Friday 17 March 2023

Friday 17th March

No bird news coming in tonight, but Morven Laurie has kindly forwarded the recent international goose counts as follows: 29,067 barnacles, 5168 white-fronts, 768 greylags.

A couple of requests for information that anyone out there may be able to help with:

GREY HERONS: This species has been censused nationwide on occasions since the early 1900s and there is a further census going on this year.  If anyone is aware of a heronry on Islay please let us know. They are often small, obscure and tucked away in a different place to previous years - so we may not be aware of them.

GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS: After colonisation and a rapid increase in recent years, I wonder if they are fizzling out on Islay! I've not been hearing them so much or hearing of people seeing them so often as 2-3 years ago. If you hear or see one please let us know.


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