The Birds of Islay and Jura Published February 2026


Tuesday, 24 August 2021

Tuesday 24th August

 

Counter to yesterday's blog, some more astute readers have notified us that tomorrow isn’t the Last Tuesday in August – so if anyone has come up with some ideas in the next few days, there may yet be a Bird Nerds gathering on the 31st.

Today’s weather continued to be dominated by a high pressure system providing clear, calm and sunny weather with quite high temperatures – briefly back to summer and very pleasant indeed.

David Dinsley noted a flock of c.100 Twite including many juvenile birds on the cliffs between the American Monument and Lower Killeyan this morning and Mary-Ann Featherstone saw 70 or more near Kildalton this evening, with photos of birds on the telegraph wires.

Later, David Dinsley sent in a sighting of an Osprey seen fishing at Loch Kinnabus by visitor Kane Brides, while Gary Turnbull saw 2 adult White-tailed Eagles sat on their favourite perch – the rocky island at the top of Loch Indaal near Bridgend.

Over on Loch Gruinart James How had a bumper count of 1405 Greylag Geese along with a couple of Peregrines, a Sparrowhawk and 10 Black-tailed Godwits.

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