Another lovely sunny day!
Late news from yesterday comes from Fiona McGillivray who saw
a Black-throated Diver on the Sound of Islay off from Ardnahoe.
This afternoon at the north Hide the flock of Barnacle Geese
was down again to c.150, still with the Brent Goose but missing the 3 hybrids.
Viewing from the south hide produced 7 sub-adult White-tailed Eagles still scattered
across the flats.
Dan Brown had seen an Osprey again early this morning south of Gruinart flats heading towards Loch Indaal. Later he saw an Osprey over Loch nan Cadnan and then likely the same bird on Jura SW of Craighouse. No rings could be seen on this bird, so it is quite likely a different individual from yesterday’s He had a bit of a “raptor-fest” on Jura with 8 species seen including Hen Harriers seen mobbing the Osprey and a White-tailed Eagle and a Buzzard seen flying off with a live adder – photo below.
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Great buzzard/adder photos! Will be visiting Islay from next w/e, so thanks for the warning about the snakes - yikes!
Apologies for posting four times (five now!) not sure what happened there.
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