The Birds of Islay and Jura Published February 2026


Saturday, 18 September 2010

Sat 18th Sept

This morning in the Sound of Islay, on the Jura side opposite Port Askaig, Fiona MacGillivray had seen a Sunfish.
Yesterday Peter Roberts saw a family of Crossbills in the woods down towards Ballimony. over at Gruinart and Michal had a Whooper Swan on the floods.
On Friday, Carl reported in that a few Skylarks were moving through Rockside. A Ringtail was hunting round the margins of Loch Gorm where it managed to flush 30 Teal while the Greylags present just ignored it! A pair of Chough flew past while he was rooting about in a ditch at Coulererach and there was a charm of around 30 Goldfinches bouncing along ahead of him on his bike.
Returning home, and at Gortan and Carl saw 6 Commic Terns, probably Common, all juveniles apart from one. Also seen there were 2 Redshank and 7 Turnstone.

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