The Birds of Islay and Jura Published February 2026


Saturday, 23 October 2021

Saturday 23rd October

 Weather seemed to have worsened again today with regular showers and grey skies, with strongish southerly winds - not nice! Thus very few birds recorded as most folks stayed indoors..

Undaunted, Teresa Morris was "out and about" despite the dreich weather and amongst other sightings, found a Little Egret on Loch Gruinart on the Kilinallan side. Her photo below - 


Lance Degnan from the 'Birding Abroad' group from Yorkshire and Dorset sent in some exciting observations:  A Little Auk, 5 Slavonian Grebes and 8 Long-tailed Ducks on Loch Indaal and a first-winter Mediterranean Gull at Machir Bay. Yesterday they saw a Red Kite on the Oa.


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