Sunday 13th April

Yesterday, Carl had 2 Sandwich Terns at Bruichladdich while Bob was over at the hide at Gruinart where he saw a White Wagtail and also the male Green winged Teal. Today Bob carried out a count from Bowmore down to Gartbreck with the scores on the doors being as follows, 2 GND, 1 Slav Grebe, 1 Shag, 2 Greylag, 10 Barnies, 10 Greenland whitefronts, 1 Goldeneye, 27 Shelduck, 6 Wigeon, 20 Teal, 2 Pintail, 119 Eider, 17 Red Breasted Merganser, 65 Oystercatcher, 4 Curlew, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Barwit, 6 Redshank, 20 Knot, 18 Turnstore, 3 Lapwing, 17 Golden Plover,76 Ringed Plover,1 Snipe, 2 Arctic Tern, 2 Sandwich Tern, 2 GBB Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 10 Common Gull, 25 Herring Gull and 16 Black headed Gulls.