24 hours ago I was counting thousands of geese in beautiful evening sun at Gruinart - today I have 3 fleeces on and there's barely a goose to be seen. The hordes of barnies here seem to have followed the white-front groups overnight, and Gruinart is suddenly very quiet indeed. 5 imm WTE drifted aimlessly over the loch tonight, wondering where all the food has gone, with only a plucky sub-ad golden eagle to chase around. Good SE winds are forecasted over the next couple of days, so that should bring some of our summer visitors a bit nearer.
This morning, in the best of the weather, Derek had 85 common scoters off of Bruichladdich, along with two sandwich terns. This evening, Margaret had 16 chough in at the crag at Kilchoman. And that was it. Fortunately I saved a pic from Billy Stitchell the other day!
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