Sunday, 7 November 2021

Sunday 7th November

A dry day for a change, but still with strong, quite cold winds until a bit of a calm by late afternoon.

Gary Turnbull had a Snow Bunting at Glen Burn, near Carnain this morning, where Dave Beaumont found the Little Egret this afternoon. Nearby at Blackrock in Loch Indaal Phil Hyde had counted 20+ Eiders, 8 Common Scoter, 15+ Red-breasted Mergansers and a Slavonian Grebe. Pete Hughes at Blackrock later added 8 Scaup and 1-2 Long-tailed Ducks to the tally. Pete was also up beyond Bunnahabhain and got lucky with a close inshore Little Auk, plus a couple of Otters.

Elsewhere there was a group of 5 Greenshanks at the RSPB North Hide this morning and some of the same “goodies” relocated in the afternoon – 5 Pochard still with Tufted ducks on Loch Gorm and the American Wigeon and Long-tailed Duck still present on Loch Skerrols.

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