The Barnies keep on coming! James H. counted 24,200 at Gruinart this morning. There were also 113 Greenland White-fronts, 5 Pink-footed and 2 large Todd’s/parvipes type Canada Geese along with a couple of White-tailed Eagles and 355 Golden Plover.
Richard Belter was also out and
about enjoying the spectacular sight at Gruinart of thousands of Barnacle Geese,
plus a ringtail Hen Harrier, the Marsh Harrier, 6 Pintail and a Greenshank. Up
at Ardnave was a lone Whooper Swan (most of yesterday’s birds have seemingly
moved on to the south?) and later 12 Common Scoter at Uiskentuie.
There are various contributions
and observations from “the other side of the island”:
Mary-Ann Featherstone found 25 Whooper Swans
at Loch Dubh, just north of the airport and later a possible Hobby back near
Kildalton. Liam Price who was disturbed by a racket outside his house that
turned out to be two Choughs pecking at some solar panels on his next door
neighbour’s roof by Carraig Fhada Lighthouse – hopefully they are not that hard
up for food? He also reports single Slavonian Grebe and Great Northern
Diver in Kilnaughton Bay. Mick Highfield over at Kinnabus had a few
Barnies mixed in with Greylags and a mixed flock of a couple of hundred Linnet
with a few Twite, Meadow Pipits and Stonechats thrown in for variety – also noted
by David D.
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