Tuesday 1th February

Here are the figures that Mark, Lauren and Sarah got on the WeBs count on Friday 7th:

Out on Loch Gruinart - E&W

Red-throated-diver 1

Grey heron 1

Shelduck 134

Wigeon 101

Mallard 8

Goldeneye 1

Red-breasted merganser 2

Oystercatcher 144

Ringed plover 18

Lapwing 50

Sanderling 153

Dunlin 119

Bar-tailed godwit 212

Curlew 25

Redshank 30

Turnstone 35

Black-headed gull 1

Common gull 75

Herring gull 46

Great black-backed gull 4

Greenshank 1

Lauren also had 14 Chough at Tayovullin

Ardnave Loch

Lapwing 4

Oystercatcher 7

Mallard 14

Mute swan 2

Little grebe 2

Teal 8

Goldeneye 8

Gary and Wendy yesterday had braved the elements and had a bracing walk from Carnain along to Bridgend seeing Goldeneye, Snipe, Buzzard and also 3 Song Thrushes

The wind steadied up at 65mph today and was quite constant at that rather than being gusty, with the sea boiling again out over the rocks at Coull Point.