Rob, Anna, Paula and Adrian headed back to The Oa yesterday and saw a pair of goldies, 4 chough and a porpoise. Today they "...joined Annie's guided walk at Loch Gruinart; a distant male Hen Harrier then 3 ring-tails together from the Moorland trail looking for all the world like a newly fledged family party. A single WTE out on the flats.
Anna and I spent the rest of the day at the reserve and had an Adder, more Hen Harrier sightings including 2 males. From the north hide we had 2 WTE, 1 ringtail HH (who later mobbed the eagles when they took flight), 2 Greenshank, a Green Sandpiper and half a dozen Snipe"
Rob also had a few dragonflies around Loch Gruinart - golden ringed, common darter and common hawker, and the above beetle, which he thinks might be Hemicrepidus hirtus or hairy click beetle. Anyone out there know for sure?
A quiet day on whatsapp, with only Steve Rogers' 39+ shags in Kilnaughton Bay to report
Al Kitching is still loving his Islay trip, today down at Portnahaven and seeing arctic terns at McKenzie Island, plenty of seals...
...and stonechats in the field behind the church. A ringtail hen harrier near Kintra ended the day for him.
That's all for today, thanks very much again to all our contributors.
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