Another day of mostly rain, cloud and cool conditions.
The weather conditions across the N. Atlantic are blowing exceptional numbers of vagrant American passerines across to the UK, with all sorts of exotic warblers turning up in the usual places. Jim Dickson exhorts us to go and look in every bush as there must be something good lurking here on Islay. Unfortunately unlike the small, bare islands of Fair Isle, Lundy and Bardsey, Islay is umpteen times larger and covered with lots of woodland, so it is all a bit frustrating and daunting. David Wood took up the challenge and thrashed around every bit of cover on The Oa and found 2 Goldcrests!!
Elsewhere in that part of the island, Ed Burrell had a couple of Whimbrel at Kintra and David Dinsley had a flock of 60 Pink-footed Geese over Kinnabus. This evening down at Gruinart James How had 27 Barnacle Geese, 20 Brent Geese, 59 Pink-footed Geese (could they be the same as those at Kinnabus?) plus 3 Black-tailed Godwits, and single Peregrine and White-tailed Eagle.
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Female hen harrier just south of Bowmore Friday around 6pm
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