Saturday 11th January

Here are the results of the WeBS count which Mark and his 2 volunteers carried out yesterday at Ardnave Loch, on Loch Gruinart and also on the floods at Gruinart...

Species	Ardnave Loch	Loch Gruinart	Floods
Cormorant		2
Heron	3	1	4
Shelduck		33
Wigeon	3	61	105
Mallard	2	7	189
Goldeneye	10	5
Red Breasted Merganser		2	1
Oystercatcher	1	110
Ringed Plover		2
Lapwing		39	675
Sanderling		114
Dunlin		17	82
Bar Tailed Godwit		355
Curlew		72	88
Redshank		88
Common Gull		156
Herring Gull		12
Great Black Backed Gull		7
Goosander		1
Greenshank		2
Mute Swan	2		6
Whooper Swan			6
Teal	12		890
Little Grebe	2		1
Little Egret			1
Greylag			10
Green Winged Teal			1
Tufted Duck			1
Golden Plover			1005
Black Headed Gull			7
Pintail			68
Shoveler			48
Snipe			3
Jack Snipe			1
White Tailed Eagle			4

A job well done folks, as I doubt if you would have managed them today, or even  over the next few days as the weather is not looking that great here!!!!