The Birds of Islay and Jura Published February 2026


Thursday, 25 May 2023

Thursday 25th May

 Another pleasant dry, warmish day with sunny spells, though very little bird news to impart.

After I failed to see any skua passage yesterday, Gary Turnbull had a Great Skua in Loch Indaal by the Port Charlotte lighthouse this morning attacking a tern.

This afternoon on my way down to Kilchoman there were 4 Whimbrel and 3 Canada Geese on the fields at Ballinaby and a fine male Hen Harrier - another male Harrier was seen by Margaret Brooke at Kilchoman at the same time. Choughs were active at Kilchoman and Michal, back on Islay doing his Chough survey work noted a non-breeding flock of c.40 there on the cliffs just before I got there.


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