James How summarises today’s weather: “A beautiful day for goose counting”
No doubt we’ll hear later how many geese were counted. Meanwhile he noted some other interesting sightings:
Glaucous Gull Uiskentuie, Surf Scoter still off Blackrock; White-tailed Eagle also around Blackrock; 3 Little Egrets, Peregrine & White-tailed Eagle at Gruinart and a further White-tailed Eagle at Ardnave..
A "mystery" ringed White-tailed Eagle noted a few days ago has been tracked down, with the help of Louise Muir, Ed Burrell and info provided by Martin Douglas.. It is G442, ringed as a chick in the nest near Loch Striven, Cowal in June 2021 by the Argyll Raptor Study Group. It apparently also has a radio tag attached and has been (in the words of Ed Burrell) “been bouncing about Islay and Jura over the past few months”. (See below the photo of the bird and the map to show how it has been bouncing about).
Margaret B. confirms the virtually daily sighting of “her” Hen Harrier up at Kilchoman.
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