Pink-footed geese sightings were coming in thick and fast today. At Gruinart, James saw 54 land on the loch, and Fiona was watching a skein of 60 fly over Port Charlotte. The pink-footed pilgrimage was not only observed on Islay, but at locations all along the west coast: "hundreds" of the birds were sighted over Ardnamurchan and the South Lakes (reported by Neil McMahon and Teresa Morris, respectively), while 705 were reported by Peter over North Uist. Autumn has most definitely arrived.
Other sightings today include 14 black-tailed godwits on Loch Gruinart seen by James, and two white-tailed eagles over Easter Ellister seen by Fiona.
(Blog edited to remove a zero from Peter's goose sighting!)
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