Some sightings seen by the birders in a group from Nature Scotland, led by Ewan Miles, father John and assisted by Iola Williams.
On Tuesday, in the atrocious weather they had seen a Buzzard, a male Hen Harrier and a Merlin as they made their way over to Gruinart, where they had seen the drake Green winged Teal. Up at Ardnave they counted 36 Chough on the dunes with 8 Goldeneye seen on Ardnave Loch itself. Yesterday, they had gone down to Port Ellen and round to the Oa. At Kinnabus, they saw over 70 Twite with 2 pair of Golden Eagles seen and then shortly afterwards they had an adult White tailed Eagle. A Peregrine was present out towards the American monument. Along the coast, past Ardbeg Distillery, GND, RTD with an Otter seen close to the shore there as well. They also had a Grey Wagtail, Treecreeper and also Goldcrest. Down at Kintra, they watched a Carrion Crow and a Hooded Crow tucking into some prey. Up past Leorin, they were fortunate to have a great sighting of 20 Red Deer Hinds, quite close to the road.
Finally, last night when coming back from Bowmore, they had a Barn Owl out hunting along the verge side, just after Carnain.
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