Tuesday 6 September 2022

6th September

Another day of changeable weather - a bit of rain to start with and occasionally cloudy during the day, but mainly dry, warm and sunny with a moderate breeze still coming from an easterly direction.

Yesterday's good run of birds continued. Jim was out this morning on Loch Gruinart finding a minimum of 16 juv Curlew Sandpipers, 4 juv. Little Stints plus an Osprey, Peregrine, Marsh Harrier and White-tailed Eagle. Down at Claddach, Mary Redman had two Peregrines and Jim had another sighting of White-tailed Eagle close overhead at Bruichladdich later in the morning and a flock of 41 Common Scoter in Loch Indaal..

I joined Jim for an afternoon session at the North Hide in mid-afternoon as it had been so productive yesterday. It didn't disappoint. Although often difficult to see in fairly thick vegetation, and quite far away, we managed to pick out not one, but 2 Pectoral Sandpipers. We also relocated the Spotted Redshank, which, much later on, was joined by a second bird. At various times we were joined by Louise Muir and friends, and James How and between us also saw the Osprey fishing on the loch, the female type Marsh Harrier come past, a couple of passes by a hunting Peregrine and occasional sightings of a Little Egret and single Ruff. Also on the floods were at least 25 Snipe and a flock of 45 Wigeon 

Jim provides some back-of-camera screen shots of some of today's goodies: From top to bottom: a fishing Osprey; Curlew Sandpiper; a colour-ringed Dunlin; one of the Spotted Redshanks






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