Thursday 27th August

 As I have started to wear a new pair of specs, you will have to excuse my silly spelling mistakes that might appear..

Sarah and Caoimhe had carried out the WeBS count on Loch Gruinart and also on Ardnave Loch as well, so here at their birds from earlier on this week...

Loch Gruinart

Heron                                 13

Oystercatcher                   240

Ringed Plover                    51

Knot                                   69

Dunlin                               600

Bar Tailed Godwit            105

Curlew                              127

Redshank                            98

Black headed gull                 2

Common gull                     203

Herring gull                       179

Great black backed gull      12

Greylag goose                   241

 

Ardnave Loch

Mute swan                                         3

Tufted duck                                        3

Black tailed godwit                            1

Common gull                                   33

Herring gull                                     71

Great black backed gull                     1

Greylag goose                                181

 

James was in touch earlier telling me that yesterday, he had a Water Rail on the floods and then today he saw and counted the following...

"All on Loch Gruinart

Black wits           17

Knot                    48

Redshank           145

Dunlin              1080

Also smaller numbers of sanderling, bar wits, ringed plover, curlew, oystercatcher, turnstone and a few shelduck back.

Peregrine

Sparrowhawk

Arctic tern          7 a mix of adults and juvs"