Mostly sunny again, with moderate winds, with an occasional light shower at times through the day.
Richard Belter reports today from
various locations: "Loch Gruinart this morning held the usual variety and
numbers of species as described on previous days. Loch Skerrols had 2 whoopers,
50+ Greenland white fronts, c.30 teal and 30 tufted ducks. At Blackrock I could
only see 1 red throated diver. Sanaigmore had 4 chough and up the Killinallan
track showed greenshank, redshank, bar/black tailed godwit, golden plover, dunlin,
turnstone, curlew, red breasted merganser, and in amongst the barnies were a
sprinkling of brents"
Also watching at Gruinart was
James H. who counted 19,135 Barnies, 101 White-fronts, 18 Brent and a single
Pink-footed Goose. He also noted 5 Greenshank, a Ruff, the currently resident Marsh Harrier
and a few passerines – Redwing & Bullfinch.
There were a further 27 Brents on
loch Indaal at Carnain noted by Mark.S.
Down on The Oa, Ed Burrell reported
his first Jack Snipe of winter at Cornabus and David D. had a sprinkling of
Barnies (193), White-fronts (15) a couple of Wigeon, and a Mistle Thrush, but still
no Redwings. The bird feeder at The Oa RSPB car park is attracting Twite and allowing great views - 36 there today.
Up at Bunnahabhain Scott &
Ruby were finding Redwing, plus Fieldfares in a small mixed flock, plus
a close-in Great Northern Diver. (They later went over to Jura where they watched
4 Hen Harriers, single Kestrel and Merlin and 10 or more Buzzards).
Loch Gorm was the setting for
what Fiona M. describes as a “dog-fight” between 2 White-tailed Eagles and a
ringtail Hen Harrier this afternoon. Although very harassed, the harrier did
escape!
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