Sunday 2 September 2007

Mon 27th August to 2nd September

Some Autumn movement of birds has been evident this week in some Autumn like weather.
27th August, 8 black tailed godwits, 12 knot and 356 greylag geese all at Gruinart. On the 28th August a quick look over the Loch at Gruinart revealed a bird of prey spectacular, 2 ospreys, 1 peregrine, 1 sparrowhawk and a hen harrier. Later an otter was visible from the hide also at Gruinart. On the 30th August 6 black tailed godwits, 1 little grebe, 3 gadwal, 1357 grelag geese and a single barnacle goose were all present around Gruinart.

1 comment:

ron steenvoorden said...

Hello Ian,

I have been reading your blog with great interest and I'm surprised by the amount of Geese that seem to be on Islay already. Does that mean they are earlier than usual?

Regards
Ron
www.islayinfo.com