A pleasant day with no rain showers, just sunshine and a light NW breeze.
James How had been out on his “home-patch” at Gruinart finding the following good birds: 2 Water Rails, 2 Grasshopper Warblers, 10 Whitethroats, 3 Whinchats, 1 White Wagtail. 1 White-tailed Eagle, 2 Sandwich Terns and 1 Little Tern.
He did substantially better than me as I did a very pleasant hike on the circuit from Ardnave Loch to Ardnave Point and back this morning. Apart from a trio of twittering Twite, Wheatears, Choughs and gazillions of sublimely singing Skylarks, there wasn’t a great deal going on. A calling Corn Crake crex-crexing by the farm buildings and an immature Great Northern Diver diligently diving deep were about the best birds. On Nave Island and associated skerries there was the constant, cacophonous, caterwauling call of no less than 320 Grey Seals lying low, lounging lazily on the rocks and beaches. A couple of Roe Deer on Nave Island was odd – did they get there by accident or deliberately? Are they there to stay or will they try to swim back to the mainland? Does anybody know?
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