Two days with moderately OK weather - light winds, cool but not freezing and with some good amounts sunshine.
Yesterday Ed B. down at Loch Cornabus found a 2CY Mediterranean Gull - only the 7th for Islay, all of them occurring since 2010.
Today David Jardine was over on Jura and reports 2 Brent Geese at Eilean Glas, 4 Greenshanks at Loch Tarbert. Fieldfares and Redwings present. Of most interest were singing Crossbills at Camas an Staca and Loch a' Mhuillin. Many of us might be familiar with the "chip-chip" flight calls that Crossbills make; their song is less often noted but sounds a bit like those "chip" calls, but with short trills added at the end. They are a very early breeding species and the conifers have a lot of cones this year to tempt them, so maybe we should all be out exploring Islay's plantation forestry to see if we can hear one - it is often the best suggestion/proof of nesting that you'll get.
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