Another day with a light to moderate breeze, with rain coming in towards the late afternoon evening.
A note came in today from Mary-Ann Featherstone of a Great Spotted Woodpecker over at Kildalton on 7th February - always good to have records of this species to try and assess if the small population that has fairly recently colonised Islay is still holding its own.
Fiona McG. reports 36 Brent Geese over on Jura yesterday at Glas Eilean.
Olivier and Edgar Joly were up at Loch Gruinart this morning, first finding Peregrine near the Visitor centre then the Red-breasted Goose further north up the loch, with an adult and young White-tailed Eagle flushing the Barnacle Geese. A little later they had a Brent Goose north of Bruichladdich and 2 White-tailed Eagles over Loch Skerrols.
Steve Percival is back on the island and found a Russian White-fronted Goose at the end of the Corsapol track.
John Matthews over at Bowmore had both Red-throated and Black-throated Divers, then a male and 2 female Goosanders on Loch Skerrols. Later they found a male Hen Harrier at Sanaigmore and female Sparrowhawk between Gruinart and Loch Gorm.
Steve Williams found 2 immature White-tailed Eagles and an immature Golden Eagle towards Ardnave and a Greenshank at Bowmore.
I saw two immature White-tailed Eagles making their way down the coast from Bruichladdich to Port Charlotte at lunch time, making it quite likely that a total of 6 were seen today.