Dry, but damp with light cloud this morning, becoming misty and drizzly in the afternoon - but a slightly better evening again.
Late news from yesterday:
I popped out to check at Bridgend for the National Woodcock Survey and was pleased to see a roding bird over the woodland as I watched from the Livestock Market car park.
Martin Kaye was over on Jura finding 2 male Hen Harriers. 2 Cuckoos seen and others heard, 12 Dunlin and a Common Sandpiper. Back on Islay he found Tufted Duck and 3 Common Scoter on Loch Gorm.
Back on Islay, our visiting birders covered substantial chunks of the island:
Martin noted 2 Cuckoos seen on the road from Port Charlotte to Kilchiaran, Lesser Redpolls on wires above Bunnahabhain, plus Whitethroats and a Dipper on the river near the Woollen Mill.
Steve Clough ventured to Ardnave scoring a ring-tail Hen Harrier, 14 Choughs, Little Tern, 30+ Bar-tailed and 100+ Black-tailed Godwits, 100 Dunlin, 14 Sanderling, 3 Whimbrel and a Great Northern Diver.
Tom Garner had a male Hen Harrier and a Golden Eagle down on The Oa along with 3 Whinchats, singing Grasshopper Warbler and Cuckoo. Back at Port Ellen he found 8+ Great Northern Divers still with us, including 3 in full breeding plumage - always a lovely sight.
Meanwhile, Mary-Ann Featherstone confirms a Corncrake still calling at Port Wemyss over the past 4 nights.
Louise Muir reminds us / asks us to report all our incidental sightings/hearings of Corncrakes (here on Islay and anywhere else for that matter) on the RSPB's website under the "report-a-corncrake" section with the rather lengthy link below:
www.rspb.org.uk/our-work/conservation/projects/corncrake-calling/report-a-corncrake
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