The day started dark, dreary and overcast and only brightened a little. Given the unpleasant conditions, there were few reports incoming, but a few good birds were seen:
Gary saw one of the Cackling Geese between Eorrabus and Ayens (just up the main road towards Port Askaig a little beyond Skerrols). He provided a photo:
Mary Redman found a dead Little Auk washed up on the beach this morning at Claddach.
The other good bird was a Ring Ousel; doubly good ‘cause I saw it feeding
on the cotoneaster berries in my garden while I was having lunch - a "garden tick" for me.
Teresa Morris was out and about braving the wet and blustery weather, seeing a couple of Fieldfares feeding on berries up at Craigens, followed by a walk and sea-watch up towards Ardnave Point. A few thousand Barnies were up towards the Point where an Otter was seen on the shore. There was a Golden Eagle hunting up at Nave Island and a couple of Great Northerns and a single Red-throated Diver. Amongst sightings of the usual gulls were 4 Gannets offshore, with a few waders in the Loch and 22 Choughs in a flock. She noted that the build-up of seaweed, gently rotting away, was providing invertebrate food for a flock of 100 Starlings.
Newly arrived visitor John McTague checked Loch Skerrols finding at least 40 Whooper Swans and a couple of Hen Harriers passing by.
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