Saturday, 8 June 2024

Friday 7th June

 Heavy showers in the morning cleared into some beautiful sunshine, though the blustering winds continue.

Starting at Gruinart, James had a spotted flycatcher, whilst I had a male and female Bullfinch down near the south hide and Lauren had 3 Black-tailed Godwits. Gordon had 90 Bar-tailed Godwits on the bay by Blackrock. Linden, Freddie and I also spotted these three very fresh Oystercatcher chicks along Loch Gruinart.


Thanks to Malcolm who received reports of a Magpie in a garden in Port Ellen from Wednesday this week. Either the one seen a while ago is hanging around or a new one has been blown in. 

Elsewhere, Martin also had a lone Whooper swan at the reservoir up from Laphroaig distillery and Linden a Whitethroat on the high road.

Thanks for all of today's reports.

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