The Birds of Islay and Jura Published February 2026


Tuesday, 20 April 2021

Tuesday 20th April

Peter had been out and about today and sent me through the following birds seen by himself when out..

"I did a circuit of Loch Gorm today and saw the following around Ballinaby:

245 Golden Plover plus a small mixed flock of geese containing 25 Greylag, 32 White-fronts and single Barnacle and also a Pink-footed Goose.

This evening, down at Octofad I had what appeared to be a pair of crows - one definitely a Hoodie, the other a Carrion - maybe a bit of hybridisation in the offing?

David Dinsley reports a male Blackcap at Kinnabus yesterday."


James was speaking to Margaret earlier on this evening, who said that he had a "good number of Blackwits" seen at Gruinart again today.


Karen Graham from Bearsden today had a pair of Siskins appeared on her seed feeder after thinking that they were all away!!!!


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