Thursday 28 October

 

A stunning photo from Teresa of the wild Atlantic off Kilinallan point, where she spent the day.  A beautiful gift of a day after the heavy rain recently.  Teresa also observed 52 greylag, 12 barnacles, ring-tailed hen harrier, a white-tailed eagle, 22 twite, 12 lesser black-back gulls, one snipe, 2 stonechat, 8 oystercatchers, a large flock of over 100 starling and 2 chough.

Ed Hutching looked out of the head of Loch Indaal and noted 10 pale-bellied brents, 2 Slavonian grebes, 3 long-tailed ducks, one juvenile white-tailed eagle, and an unconfirmed juv. yellow wagtail. At Loch Skerrols he heard a great spotted woodpecker.

Gary counted 9 scaup where the burn comes out into Loch Indaal at Uiskentui.  I've forgotten the burns name, I'll try find out... Driving back from Bowmore myself I saw a ring-tailed hen harrier by the same spot.

John McTague counted 2 little egret at Carnain this morning.

Down off Portnahaven, the eagle sightings have continued to be regular over MacKenzie Island, pictured off Claddach below.  Usually WTE but today a golden eagle was seen by Tom Evans just outside the village gliding towards the coast.

Yesterday I counted a small flock of around 20 redwing at Ellister, and 2 whooper swan flew low over the house between the showers.