A more or less dry, cloudy and mild day, with little bird news to impart.
Our two main contributors od this week both had the last day of their week on Islay today.
Martin Kaye emailed in reporting the following: Loch Indaal from Whin Park, 350+ Dunlin, 250+ Ringed Plover and 15 Shelduck. He also kindly commented "Our last report as we’re leaving the island tomorrow. Just to say thanks to those folks for writing the blog. It’s one of the factors that encouraged us to come to Islay". .
Tom Garner noted a quieter day with a Hen harrier at Kilinallan and a Red Grouse on the road between Gruinart and Loch Gorm.
Many thanks to both and to other visiting contributors for keeping the blog going with their sightings.
I spent a little time up at Dunlossit at lunch time being shown the active heronry that I couldn't find at Loch Allan earlier this spring. Keeper Alan McDonald kindly took me to a well-concealed heronry tucked into a conifer plantation half a mile away from the original site - the birds having moved when the trees had to be felled some years ago. All was quiet and the chicks seem to have fledged by now from about 10 nests. Good to know that they are still thriving.
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Hello, visiting Islay and enjoying this blog, thanks. We saw three shelduck ducklings (we think) on the road verge near Bridgend today and also just now a buzzard mobbing a smaller bird of prey at Lyrabus - not able to identify for sure but maybe a female hen harrier?
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