Prolonged strong westerlies all night into early morning gradually calmed just enough to allow a ferry to come and go by afternoon. Mostly bright and sunny, so a few birders got out and active.
Will Scott sent in his sightings for today: 4 GN Diver in
Kilnaughton Bay off Lipachlairy, 2 Lesser Redpoll and 3 Siskin near Kintour, Golden
Eagle north of Port Ellen, mobbed by a Common Buzzard’ White-tailed Eagle
chasing Barnacle Geese near the airport, Male Merlin on the salt marsh at Loch
Indaal, 1w Iceland Gull headed east out of view over Loch Gruinart RSPB plus 5
Whooper, 2 Little Egret, 250 Dunlin, 2 Goldcrest, 7 Whoopers Ardnave.
David Dinsley had also seen and Iceland Gull, but a fine
adult (see photos below) and clearly a different bird to the one or more that
have been around during winter so far. It was seen at Kintra river mouth just
before the golf course.
On a more “mundane” level, (but actually quite a useful
record given how infrequently we record our common birds – and what an
unusually large number are involved) Malcolm Ogilvie had a count of 80 House
Sparrows at his feeders today.
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