A cold, bright, sunny and dry day with light northerly winds.
All bird news today relates to wildfowl! Clive reported 26 Shelduck on Loch Gruinart and sent in a fascinating account of the migration of a tagged Whooper Swan from Iceland that crossed over Islay and Jura, stopped at Welney and continued on to The Netherlands - see the map below. Malcolm O. commented that until GPS tagging, marking and ringing of Whoopers in Iceland, it was thought that Whooper Swans wintering at Welney were from the Scandinavian/Russian population.
Derek Coleman found 6 Long-tailed Duck at Blackrock, a male Pochard, 15 Tufted Duck and 4 Goldeneye on Loch Skerrols.
Thereafter it was all about rarities: Derek also re-found the female Lesser Scaup on Skerrols, while Ed B. posted that the Cackling Goose was still at Cornabus and James H. found 2 Green-winged Teal at the South Hide at RSPB Loch Gruinart.
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