A fine sunny start to the day, but the weather deteriorated to rain and breeze in the late afternoon with overcast skies.
Mary-Ann Featherstone reported a pair of Spotted Flycatchers feeding young at Kildalton. Not earth-shatteringly exciting to most, but a really useful record. As I am writing a new book on the birds of Islay and plough through thousands of sightings on the databases and annual reports, trying to assess numbers of the more regular species breeding or passing through Islay, it is information like this that is so often sadly lacking, but so very useful.
Jim Dickson sent in a message today saying that sea-watching was getting interesting on the West coast of Scotland, with 2 Pomarine Skuas seen in Loch Fyne today plus a Balearic Shearwater off the Ayrshire coast. Maybe a visit to Frenchman's Rocks tomorrow might be in order?
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