The morning's weather wasn't too bad - fairly dry and bits of sunshine with a lighter wind. By afternoon it was back to dreich! - rainy at times, breezier and cloudy.
James How and I went in search of the Lesser Grey Shrike at Smaull this morning. We plodded about for a couple of hours and found nothing (though a pair of Golden Eagles were a welcome sight). That was the bird written off, until an email came in this evening from visiting birder Linda Graham who had found it this morning at Sanaigmore and sent these photos - very frustrating!!!
Other news - Ed Burrell was out last night and caught and ringed a Jack Snipe at Cornabus. He noted good numbers of Common Snipe too. He saw a Todd's type Canada Goose at Ballivicar this morning and a marked Greenland white-fronted Goose at Loch Cornabus that had been ringed at Loch Ken in Dumfries & Galloway in winter 2020/21.
Margaret Brooke had Hen Harrier over her garden up at Kilchoman, while Ian Howarth saw 30 Whoopers and 6 Pink-footed Geese near Blackrock. As I motored over to Smaull this morning I noted 67 Whooper Swans in the barley fields near Kilchoman and many of the Barnacle Geese now venturing out across the Rhinns to feed after all being huddled on the flats at Gruinart yesterday.
Gary Turnbull had an odd sighting of a skua sp. flying south from Bridgend down Loch Indaal.
James How had a look in the rain and murk over Gruinart this evening and had another group of 79 Whooper Swans, 42 Snipe, a Ruff and 2 Greenshanks at the North Hide.
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