RAIN!!! - after another hot and sunny day the clouds blew in by late evening and gave us some welcome heavy, but so far isolated downpours.
Jeff Duncan finished his week of birding on Islay with sightings of a couple of Manx Shearwaters and a Bottle-nosed Dolphin on the ferry back towards the mainland. He noted that he had seen 81 species of birds in a leisurely week of birding.
I'd checked on a little Sand Martin colony in a bit of an old quarry on the raised beach towards Uiskentuie where there seemed to be 10 - 20 birds going in and out of holes in the sandy cliff face.
This evening we were up at Kilchoman with Margaret Brooke drinking a dram in memory of Ian who passed away two years ago today - how time flies...............
Talking of flies here is a picture of Merodon equestris (aka Narcissus Bulb Fly) - a Hoverfly that mimics bumble bees, found by David Beaumont in Port Charlotte today . A fine looking wee beastie even if it does appear to be missing the tibia and tarsus on its rear right leg!
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