Before today's sightings, a quick mention that Peter's blog on Friday was the 5,000th posted to the Islay Birds site, almost all of them written by our much missed friend Ian Brooke, the Laird of Kilchoman himself. I know it's not the same now, but I hope he'd be absolutely chuffed that his blog has passed this milestone - it's also the 15 year anniversary on 1st May and we'll try and do something to mark that occasion.
Anyhoo, on with the burds........and there aren't many to report today. Mary had 24 whoopers down at Claddach loch at lunchtime. At the Gruinart North Hide this morning there were a measly, paltry 6 white-tailed eagles. Barely worth a mention these days.
Malcolm was in touch to say that more magpie sightings have been reported on the Islay facebook group, with single birds reported on Friday at both Bridgend and Kilnaughton Wood, so it could be there are two here.
In the afternoon a merlin was chasing a snipe around Gruinart Farm and then a strange wet substance started falling from the sky, and that pretty much did for any further sightings.
Today's rain was the first proper for several weeks - knowing Islay it won't stop until July now!
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