Mandy Myers spotted a strange leucistic Fieldfare yesterday, it was in amongst a flock of about 200 Redwing by Neriby. Also yesterday, Chris Mills picked out about 49 Great Northern Divers, 15 Red-Throated Divers, 15 Kittiwake, 10 Common Scoter, and a Purple Sandpiper on his crossing to the mainland.
Yesterday’s WeBS at Loch Gruinart gave us some impressive numbers:
Two Red-Throated Divers, three Cormorant, eight Herons, 10
Little Egret, 5 Mute Swans, 34 Whooper Swans, 42 Shelduck, 465 Wigeon, 1,373
Teal, 156 Mallard, five Goldeneye, 43 Shoveler, 84 Pintail, 2 Gadwall, 18
Red-Breasted Merganser, three Little Grebe, 252 Oystercatcher, 430 Ringed
Plover, 326 Golden Plover, 455 Lapwing, eight Knot, 76 Sanderling, 829 Dunlin,
1,233 Bar-Tailed Godwit, 3 Black-Tailed Godwit, 202 Curlew, 110 Redshank, 72
Turnstone, 31 Black-headed Gull, 43 Common Gull, 28 Herring Gull, 3 Great
Black-Backed Gull, 3 Greenshank, eight Snipe, and 3 White-Tailed Eagle.
Today, despite the downpour, Chris Mills was still on the
lookout for birds, at Loch Indaal he saw 67 Whooper Swans, 19 Yellowhammer, 70
Common Scoter, two female Scaup, and 56 Pale-Bellied Brents.
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