasted Mergansers, 390 Mallard 76 Wigeon a single Pintail, 7 adult Red-throated Divers and 38 Brent Geese flying SW. A White-tailed Eagle was feeding on the Gruinart flats where a juvenile Peregrine flew by. He also noted groups of Pied/White Wagtails, 115 Black-headed Gulls a probable total of 13 Greenshanks, 35 Turnstone a couple of Wheatears and 3 more White Wagtails. Better still was an Osprey which moved on to Loch Gorm where it was seen hunting. Up at Braigo a Golden Eagle was seen hunting low over the ground and further on at Sanaigmore there were 3 Arctic Terns and 70+ Manx Shearwaters offshore in 20 minutes of sea-watching. Back at Loch Indaal Jim relocated a couple of Curlew Sandpipers along with 150 Rock Doves at Carrabus. and scored the best bird of the day with a lovely adult Mediterranean Gull (photos below) - possibly the same bird as seen by Clive McK. a few weeks ago? Back at Gruinart there were 3 Curlew Sandpipers and a Little Stint.
Other observations came in from Rogan W. with a Sparrowhawk at Eas Fora and a juvenile Corn Crake seen by David D. at Kinnabus.
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