Mark Shields and I managed an hour checking for birds at the top of Loch Indaal this afternoon before the heavens opened and the rest of the day continued with a fairly continual downpour of rain.
The main species of interest were a good number of 78 Pale-bellied Brent Geese mixed in with the first large arrival of Wigeon this autumn/winter - 191 in total. These were all feeding in the shallows, whilst further out into open water there was a quite high count of 66 Red-breasted Mergansers. Other species noted were 29 Mallard, 200 Oystercatchers, 56 Curlew, 17 Bar-tailed Godwits, 14 Black-headed Gulls and 166 Greylags.
James How has also been out and about and saw a White-tailed Eagle over Nave Island.
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