Friday 18 March 2022

Friday 18th March

 It was a lovely bright sunny day with a cool breeze from the south. Steve Murray on his last day here was delighted with his views of Golden Eagle near Machir Bay and found us the first Sand Martin of the year at Gruinart. At Carrabus Ed Burrell had the first Chiffchaff of summer.

Mark Shields sent in the following report:Hello Birdy Folk, WeBS today. A few highlights:  

On Loch Gruinart itself, 5 WTE, 4 greenshank, 224 wigeon, 78 shelduck, 123 dunlin, 122 barwit, 385 golden plover, 4 GBBG, 122 common gull, 171 oystercatcher, 87 curlew

 

On the Floods, James had a gadwall, 725 teal, 253 wigeon, 65 shoveler, 73 pintail, 78 redshank, 10 whoopers, 7 snipe and 2 little egret.


Michal Sur (back on Islay for a while doing some Chough work, heard a Great Spotted Woodpecker at Avonvogie.


At Coultorsay George Jackson reports 2 Tree Sparrows on his garden bird feeders.


Meanwhile I took a look this afternoon on Loch Skerrols confirming that the 3 Lesser Scaup are still present - a male in good plumage and two females.

 

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