A dry start followed by grey and light showers for April Fool's Day.
Jeff Duncan was up and about early in a successful quest for the Red-breasted Goose at Gruinart.
Over on Jura, Louise reported a Cormorant on the stone pier at Craighouse.
There being very few of the earlier summer arrival species reaching us so far (a handful of Sand Martins, Wheatears and Chiffchaffs, with further single Wheatears at Kinnabus and Craigens today), But David Wood found a Willow Warbler (also at Kinnabus) today. This is a fairly early (but increasingly so) arrival date for the species on Islay. There have been six March records all since 2007 - getting earlier due to climate change? Who knows?
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