Thursday, 17 August 2023

Thursday 17th August

A day of sunshine and warmth - temperatures up to 20C or more.

Steve & Lynn Rogers came in on the early ferry from Kennacraig to Port Ellen and counted 264 Guillemots on the water and a fly-by Great Northern Diver, but not much else. I departed for the mainland on the ferry they came in on. I didn't take the trouble to count the Guillemots, but confirm there were a lot out there, including plenty of young. Again, there was little else other than the usual sprinkling of gulls and Gannets. But we did have brief looks at a few dolphins and porpoises.

The only news from the island is an update from Margaret Brooke with a photo of her Barn Owl chicks looking nearly full grow and ready to go.



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