Winds still blowing in from a southerly direction with patches of rain - but nowhere near as stormy as yesterday when huge seas and breaking waves in Loch Indaal threw stones, seaweed and debris up onto the road at Bruichladdich.
Neil from Naturetrek took his group around Ardnave this morning, notching up 3 White-tailed Eagles on Nave Island and 3 Great Northern Divers in the channel there. He saw 3 Snow Buntings around Ardnave Loch that were upped to 5 later by Alan Bowie who counted 30 Choughs there. Neil later added 2 more White-tailed Eagles near Bowmore.
I popped over to Loch Skerrols to try and get a look at the Lesser Scaup reported yesterday. The c. 40 Tufted Ducks were typically at the far end of the loch, bobbing up and down on the waves and actively feeding, so not the best conditions. However, despite not being able to locate the much more obvious Ring-necked Duck, the Lesser Scaup did pop up and even flexed its wings to show me the extent (or lack of extent) of its wing bar. There were 33 Whooper Swans on Skerrols, including 8 young birds, while an immature Golden Eagle was noted over adjacent fields.
Neil was later at Blackrock where 25 Common Scoter were counted. He found 3 Pink-footed Geese still present at Leorin on the High Road near Port Ellen and had a tally of 4 Hen Harriers across the island during the day. Down at Cornabus Ed Burrell had a flock of 120 Goldfinch.
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