Colin Bradshaw was out and about again today, searching in vain for cackling or red-breasted geese between Gruinart and Eorrabus. He did have a greenshank at Gortantoid and a male hen harrier at Killinallan, plus a sub-ad male at Tormisdale.
Sean Minns and Steven Bowie are over for a few days and did well, despite the ropey weather. Highlights for today included a 2CY Iceland Gull near the gaelic college, 3 lesser scaup (2m 1f) no location given but presumably at Loch Skerrols, 30 common scoter and 5 PB brent on Loch Indaal, an imm WTE near the Machrie, a golden eagle and 4 twite at The Oa and 2 merlin (1m 1f) around Gruinart.
RSPB volunteer Lucy Atkinson had 2 little egrets at the Gruinart South Hide and a golden eagle over Eresaid.
Here's the full history of DA3, the barnacle goose Shona-Isla found dead last week. Nothing wildly unusual - the majority of the sightings being around Gruinart in October each year, reflecting the importance of this location at that time and the amount of observers there. The Iceland sighting is nice, the May date presumably meaning it was one of the small but growing breeding population there.
Two neck-ringed white-fronts were at Carnduncan today, details on those when we get them. Thanks to all for your sightings today.
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