Jane Reid's talk on Islay's Choughs was very informative last night with a good number of questions from the floor at the end, a sure sign that Jane kept us all awake...
The Bowland birders had gone down to The Oa yesterday had had seen nesting Fulmars, GND and a Golden Eagle, no sign of any chough or even a Peregrine, Andy commented that the sea was empty, no Auks, few divers, few Gannets. This afternoon, while going round the Rhinns, they saw a Red legged Partridge and also a ringtail Hen Harrier at Claddach. Offshore from Claddach, Manx Shearwater and also a good passage of Gannets were noted while up on Loch Indaal, off Carn just out of Port Charlotte, there were 35 Common Scoter, a BTD and 6 GND. I was speaking to Irene Miller earlier this evening, but there has been no sign today of the Hawfinch.
Today, the weather has been a bit cooler and more bearable, so the chance was taken in getting on with work in the garden, rowing up the potatoes, sowing some more wildflowers and preparing some ground for to sow the final pieces of the jigsaw tomorrow, all going well....
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